Tag: Study

High Doses of CBD Oil Won’t Impair Driving Ability, Australian Study Finds

May 31, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Photo by Sebastian Kahnert / picture alliance via Getty Images Australian researchers have found that even the highest doses of cannabidoil, otherwise known as “CBD”, have “no impact” on a person’s cognitive ability while driving. The findings arrive as part of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Sydney, which found that those…

Water discovered on ‘habitable zone’ exoplanet could actually be methane, new study finds

May 17, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of an exoplanet caused widespread excitement in 2019, signalling the first discovery of a key element for life on a planet in a “habitable zone” outside of our solar system. A new study, however, suggests that vapour found on the planet named K2-18b may not be the life-supporting…

Parents’ mental health was worse during pandemic, study finds

May 16, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Hybrid school was associated with worse parental mental health, finds a Brown School study. Credit: Shutterstock While having a child attend a private school or school with above-average instructional quality was associated with better mental health of parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid school was associated with worse parental mental health, as was working from home, finds…

Healthy Parenting

Vapour Barrier Market To Reach A Value Of US$ 25,851.9 Mn By 2029 End, FMI Study

May 3, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 5:54 amPress Release: Future Market Insights Sales of vapour barriers are projected to witness steady rise in the following years, prominently propelled by sustained consumption by the building & construction industry. As suggested by a new Future Market Insights (FMI) report, global vapour barrier market will exhibit a CAGR of around 4.4% during the…

Oregon outpacing national increases in health care costs, study shows

May 2, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Oregon health care costs are growing faster than the national average — and are outpacing average wage increases in the state. That’s according to the first annual report from the Oregon Health Authority’s Sustainable Health Care Cost Growth Target Program. The reports are aimed at analyzing the costs of health care in Oregon, and finding…

Treatment

Vegan Diet Reduces Swollen Joints By 53 Percent in Arthritis Patients, Study Finds

April 19, 2022 Sharika Soukup

A low-fat vegan diet can offer relief to people suffering from joint pain brought on by rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study. Conducted by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and published in the scientific journal American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, the study consisted of 44 adults previously diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. At the…

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Black women overrepresented in health care’s toughest jobs, study says

February 25, 2022 Sharika Soukup

As co-author Janette Dill, an associate professor in the division of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota, put it: “They are taking care of peoples’ bodies, and feeding them, and bathing them, and taking people to the bathroom — it’s very hard physical labor.” Story continues below advertisement Shantonia Jackson, a 52-year-old…

Medical Supplies

Switching to a Plant-Based Diet Can Add 10 Years to Your Life, Study Finds

February 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Consuming a plant-based diet, especially early in life, has been linked to prolonging an individual’s life by up to 10 years, a study published this week in the journal PLOS Medicine found. Researchers from Norway set out to better understand how sustained dietary differences affect life expectancy, given that dietary risk factors are estimated to…

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