When PTO stands for'pretend time off': Doctors struggle to take real breaks
What's a typical vacation activity for doctors? Work. A new study finds that most physicians do work on a typical day off. In this essay, a family doctor considers why that is and why it matters.(Image credit: Wolfgang Kaehler) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mara Gordon Source Type: news
' Dance Your Ph.D.' winner on science, art, and embracing his identity
Weliton Menário Costa's award-winning music video showcases his research on kangaroo personality and behavior — and offers a celebration of human diversity, too. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ari Daniel Source Type: news
Scientists welcome new rules on marijuana, but research will still face obstacles
When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.(Image credit: Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rhitu Chatterjee Source Type: news
Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists say
It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.(Image credit: Armas) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Chappell Source Type: news
Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting
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Source: NPR Health and Science - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emma Bowman Source Type: news
Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warn
Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.(Image credit: skodonnell) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Source Type: news
Deer are expanding north. That could hurt some species like boreal caribou
Wildlife ecologists have seen white-tailed deer expanding their range in North America over many decades. And since the early-2000s these deer have moved north into the boreal forests of western Canada. These forests are full of spruce and pine trees, sandy soil and freezing winters with lots of snow. They can be a harsh winter wonderland. And ecologists haven't known whether a warmer climate in these forests or human land development might be driving the deer north. A recent study tries to disentangle these factors – and finds that a warming climate seems to play the most significant role in the movement of deer. Read m...
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
This week in science: biodegradable plastic, crops on Mars and deer vs. caribou
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer are disrupting caribou populations. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Kwong Source Type: news
Federal health officials aim to develop a vaccine to protect people from bird flu
The health officials say the country is ready to produce a vaccine against a worrisome flu virus that recently jumped from birds to cows and at least one person. But some experts are skeptical. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michel Martin Source Type: news
Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed
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Source: NPR Health and Science - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed
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Source: NPR Health and Science - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
Why is a 6-week abortion ban nearly a total ban? It's about how we date a pregnancy
The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.(Image credit: Nikola Stojadinovic) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Selena Simmons-Duffin Source Type: news
Why is a 6-week abortion ban nearly a total ban? It's about how we date a pregnancy
The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.(Image credit: Nikola Stojadinovic) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Selena Simmons-Duffin Source Type: news
For birds, siblinghood can be a matter of life or death
Some birds kill their siblings soon after hatching. Other birds spend their whole lives with their siblings and will even risk their lives to help each other.(Image credit: Wolfgang Kaehler) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
