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Skin cells remember inflammation for life. Here’s why
Skin conditions such as psoriasis often flare up in the same spots throughout one’s life. Now scientists think they know why
Health
Skin remembers. That scar above your eye from when you fell at age 6. That freckle from the summer you turned 13. Our skin is a repository of moments from our lives, and now scientists have found it really does remember. For people with inflammatory skin conditions such as psoriasis, the skin’s memory manifests in flare-ups in the same spots over and over. And now scientists think they know precisely why this happens.
In a new study in mice published on Thursday in Science, researchers showed how skin cells inherit patterns of gene expression every time they regenerate. The team found not only that successive generations of skin cells maintain the memory of their DNA’s structure but also that the cells inherit chemical modifications to the DNA called epigenetic marks, which can turn on or off, or turn certain genes up and down in a process called gene expression.
“People knew that stem cells had the ability to change their behavior and remember”
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“Skin cells remember inflammation for life. Here’s why”
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“Woman, 41, Was Tired of ‘Hiding’ Excess Skin After Losing 180 Lbs. on a GLP-1. Then She Got an ‘Awake’ Arm Lift (Exclusive)
“I met my goal weight … but it’s almost like my outward appearance doesn’t match it,” Jen tells PEOPLE
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One woman is going viral for wanting to end the stigma around weight loss-related plastic surgeries.
Jen, 41, began sharing her body transformation journey on TikTok in 2025 after losing 180 lbs. on a GLP-1. The increasingly popular medication, which is short for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, is used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.
After her extreme weight loss resulted in excess skin, Jen sought out a brachioplasty, or an arm lift, to have it removed. In her videos, she’s taken viewers through the surgery and recovery processes, providing updates every step of the way.
In an interview with PEOPLE, she explains that getting the surgery wasn’t purely for vanity.
“The excess skin is uncomfortable, too,” she says. “It’s hard to describe it. It almost doesn’t feel like it’s a part of your body. You’re hiding it behind clothes. I met my goal weight, I’m at where I’m happiest and feel the best in my body, but it’s almost like my outward appearance doesn’t match it.”
Jen has also been transparent about one very important aspect of the procedure — she was awake the entire time. “Awake” plastic surgeries allow patients to forgo general anesthesia (and all of its risks and side effects) and instead rely on local anesthesia, laughing gas and other medications to manage pain and discomfort.
“Your body is numbed, so you really don’t feel anything,” Jen tells PEOPLE. “If you have any type of pain, there is laughing gas that you can take during it. But I only have positive memories from the surgery.”
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She recalls that the surgery “wasn’t scary at all” and that she was “awake and talking” throughout the four-to-five-hour procedure, which took place in October.
To ensure she would get the best care, Jen sought out Dr. Zachary Willis of Willis Cosmetic Surgery & MedSpa in Ellisville, Mo. The cosmetic surgeon has built much of his practice around awake procedures, specializing in weight loss patients, and in 2025 performed 87 awake arm lifts. He also offers other procedures such as awake tummy tucks, breast lifts and medial thigh lifts.
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“It is just all under local numbing,” Dr. Willis tells PEOPLE. “So you take what’s called tumescent, [which is] basically just a bag of saline like you would get at the ER if you’re dehydrated or something. You just put a small amount of lidocaine in the bag and then you mix it up with a couple other things and then you inject it into the area. So then it kind of blocks that area.”
“We also give [patients] a relaxation medication when they first come in,” he continues. “It allows them to just be nice and chill, but we don’t ever give them anything that puts them asleep.”
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While the technology for awake procedures has “been around for awhile,” Dr. Willis says physicians are not usually trained in it.
“I’m private practice, but a lot of these hospitals are stuck in what they’re allowed to do,” he explains, adding that he often sees patients who have been turned away by other local surgeons because they don’t have the capabilities for awake procedures.
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“His work really speaks for itself,” Jen says of Dr. Willis. In March, she’s going back to him for an awake breast lift.
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Jen believes that awake procedures will only continue to surge in popularity due to the newfound accessibility of GLP-1s. As the new frontier of plastic surgery unfolds, Jen is on a mission to end the stigma around weight loss medication and subsequent skin-tightening procedures.
“I get so many comments of people being like, ‘You’re vain, you’re self-absorbed, you’re a horrible person. You should just live with the excess skin,'” she says.
She adds, “The more research comes out about the benefits of being on [GLP-1s], I hope more people are open. I hope that people see how it’s been a miracle for a lot of us out there.”
“I MET MY GOAL WEIGHT … BUT IT’S ALMOST LIKE MY OUTWARD APPEARANCE DOESN’T MATCH IT,” JEN TELLS PEOPLE”
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Bed Making
Benefits
- Using a soft blanket will make the bed look inviting
- Bed looks neat and clean
Precautions
- Wear gloves
- Don’t let sheets touch the floor when making bed
Contraindications
- If sheets are touched without gloves or touch the floor they must be placed in the soiled linens container right away
Pre Procedure
- Wipe the entire surface of the bed and table at station with disinfectant wipe or disinfectant spray.
- If using spray, wipe with a paper towel.
- Remove 2 sheets, 1 large towel, 2 medium size towels from storage
Procedure
- Place all linens on the clean surface of the table
- Place 1st sheet on the bed and tie at both ends of the bed
- Place 2nd sheet on top of the 1st sheet.
