The Fast and the Furious Timeline in Chronological Order
Meghan Markle Avoids Newspapers and Twitter Following Racist Abuse
For International Women’s Day, Meghan Markle took part in an inspiring panel along with a group of inspirational women including Gurls Talk founder and model Adwoa Aboah, musician and founder of The Circle NGO Annie Lennox, Let Us Learn founder Chrisann Jarrett, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership Chair Julia Gillard, and CAMFED Executive Director Angeline Murimirwa. The panel tackled a number of crucial issues, with feminism forming a big part of the conversation. And the Duchess of Sussex, who regularly blogged and used social media prior to joining the royal family, revealed…
Read MoreTeens keep active despite asthma or eczema, study finds
A fresh look by the University of Bristol at how teenagers are affected by their asthma, eczema or obesity has some reassuring findings published in BMJ Open today (Jan. 21). Researchers supported by the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre found that both girls and boys at the ages of 12, 14 and 16 did not experience different levels of active or sedentary time if they had asthma or eczema compared to their peers. Teenagers who were obese however, were less active and also had increased periods of inactivity. Using data from 6473…
Read MoreConcussion treatment: Adolescent athletes ‘prescribed’ aerobic exercise recovered faster
Adolescent athletes who sustained concussions while playing a sport recovered more quickly when they underwent a supervised, aerobic exercise regimen, a study published Feb. 4 in JAMA Pediatrics has found. The study, by University at Buffalo researchers and colleagues, is the first randomized clinical trial of a treatment in the acute phase after a sport-related concussion. The goal was to evaluate prescribed, progressive sub-symptom threshold exercise as a treatment within the first week of a concussion in adolescents after a few days of rest. Sub-symptom threshold exercise is physical activity that doesn’t…
Read MoreMore effective hydrogel for healing wounds
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have created an easy-to-make, low-cost injectable hydrogel that could help wounds heal faster, especially for patients with compromised health issues. Wound healing can be complex and challenging, especially when a patient has other health obstacles that seriously impede the process. Often injectable hydrogels are applied to irregular shaped wounds, like diabetic ulcers, to help form a temporary matrix, or structure, to keep the wound stable while cells rejuvenate. The caveat is that current hydrogels are not porous enough and do not allow neighboring…
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