Frequent, rapid testing could cripple COVID within weeks | Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder

CC0 Public DomainNov. 20, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks -- even if ...

3 Ways That Helping Others Can Help You — Mickey Z.

Twitter screenshot Mickey Z. — Now with Purpose November 18, 2020 In the fall of 2012, I was involved with some of the remaining offshoots of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). This ongoing network reached it ...

Friends and Other Strangers — Mickey Z.

Urban Graffiti (Ryan McGuire, Gratisography) Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 13, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, I made plans to hang out with a friend in the city. (Reminder: Every New Yorker who ...

Chemicals in your living room cause diabetes | Jules Bernstein

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Nov. 10, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabet ...

In the Presence of Miracles (remembering my Mom) — Mickey Z.

(Courtesy of Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust November 10, 2020 (It feels like a good time to revisit these memories.) I wasn’t supposed to be born. After my mother gave birth to my sister, t ...

Researchers identify melatonin as possible COVID-19 treatment | Cleveland Clinic

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNov. 9, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Results from a new Cleveland Clinic-led study suggest that melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and is commonly us ...

TOON: Yikes! A Mask! | Monica Farrington

!Monica Farrington -- World News Trust Oct. 22, 2020 Yikes! A Mask! Political commentary by Monica Farrington Yikes! A Mask! by Monica Farrington is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

A Global Survey Of Potential Acceptance Of A COVID-19 Vaccine | Nature Medicine

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Differences in acceptance rates range from almost 90 percent (in China) to less than 55 percent (in Russia) Nature Medicine Oct. 20, 2020 Abstract Several coronaviru ...

A New Theory Of Consciousness | University of Surrey

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Oct. 20, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Electromagnetic energy in the brain enables brain matter to create our consciousness and our ability to be aware and think, accordin ...

Magnetic field and hydrogels could be used to grow new cartilage | Perelman School of Medicine

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 19, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Using a magnetic field and hydrogels, a team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demons ...

Everything You Know About Self-Defense is Wrong | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 25, 2020 To begin, let me clarify what “self-defense” means. I’ll do so by paraphrasing this from the Center for Anti-Violence Educatio ...