- Pull sheet from the bottom until the top of the sheet is 8-10 inches from the head of the bed
- Holding the sheet at the foot of the bed make a flap and tie in a loose knot.
- Tuck any sheet hanging down up under the flap.
- Place clean blanket on the top sheet and check to be sure it is even on both sides hanging down
- Place clean pillow or bolster at the head of the bed
- Place 1 of the medium towels over the pillow or bolster so it’s hang vertically off the head of the bed.
- Place the large towel over the pillow or bolster.
- Place the last folded medium towel on the bed near the large towel on the side the client will use to lay on the bed
Post Procedure
- Sanitize hands
- Glove hands
- Place sheets and towels in the soiled linens bin
- Place blanket in a separate laundry bin
- Wipe or spray bed with disinfectant
- If using spray wipe with paper towel
- Use Hand Sanitizer
- Deglove
Maintenance and Infection Control
- Place all soiled sheets, towels, and blanket in closed laundry bin
- Use new gloves when handling sheets
- When soiled bags are full remove the bag
- Wipe laundry bin with disinfectant
- Place new laundry bag into bin
Sheet Folding
Benefits
- Sheets are not wrinkled
- Sheets look neat
- More sheets fit in storage cabinet
Precautions
- Wear gloves before touching sheets
- Don’t let sheets touch the floor
- Use Hand Sanitizer on gloves if sheets are dropped on the floor
- Use Hand Sanitizer before starting to fold clean sheets
Contraindications
- If sheets are touched without gloves or touch the floor they must be placed in the soiled linens container right away
Procedure
- Fold sheet the long way.
- Smooth wrinkles and have the fold straight.
- Fold in half again width wise
- Smooth wrinkles and have the fold straight.
- Fold the long way and smooth wrinkles.
- Fold three times 1/3, 1/3, 1/3
- Be sure when folding your match the raw edges and smooth as you go. This should create the size needed for the shelf in the storage area.
Post Procedure
- Place folded sheets neatly on storage shelves
- Keep all the neat fold facing the front on the shelf
- Discard gloves in trash
- Use Hand Sanitizer
Maintenance and Infection Control
- Place all soiled sheets in closed laundry basket.
- Use gloves when handling sheets
- When souls bags are full remove the bag
- Wipe laundry basket with disinfectant
- Place new laundry bag into basket
Towel Folding
Benefits
- Towels are fold to the correct size
- Towels fit in the storage cabinet on the labeled shelves
Precautions
- Wear gloves before touching towels
- Don’t let towels touch the floor
- Use Hand Sanitizer on gloves if towels are dropped on the floor after placing in soiled linens container
Contraindications
- If towels are touched without gloves or fall on the floor they must be placed in the soiled linens container right away
Procedure
- Fold all sizes of towels the long way.
- Fold the hand towels, and towels for client (hot and cold) in half
- Large client head towels are folded in thirds
- Be sure when folding your match the raw edges and smooth as you go. This should create the size needed for the shelf in the storage area.
Post Procedure
- Place folded towels neatly on storage shelves
- All raw edges should face left in the storage area
- Keep the doors to storage cabinet closed before and after opening
- Discard gloves in trash
- Use Hand Sanitizer
Maintenance and Infection Control
- Place all soiled towels in laundry bag in the soiled linens container
- Use gloves when handling towels
- When soiled linens bag is full remove the bag
- Don’t over fill soiled linens bag
- Wipe laundry basket with disinfectant
- Place new laundry bag into basket
Procedure for Facial Towels
- Fold the towel in half lengthwise.
- Fold the towel in half widthwise.
Procedure for Body Towels
- Fold the towel widthwise.
- Fold the folded towel widthwise.
- Fold the towel inward by the creases shown below.
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Your Bio
What is a bio? What should you include in it? How do you format it?
A bio is a summary of the highlights of your career—your training, experience, accomplishments, and something about you personally.
Here are some guidelines for writing the best bio possible.
- Keep it short and direct instead of flowery.
- Write it in third person. Use your name or pronouns like she/he as the subject.
- Describe what you’ve done – not why.
- Use complete sentences. This isn’t the place for bullet points or lists.
- Separate each section into paragraphs.
- Write the most important information first, working down to the less critical information by the fourth paragraph. Remember, if a potential employer reads no more than the first sentence, this statement will be what they remember about you.
- Include personal experiences and special skills in the last paragraph (e.g. second languages, hobbies, interests etc.).
- Write a professional goal.
Here is how your bio should be structured.
Paragraph 1: Opening statement and strongest jobs. These are jobs which earned recognition or which most closely align with your professional goals.
Paragraph 2: Training. Mention master teachers or prestigious schools, as well as professionals you’ve studied with.
Paragraph 3: Recent work.
Paragraph 4: Personal Life. Here, write about your interests, skills, travel, languages, musical instruments, or anything that makes you memorable. Elaborate—don’t just list.
Conclusion: Closing Statement. Clearly state your professional goal. Keep it short and as specific as possible.
Your bio is a great way to elaborate on your accomplishments, provide a clear picture of what kind of jobs you’re interested in, and make you a memorable job candidate.
