There’s a fine line between emotional and physical hunger We eat when we’re stressed and upset. We eat when we’re happy and celebrating. And sometimes (often times) we eat out of sheer boredom. “Boredom is probably the number 1 emotional type of hunger,” says psychologist Susan Albers, PsyD. “We often ignore, avoid or negotiate our true [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central China’s Wuhan city, which accounts for over 73% of deaths despite having only one-third the number of confirmed infections. Read more… The post Data suggests virus infections under-reported, exaggerating fatality rate appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.
Tencent briefly lists 154,023 infections and 24,589 deaths from Wuhan coronavirus TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As many experts question the veracity of China’s statistics for the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Tencent over the weekend appeared to inadvertently release what is potentially the actual number of infections and deaths — which are far higher than official figures, [...]
Worldwide number of infections exceeds 28,000, death toll climbs to 565 Read more… The post Latest figures on China’s coronavirus outbreak appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.
Abstract Background The effect of novel tobacco products, such as electronic cigarettes (EC) and heated tobacco products (HTP), on allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma is not well known. Objective To evaluate the health effect of novel tobacco products on asthma and AR. Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Methods Read more… The post Novel tobacco products [...]
Despite almost losing measles elimination status and a current threat from a novel coronavirus, more US states are prepared to handle a public health threat this year than last year, according to a new report card from Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), a Washington, D.C.–based health advocacy group. TFAH published their annual “Ready or Not” [...]
China today reported nearly 3,700 new novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases today, a slight decrease from the daily number it reported yesterday, but it’s too soon to say if activity is leveling off, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said today. In other developments, the WHO said it has made good strides in getting testing materials out [...]
Recently, pedestrians crossing a bustling intersection in Shuyang, a city in northern China, found themselves being scolded by a police-operated drone equipped with a camera and loudspeakers. Their mistake was neglecting to wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus, which has killed at least 427 people and infected more than 20,000 worldwide, most of them in [...]
Home visits with elderly citizens discovered some were steaming masks in order to reuse them, a practice that has been debunked Social workers union chief suggests temporarily closing non-emergency services to save masks Missing from Hong Kong’s mammoth queues for masks amid the coronavirus outbreak are many elderly too weak or poor to join them, [...]
It’s cold and flu season, but what’s that mean for sinus infections? While there is no “peak” sinus infection season per se, they do tend to occur more in the winter months when other viral illnesses are spreading, but there are some key differences that set them apart. FLU VACCINE IN PILL FORM ON HORIZON “A [...]
