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- Mental and Emotional Effects of Colorism Are Often HiddenIn our new docuseries, “Color by WebMD: WebMD’s Exploration of Race and Mental Health,” we look more into the mental health implications of experiencing colorism, often from those closest to you, as well as how to overcome the trauma that can come along with these painful encounters.
- Cold Takes Your Breath Away: How to Breathe Easier in WinterPeople with respiratory disorders (like asthma, COPD, sinusitis, or allergies) or who may be dealing with long-term effects of COVID-19 often find breathing difficult in colder temperatures.
- Instagram For-Profit Accounts Posting Faulty Health InformationThe platform offers opportunities to correct misinformation, but new evidence suggests that health conditions that do not have simple treatments – such as hepatitis B – can attract more posts.
- Colorism: How Skin Color, Race Create a Toxic Mix for HealthIn our new docu-series, “Color by WebMD: WebMD’s Exploration of Race and Mental Health,” we’ll start off addressing colorism – the silent nemesis of people of color – and the costly mental health effects of dealing with this phenomenon.
- Blood Clot Risk Much Higher in Mild Covid Sufferers, Study FindsPeople who got a mild case of COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic were almost three times as likely to develop blood clots, according to a new British study.
- CPAP Recall Drags on After More Than a YearThe recall of millions of breathing devices that help people sleep because of a potential hazard has yet to be resolved. The Dutch company Philips said then it could repair or replace the units within a year. Instead, the recall grew to more than 5 million devices around the globe, and the problem could persist into next year.
- What ‘The Bachelor’ May Tell Us About Our Own RelationshipsDating behavior and relationships greatly influence mental health, so some experts are watching the hit TV show for take-away learnings for their patients.
- How Climate Change Is Affecting Our FoodWeather events can affect our food supply by destroying crops and farmlands, or by triggering swarms of pests like locusts.
- How the Food We Eat Helps Drive Climate ChangeMany don't realize that around 30% of global emissions come from the global food system.
- In the Future, How Will We Feed Ourselves?The growing population requires more food. How will food production processes meet the demand?
- Food Technology: What’s Coming Is Better Than Sliced BreadInvestments in foodtech businesses exploded in 2021 with a record $12.8 billion invested globally -- twice as much as in 2020.
- In the Future, Will You Get Food by Prescription?A movement is growing to approach food as if it were literal medicine by tailoring meals to treat specific conditions.
- The Future of FoodWhat (and how) do experts think we’ll be eating 30, 40, 50 years from now?
- Looking Back to Look Forward: Milestones in Food TechnologyFocusing on food goes back to prehistoric times. Here's a look at significant milestones from ancient times until today.
- Still Too Soon? Personalized DietsResearch is moving the needle toward precision nutrition -- highly custom diets based on your microbiome or DNA.
- Ancient Concepts Made New: A Timeline of Food as MedicineThe concept of using food to treat or prevent illness goes back many years. Here's a timeline of key developments.
- Food: Just What the Doctor OrderedPrograms today -- produce prescriptions, medically-tailored meals -- are actually based on concepts from the past.
- For the Immunocompromised, COVID Remains a Major ThreatFor the immunocompromised, a new reality has started to sink in, even in the country’s most progressive states: People are moving on from coronavirus.
- The Pandemic Has Changed Us, Permanently The effects of the pandemic may linger, changing how we work, interact, think about our safety, and think about our fellow citizens.
- How the Pandemic Led to Disarray -- and DiscoveryCOVID-19 has disrupted the speed of science, upending our understanding of infectious disease, science, and each other.
- COVID-19 Survivors and Experts Share Pandemic's 'Silver Linings' What are the positive things we learned or experienced during the pandemic, as well as reasons for hope going forward?
- The Virus Within: How Misinformation Made the Pandemic Worse What role did politics and misinformation have in response to the pandemic, and the cost in time, lives, and faith in our ability to handle a crisis?
- COVID at 2 Years: Preparing for a Different 'Normal'Will the pandemic ever officially end? And what could that look like? Will it simply become endemic, a known risk like the flu?
- Mistrust, Politics, and Vaccines: How We Got Here, How We Fix ItSome Americans reveal that their COVID-19 vaccine reluctance stems from an already skeptical worldview, with mixed messaging only heightening their suspicions.
- Changing Minds: What Moves the Needle for the Unvaccinated?With just over half of eligible Americans fully vaccinated, that leaves millions on the fence. How do you coax them to safety? Experts say empathy and a willingness to "live in that space" helps.
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