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‘Barbie’ movie’s ending is an important reminder for women’s health
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The difficulty in dealing with hair loss in women is that a number of conditions result in the same diffuse pattern, in which the hair over the top and crown of the head becomes thinner (occasionally, the temples will recede too). There is often some investigation needed to first isolate the true cause before deciding on a treatment. Female pattern hair loss is the most common type of hair loss in women and is an inherited condition but hormonally more complex than its male counterpart…
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22 Medical Tests Every Woman Should Have and When
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Women all over the world have a longer life expectancy than men, according to the World Health Organization. It’s no different in the United States, where the average life expectancy at birth for women is 81.1 years compared with 76.1 years for men. One reason for the difference is that women are generally more mindful about their health than men, are more likely to see a doctor… Read Full Story
Contraceptives
Post–Birth Control Syndrome Is Real
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Millions struggle with symptoms after going off the pill. Why is it so hard for them to find answers?
‘I Don’t Have Faith in Doctors Anymore.’ Women Say They Were Pressured Into Long-Term Birth Control
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How women get pressured into long-term birth control…
Opill approval means greater access to birth control pills. What else does it mean?
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The Food and Drug Administration this week approved the country’s first birth control pill to be sold to Americans over the counter without a prescription – 50 years after it first appeared on the market.
How Birth Control Hormones Could Be Causing Changes In The Adolescent Brain
Read in IFLScience
New results in rats have opened the door to the potential effects of hormonal contraceptives on the developing brain.
Stop brushing off blood clots linked to birth control, say 3 women who could have died from pill-linked clots
Read in Insider
On Christmas Eve 2014, Melissa Firicano baked cookies with the little girl she nannied, had her car washed, and watched a movie with her then-boyfriend, Daryn. Then, she had a stroke. Read Full Story
FDA Approves First Non-Hormonal Contraceptive Gel
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The FDA approved the first non-hormonal prescription birth control gel. It works by maintaining your vaginal pH within the normal range which is acidic and inhospitable to sperm. Read Full Story
8 Signs Something Is Off With Your IUD
Bustle
Most people don’t have any trouble with their IUDs after their body gets used to them, but it’s worth being aware of changes that happen right after placement. Read Full Story
Hormones
Hormone Levels Are Being Used to Discriminate against Female Athletes
Read in Scientific American
In February 2016 Dutee Chand became the best woman sprinter in India. The record she set on an indoor track in Qatar during a qualifying heat stands as the fastest time an Indian woman has ever achieved in the 60-meter race, and she soon became the first Indian woman in decades to race the 100 meters at the Olympics. Just a year earlier, however, Chand had faced the possibility of never again running competitively. Read Full Story
Menopause
Could this be the end of menopause as we know it?
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Clinical trials are underway that demand us to rethink menopause—and whether or not women actually need to go through it.
Menopause specialist Dr Louise Newson dispels the myths about HRT
Read in HELLO!
Menopause symptoms: How to prepare for effects on your brain
Menopause, which marks the end of a woman’s reproductive life, is something roughly half of the world’s population will go through if they live long enough. But this stage — like so much surrounding women’s health — is poorly understood.
Does “Female Viagra” Work?
Read in Slate
A skeptical look at why the FDA approved a shot to boost libido. Read Full Story
MenstruationMenstruation
Why Do We Get ‘Period Poops’—And What to Do About Them
Read in TIME
If you’ve ever experienced irregular bowel movements during your period, you’re not alone.
Woman diagnosed with brain tumour after periods stopped for 7 years
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A woman whose periods had stopped for seven years was eventually diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Menstrual ProductsArsenic, Lead, 14 Other ‘Toxic Metals’ Found in Tampons, According to Study
A new study found “measurable concentrations” of 16 metals in brands of tampons available in the United States and abroad…
Experimental menstrual product turns blood to jelly
An experimental additive for menstrual products turns period blood into jelly. The hope is that this additive could help prevent leaks while also reducing the risk of a dangerous condition called toxic shock syndrome, the researchers behind the product say.
Pregnancy
Cardi B Reveals the Very Specific Symptom That Made Her Realize She Was Pregnant
Cardi B just welcomed her third child, but she knew way before she went to the doctor that she was pregnant, thanks to a very unusual symptom. “It was around March 20 or March 16…it was around those days, right? I woke up one morning and my mouth tasted like copper. It literally tasted like copper.
Is it safe to get Botox when you’re pregnant? Here’s what experts say.
Maybe you’ve been getting Botox to smooth out fine lines for years. Or perhaps you haven’t found anything quite as effective to treat chronic migraine or some other non-cosmetic health concern. But now you’re having a baby, and you’re wondering: Are these injections safe during pregnancy?
Preeclampsia Is a Leading Cause of Maternal Death. So Why Do We Keep Getting the Facts Wrong?
A new report by ProPublica calls out misleading, incomplete, or incorrect information about the deadly condition published by several trusted health websites. Read the full story
Here’s What Experts Have To Say About Using Preparation H During Pregnancy
Read in Romper
Of all the uncomfortable things that happen to your body when you’re pregnant — hair in new places, peeing when you sneeze — hemorrhoids just may be the biggest pain… in the butt. If you’re looking for a quick fix to relieve the itching and… Read Full Story
Postpartum
Postpartum Hair Loss Shattered My Confidence — Until I Changed My Perspective
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Postpartum Hair Loss Shattered My Confidence — Until I Changed My Perspective
Reproductive Issues
How Many Eggs Do Women Have During Their Lifetime?
As people with ovaries age, their egg supply diminishes. Those concerned about fertility may find themselves doing mental gymnastics in an attempt to figure out how many eggs they have left.
‘I would have been a great mom’: California finally pays reparations to woman it sterilized
Geynna Buffington knew she had little time to become pregnant once she was released from prison at age 40. For over a year, she tried to have a baby. She didn’t know pregnancy would be unlikely because of a procedure she had nearly a decade earlier.
Everything to know about Asherman syndrome
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Asherman syndrome is an acquired gynecological condition. It often occurs following procedures such as dilation and curettage (D&C), where doctors remove tissues from the uterus.
What is Asherman’s Syndrome?
By Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Reviewed by Sophia Coveney
Asherman’s syndrome (AS) is a rare complication of the uterus characterized by scar formation. It is also known as intrauterine adhesion (IUA) or intrauterine synechiae. It refers to intrauterine adhesions that cause symptoms such as hypomenorrhea or infertility.
Diagnosing and Treating Asherman’s Syndrome
September 2, 2019 by Leigh Rosen, MDin Infertility Conditions
Asherman’s syndrome, also referred to as intrauterine synechiae or uterine synechiae, is a gynecological condition in which scar tissue forms inside the uterus and/or cervix. This scar tissue makes the walls of these organs stick together…
Miscarriage
Miscarriages change our bodies as much as childbirth. Can we talk about that?
The Guardian
In recent years, a zeitgeist shift surrounding the way we talk about postpartum bodies has stormed through culture. The preoccupation with “bouncing back” after the birth of a baby, while not completely erased, has begun to fade. In its place, a dialogue borne mainly through social media encourages grace, acceptance, and self-love for women whose bodies have changed in the wake of growing a human. You made a person. Of course things are different. Wear these changes with pride, the messages say.
It’s a well-intended and much-needed societal shift – women needn’t expect themselves to return to their pre-partum body overnight, if ever. But unfortunately there are countless women who may not feel included by these mantras about loving your postpartum body, as they imply one crucial element: a live birth. Read Full Story
Abortion
Abortion-pill fight may have broader implications for FDA drug approval
Read in The Washington Post
A federal judge is being asked in a lawsuit to direct the agency to rescind its approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions — a move that would be unprecedented.
14 Things You Should Know About The Abortion Pill
The first pill, mifepristone, blocks a hormone necessary for a pregnancy to continue. The second medication is a set of four misoprostol pills. Misoprostol works by stimulating the uterus to cramp and bleed… Read Full Story
Resources
- Get Your Care – Find a Comprehensive Health Clinic near You.
- Option Line – (800) 712-4357 | Option Line offers a confidential live chat, text line, and toll-free hotline that is available 24/7. The website contains additional resources for women who are considering abortion, have had an abortion, or are seeking alternatives to abortion.
- Care Net – (877) 791-5475 | Care Net offers free resources and a confidential, toll-free, phone line available from 6 AM to 10 PM ET.
- Carrying to Term — For any parents facing a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis, Carrying to Term exists to offer support, community, and guidance. They offer education and information about a child’s diagnosis, stories from families who have had a similar journey, and tools to build out a plan to cherish and honor their child.
- Love Line — Provides support for single moms and women facing unplanned pregnancies who feel they have exhausted all opportunities for resources and material assistance in their area. Their text and call hotline is available 24/7.
- Human Defense — Human Defense provides mothers with material support, through their own network and through the pro-life movement at large. Whatever needs exist, they will connect families with resources, financial aid, and baby supplies.
- National Diaper Bank Network — Hosts a directory of local pro-life ministries that provide free diapers to struggling families throughout the United States.
- National Safe Haven Alliance — Every state in America has Safe Haven Laws that allow mothers to surrender their newborn babies without danger of prosecution. State laws, time restrictions, and approved Safe Haven locations can be found through their interactive website and 24/7 hotline.
COVID-19 Articles
This Alarming COVID Symptom Is Everywhere With The Latest Variant. We Asked Experts What You Need To Know.
COVID infections cause miserable symptoms such as fever, fatigue, congestion and more. Now, though, some people infected with COVID in China are reporting a very sore throat that’s been nicknamed “razor blade throat.”
1 in 22 COVID survivors develop debilitating chronic syndrome
About 1 in 22 people who survive COVID-19 go on to develop a typically lifelong disease called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), new research suggests.
About Novel Coronavirus / COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2
Local Doctors Using a Nerve Block to Help With Long COVID-19 Symptoms
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Doctors at NorthShore University Health System are treating people suffering from symptoms of long COVID with a nerve block, a procedure that has been used for decades to treat pain.
Long COVID Now Looks Like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
Read in Scientific American
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system…
Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ by touching surfaces or objects, CDC says. But it still ‘may be possible.’
Jessica Flores, USA TODAY
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has always warned that “it may be possible” to become infected with coronavirus by touching contaminated surfaces or objects. It just “does not spread easily” in that manner, the agency says… Read Full Story
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What’s Coming
Read in Wired
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing. Read Full Story
How long does coronavirus live on different surfaces?
Read in The Guardian
More people are staying indoors to avoid contact with people potentially infected by Covid-19. But in light of a recent report from the US’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that said RNA from the virus that causes Covid-19 was found in the Diamond Princess ship 17 days after its passengers had left, what are the risks of handling packages, groceries and what scientists call “high-touch” surfaces? Read Full Story
Just how contagious is COVID-19? This chart puts it in perspective.
Read in Popular Science
Demystifying the epidemiology terms that help us understand new diseases like COVID-19. Read Full Story
Treatment
The search for long COVID treatments takes a promising turn
Read in WIRED
Scientists believe lasting symptoms following a coronavirus infection are not a single disorder. So new clinical trials are hunting for a range of solutions.
A newly discovered class of RNA can fight off multiple viruses, including flu and SARS-CoV-2
Read in Freethink
Harvard-affiliated researchers have discovered a form of double-stranded RNA which may be a potent antiviral. By B. David Zarley October 8, 2022 In the basic textbook version of genetics, DNA is the double-stranded helix that carries your genetic blueprints, and RNA is single-stranded and carries messages from DNA. But, as always with biology, that doesn’t come close to telling the whole story. Not only do some viruses just skip DNA altogether and use only RNA, but, in fact, RNA itself isn’t… Read Full Story
If I take Paxlovid for COVID, how does that affect my future immunity?
Read in San Francisco Chronicle
Dear Advice Team: In mid-July, I came down with COVID for the first time. I was vaccinated and had the first booster. I had symptoms: fever, headache, terrible sore throat and fatigue. My doctor had me take Paxlovid. I was COVID-positive for 12 days. Read Full Story
Column: With fluvoxamine, doctors find an old drug that may actually work against COVID-19
Read in Los Angeles Times
Forget hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin. But there is one existing medicine that shows signs of benefiting COVID-19 patients: fluvoxamine. Read Full Story
Doctors say this will be the worst surge yet. From treatments to testing to PPE, is the US better at handling Covid-19 now?
By Holly Yan, CNN
Doctors have also learned that laying patients facedown on their stomachs can help increase the amount of oxygen that’s getting to their lungs.The technique is called proning. Critical care specialists say lying on the belly seems help because it allows oxygen to get into the lungs more easily. Read Full Story
VA acknowledges unproven drug Trump touted used on veterans
ABC News
A top Senate Democrat on Friday accused the Trump administration of treating military veterans as “guinea pigs,” after the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed treating 1,300 coronavirus patients with hydroxychloroquine – a drug widely being used in clinical trials and touted by President Donald Trump, but that hasn’t yet been shown to be effective… Read Full Story
Vaccines
Nordic countries are restricting the use of Moderna’s Covid vaccine. Here’s why
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Finland, Denmark and Sweden are limiting the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in young people over concerns around rare cardiovascular side effects. Read Full Story
Effects on Business/Economy
They asked to work remotely and got fired. Now they’re suing.
Read in TIME
WHEN LAUREN MARTINEZ ARRIVED home after work to find her teenage daughter feverish and vomiting, she knew her pandemic plans were about to fall apart. It was May 2020 and her day care had closed, so Martinez, an assistant office manager at a dentist’s office in Florida, had been relying on the 14-year-old to care for her infant son between middle-school classes online. “It was not ideal,” she says. “But there was literally no option but her.” Martinez’s husband worked at the same office, and the… Read Full Story
Godiva is closing or selling all of its stores in the United States
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business
This change comes during a time when Covid has hit dozens of underperforming businesses. Read Full Story
Last year’s American economy shrank the most since 1946
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business
The US economy grew at an annualized and seasonally adjusted rate of 4% in the fourth quarter of 2020, just as economists had predicted, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. But that didn’t make up for a bad first quarter and an historically awful second quarter. Read Full Story
New PPP And EIDL Rules – What Trump Signed
On the evening of Sunday, December 27th, 2020, President Trump finally signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021″ into law. This Act, which funds the government through most of 2021 and provides absolutely crucial COVID-19 relief… Read Full Story
What to know if your employer wants you to get vaccinated for Covid
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business
If you’ve been dreaming about going back to the office, news of a promising Covid-19 vaccine could mean you’ll be back at your desk sooner than you thought. There are obvious benefits to having a workforce that’s been immunized from coronavirus, but can your employer require you to get vaccinated? Read Full Story
Can your employer force you to get a COVID-19 vaccine?
Read in CBS News
With vaccines on the way, companies must weigh whether to encourage — or compel — workers to get inoculated. Read Full Story
DOL’s Proposed Rule Examines Classification of Independent Contractors
By Susan Prince, J.D., M.S.L., Legal Editor Sep 23, 2020 HR Management & Compliance HR Daily Advisor
On September 22, 2020, the federal Department of Labor (DOL) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding rules for employers to follow when classifying a worker as an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Read Full Story
Paycheck Protection Forgiveness Just Got Easier
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The Senate has approved H. R. 7010 – Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020. Read Full Story
The Hartford CEO: Insurance companies can’t be expected to cover a business’ pandemic losses
By Christopher Swift for CNN Business Perspectives
Ever since the pandemic began, some plaintiffs’ attorneys have been pushing a false narrative, claiming that The Hartford and other insurance companies owe money to businesses shuttered by Covid-19 and we improperly refuse to pay… Read Full Story
Why some self-employed Californians are angry about unemployment benefits
Read in San Francisco Chronicle
California’s push to get employers to treat workers like employees, not independent contractors, has backfired for some “hybrid” workers who were mostly self-employed last year but had a client or two that paid them like employees and reported their earnings on Form W-2. Read Full Story
How Hair Salons Will Be Transformed by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Read in Vogue
Last Friday, veteran hairdresser Van Council officially reopened the doors to his six Van Michael hair salons in Atlanta, Georgia after governor Brian Kemp lifted the statewide shelter-in-place order. Since then, the rest of the hairstyling community in the U.S., has been watching closely, experiencing a cocktail of emotions: fear, curiosity, and eagerness among them. This wasn’t just because Kemp’s decision was something of a wild card (health officials have warned that it may be too soon to… Read Full Story
New Unemployment Benefits Under the CARES Act Stimulus
Experian
As millions of Americans filed for unemployment benefits in March, Congress passed a massive stimulus package that, among other things, included funding that expands unemployment benefits for those out of work. The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act adds to existing unemployment benefits… Read Full Story
Here’s What the Relief Packages Give Self-Employed Workers
Tara Siegel Bernard, The New York Times
The self-employed often fall into the biggest gaps in the social safety net. But relief programs aimed at helping workers and companies weather the coronavirus outbreak are providing some temporary patches. Read Full Story
When will stores reopen in coronavirus pandemic? Not soon. Some are closed indefinitely.
Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY
Some of America’s most iconic stores that temporarily shut down are now saying closures will last for many weeks – and possibly indefinitely. The latest casualties from the coronavirus economic deluge include Apple, Express, Urban Outfitters and Guess? stores, all of which are closed “until further notice.” Nike, meanwhile, says company stores “will remain temporarily closed in multiple countries around the world.” Read Full Story
Hair salons, tattoo parlors and other beauty shops ordered to close indefinitely in four states
CNN Business
New York City (CNN Business)New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania are requiring all barbershops, beauty and nail salons and tattoo parlors in their states to temporarily close to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Read Full Story
Gannett launches website to help local small businesses hit hard by coronavirus crisis
USA TODAY
Gannett, the owner of USA TODAY and more than 260 daily local media properties, is launching a nationwide effort to help communities support local small businesses during the coronavirus crisis. Read Full Story
Effects on Education
The other long Covid: The damage done to a generation of schoolchildren
Read in Vox
The pandemic took young people’s present. What will it do to their future?
How the Pandemic Has Accelerated the Demand for Online Education
Read in Quora
The shift to embracing online learning was happening before the pandemic. Read Full Story
Infection Control
Cough droplets can travel beyond six feet, new simulation study suggests
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN
A new simulation study suggests that a person coughing can disperse droplets well beyond six feet, and that anyone shorter than the person coughing — such as children — might be at a greater risk of encountering the downward trajectory of those cough droplets. Read Full Story
Disinfecting
Coronavirus Watch: 101 hand sanitizers to avoid, FDA says
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Latest COVID-19 news from the USA TODAY Network. Read Full Story
Should You Be Disinfecting Your Groceries?
Read in The Family Handyman
Do You Need to Clean Your Groceries? The once-routine chore of going to the grocery store and checking off items on your list has become akin to preparing for surgery, now that shoppers are asked to don a mask and disposable gloves and maintain six feet of distance from fellow shoppers. As COVID-19 spreads around the world, so do questions about this novel respiratory disease. Is it safe to shop in a grocery store? Before we answer that, here are four household products that kill coronavirus… Read Full Story
15 Worst Kitchen Disinfecting Mistakes You Can Make
Read in Eat This, Not That!
To fight off COVID-19, social distancing and coronavirus-related guidelines recommended by the CDC have been essential. One of the guidelines recommends people to keep their home clean and disinfected, in order to protect themselves from getting sick. Especially areas that are more commonly used like the kitchen. In early March, disinfectant products were the number one…Read Full Story
Here’s a list of disinfectants you can use against coronavirus
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN
(CNN) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is arming consumers with a list of disinfectants that people can use to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus. The federal agency released a five-page list of chemicals and products Thursday that it says are strong enough to ward off “harder-to-kill” viruses than SARS-CoV-2, the virus that’s responsible for the disease. Read Full Story
How to properly sanitize your cellphone amid coronavirus outbreak
ZOE MOORE, Good Morning America
In the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak, people are being more careful about washing and sanitizing their hands, but experts warn cleaning better extend to your cellphone. Read Full Story
Personal Protective Equipment
“Is Hair a Liability?” Why Frontline Doctors and Nurses Need Protective Headbands
Read in Vogue
In the past month, as coronavirus has taken grip of the globe, fashion houses have made headlines for manufacturing masks, plexiglass face shields, and surgical gowns, while many beauty brands have pivoted from producing perfume and cosmetics to hand sanitizer. One need that’s gone largely overlooked, however? Protective headbands. Read Full Story
Masks
You asked, we’re answering: Your top questions about Covid-19 and vaccines
CNN
How to get free masks and other answers to top Covid questions. Read Full Story
Which face mask is best for communication? A new study weighs in
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
The receptionist at the doctor’s office asks a question from behind her double mask and face guard on the opposite side of a large, plastic partition. “Excuse me, what was that again?” It’s a phrase I repeat a lot these days. Read Full Story
Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?
Associated Press
It likely provides protection for both. Studies on the new coronavirus and other germs show wearing a mask helps stop infected people from spreading disease to others. Evidence also suggests that masks may offer some protection for the people wearing them. Read Full Story
New Research Shows Electroceutical Fabric Eradicates Coronavirus Infectivity On Contact
Read in Forbes
There’s a risk that a person removing their face mask could touch viral particles latched onto the outside and further spread the coronavirus. A study by scientists from Indiana University suggests a fabric which eradicates the infectivity of viruses on contact could be the answer to the problem. Read Full Story
The psychology behind why some people won’t wear masks
Read in CNN
Wearing a mask, for most Americans, is novel. So rebellion is natural — to a degree, experts say. But they urge Americans to think of the mask guidance not as forced conformity, but as a necessary act of solidarity. Read Full Story
Discarded masks and gloves are becoming a health hazard as people dump them on streets
By Aditi Sangal, CNN
During a walk around his block in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mark Benfield was struck by how many discarded gloves and masks he saw on his short route. The Louisiana State University professor, who focuses on microplastic pollution, decided to track the waste he saw… Read Full Story
How to Properly Wear a Hospital Mask
Newsweek
If you are healthy, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, you need to wear a face mask only if you are taking care of someone who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. Those who are sick should also wear a mask because it will help contain any germs that are released when they cough or sneeze. A video published by the WHO explains how to properly put on, wear and take off a protective face mask. Read Full Story
The mask shortage is forcing health workers to disregard basic coronavirus infection control
Vox
“During this pandemic, everyone you see could possibly have Covid-19,” says Susan Puckett, a physician assistant at Boulder Medical Center in Boulder, Colorado. “Every patient I see, I should be wearing a mask.” But three weeks ago, her clinic gave her one N95 mask, and told her she should keep it until it breaks. N95 masks are supposed to be single-use: see a patient, throw it away. Read Full Story
The CDC now recommends everyone wear cloth masks in public
Read in Vox
There’s evidence that everyone should use masks in certain public settings. But there’s also a shortage of masks for health care workers. Read Full Story
More Americans Should Probably Wear Masks for Protection
New York Times
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, experts have started to question official guidance about whether ordinary, healthy people should protect themselves with a regular surgical mask, or even a scarf. Read Full Story
Face masks: How they work, the two types, who should wear them (hint: very few of you)
Walk around any crowded area during flu season and you’ll see people wearing medical face masks to protect themselves from germs and other contaminants. With the rapid spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and increased concerns about a US outbreak, face masks have flown off store shelves. But do they really work? Read Full Story
Despite federal guidelines, Trump suggests ‘sanitizing’ and reusing medical masks
Wes Bruer and Matthew Hilk, CNN
(CNN)President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested health care workers sanitize and reuse masks when treating coronavirus patients, rather than “throwing away” masks that are in short supply…. Read Full Story
Risk
Marijuana Use Could Make COVID Breakthrough Cases More Likely
Read in Newsweek
Marijuana use may lead to a significantly higher risk of contracting COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated, according to the results of a new study. Read Full Story
14-year-old recovering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome was hospitalized with heart failure
Read in CNN
The father of a 14-year-old boy now recovering from a coronavirus-related syndrome says all the symptoms began with a slight fever and some rashes on his son’s hands in mid-April. Read Full Story
12-Year-Old Girl Survives Cardiac Arrest from COVID-19 Complications
Read in People
A doctor who treated the girl said she was “about as close to death as you can get.” Read Full Story
Your risk of getting sick from the coronavirus may lie in your genes
Read in Bloomberg
A global consortium of scientists is working to unlock the mystery of the disease’s dramatically varying symptoms… Read Full Story
Think it doesn’t matter if you catch coronavirus? This chart will change your mind.
Denise Chow and Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News
A mantra has emerged among health professionals calling for aggressive action on the coronavirus outbreak: “Flatten the curve.” The catchy phrase refers to a so-called epidemic curve that is commonly used to visualize responses to disease outbreaks — and illustrates why public and individual efforts to contain the spread of the virus are crucial. Read Full Story
People With Asthma Have a Higher Risk of Coronavirus Complications—Here’s What to Know
Read in Health
The new coronavirus is causing anxiety for everybody, and people with pre-existing health issues like asthma are particularly concerned. If you have asthma, a lung disease that makes breathing difficult, you may be more vulnerable to COVID-19, the illness caused by the viral infection, according to the World Health Organization. Read Full Story
Social Distancing
Long-term social distancing may be traumatic. Here is what to expect and what to do
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN
(CNN) Passover is here, and Easter and Ramadan are approaching. Occasions that typically bring families together to pray, reflect and celebrate — fellowship needed, perhaps, now more than ever — will look different this year as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Read Full Story
NIH chief Francis Collins on COVID-19: Best response one people would find ‘too drastic’
“Anyone who looks at the experiences in Asia will see highly activated systems to avoid further transmission by having people shelter in place, avoid interactions, hand washing and all the other things that we know make a difference (easy access to testing and tracing). That lesson should apply to any circumstance where this virus is spreading. It may be that a country like China has a more top-down ability to insist on certain sets of behavior changes. But we ought to be able to do it in our way, in a bottom-up fashion. Americans are smart. They now have some data they can look at it to know how important this is.” Read Full Story
Other Effects
Pandemic isolation linked to rapid brain aging in teenage girls
New research uncovers a possible reason why teenaged girls struggled so mightily with their mental health during the pandemic: Scans showed their brains aged far faster than expected during that stressful time, even faster than the brains of their male peers.
Covid-19 severely affects patients who survive intensive care and treatment even after recovery: diseases related to the effects of the coronavirus are called Long Covid
Read on Emergency Live
In what is believed to be the largest comprehensive study of long COVID-19 to date, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that COVID-19 survivors — including those not sick enough to be hospitalized — have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the virus.
“We are in trouble”: Study raises alarm about impacts of long COVID
Read in The Washington Post
The Scottish study, one of the largest on long covid, found that 1 in 20 people had not recovered more than six months after infection. Read Full Story
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Changed Americans’ Health for the Worse
Read in The Wall Street Journal
Heart disease and drug overdoses are among afflictions exacting a higher toll than before…. Read Full Story
Coronavirus shutdown causes new risk at CDC: Legionnaire’s disease
CNN Health
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has closed several buildings it leases in Atlanta because Legionella bacteria have been found in their water systems — bacteria that likely grew because of the prolonged pandemic shutdown. Read Full Story
How to Know If You’re Drinking Too Much Right Now
Read in Self
Hate to be a literal buzzkill…It can be hard to determine how much drinking is too much, given the state of, well, everything. The notion that people are drinking their way through this pandemic is pretty pervasive. Read Full Story
What It’s Like Having Excoriation (Skin Picking) Disorder in Quarantine
Read in Real Simple
My experience with skin picking disorder has spanned over a decade. Here’s what I’ve learned to help control it. Read Full Story
Men – Articles
Is the male menopause real?
he female menopause marks the end of the female reproductive cycle. However, men experience a range of symptoms and changes while growing older, which some people compare to the effects of menopause.
Men get skin cancer more than women but many still refuse to wear sunscreen
Read in inews
Cases have tripled since the 70s and men are almost twice as likely to die from it, with one survey reporting 31 per cent of men saying they did not use sunscreen as opposed to 15 per cent of women… Read Full Story
Inside the alarming rise of muscle dysmorphia among men
Read in Men’s Health
Muscle dysmorphia—a psychological disorder marked by a negative body image and an obsessive desire for a jacked physique—is on the rise. Social media may be exacerbating the problem, but it may also offer new solutions. Read Full Story
Facial Hair
This CDC Infographic About Men’s Facial Hair Just Resurfaced Due to Coronavirus Fears
Read in Health
Handlebar mustache? Good. Mutton chops? Not so much. Most of the time, facial hairstyles are a personal choice—that is, until a new viral outbreak makes headlines, and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seems to weigh in on grooming choices. Read Full Story
Hair Loss
4 Types of Hair Loss and How to Treat Them
Read in Men’s Health
New gadgets, topicals, and transplants help you hold on to your hair—and even get it back. THE STATS ON hair loss aren’t great. Even though some men may experience hair loss as early as their late teens or early 20s, many won’t see the first signs of male-pattern baldness until their 30s. But by age 50, as many as half of all men report significantly thinning hair. Thankfully, science has been developing new treatments—and refining old ones—to prevent you from becoming another statistic…
Color Theory Articles
Are You a Summer? Are You a Winter? Why Millennials and Gen Zers Are Dressing for Their ‘Seasons’
Read in The Wall Street Journal
The ’80s called to let you know that choosing clothing based on your seasonal color palette is back—for better or worse. Experts opine in this explainer.
It’s the 5-year-anniversary of #TheDress, and people still can’t decide what colors it is
The internet was taken by storm five years ago over a photo of a dress posted to Tumblr alongside the question, “Is this dress white and gold, or blue and black?” Ever since, it’s been referred to as #TheDress and is known by social media users and scientists as a phenomenon that divided people into two camps determined by the colors they perceived. Now, half a decade later, people still have strong feelings about that dress and its colors. Read Full Story
Dental Articles
Why Does Everyone in Hollywood Have Veneers Now?
Read in GQ
Veneers were once a dirty secret. Now they’re the new luxury status symbol, and the famous and wealthy are flocking to Hollywood’s favorite dentist in search of ever more perfect teeth.
Our Teeth Are Getting the Skin-Care Treatment
Read in WSJ. Magazine
A pandemic spike in cosmetic dentistry is part Zoom-meeting-influenced, part social media–fueled and part if not now, then when?, thanks to lots of time for incognito recovery. Inside the surfeit of self-care-for-your-mouth treatments. Read Full Story
This is the dentist-approved teeth enhancing treatment that will instantly transform your smile
Read in British Glamour
Something to smile about. We stand by the motto ‘your beauty, your rules’ at GLAMOUR but we also appreciate that being self-conscious about your teeth can be debilitating. It’s for this reason that the demand for cosmetic dentistry is increasing, with whitening toothpastes, braces like Invisilign and veneers becoming more and more common. The problem is, braces can be a slow and painful process… Read Full Story
Regulations Articles
California bans food additives including red dye No. 3. Here’s why these families already avoid the food coloring — and what experts say.
Red dye No. 3 — found in gummies, ice cream cones, frostings, toaster pastries and more — has officially been banned in California.
A new Louisiana law requires abortion meds to be locked in a cabinet, even if needed for emergency care
Louisiana’s first-in-the-nation law listing the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances” took effect Tuesday…
EPA
The EPA’s Proposal to Restrict Science Somehow Gets Worse
Read in Gizmodo
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new draft of one of its most controversial plans, somehow taking it from bad to worse. Read Full Story
The EPA is about to change a rule cutting mercury pollution. The industry doesn’t want it.
Read in The Washington Post
The 2011 mercury rule did more to hasten the closure of coal-fired power plants than any other regulation adopted under President Obama. Read Full Story
