Poor dental hygiene, diet, dry mouth, and underlying health problems are some of the main causes of bad breath. Studies have shown at least 50% of adults have had bad breath at some point in their lives. Bad breath can be definitely embarrassing when you are interacting with your colleagues and a great source of inconvenience […]

Feeling stressed out? In just a few minutes, you can restore calm with a simple technique known as “cyclic sighing.” Researchers as Stanford Medicine say this controlled breathing exercise –which involves exhaling very slowly — can have positive effects in just five minutes, improving mood and decreasing rates of resting breathing. The latter is considered […]

by Tina Olivero In today’s fast-paced world, stress has become an inevitable part of our lives. Work-related stress is one of the most common types of stress that people experience, and it can have a significant impact on our health and well-being. One of the ways to reduce stress is through breathing exercises, and Wim […]

What you need to know Google has announced it will expand the Fitbit Health Metrics Dashboard to all users — no subscription needed. The expansion will allow users to see week-long data, as well as month-long information, alongside an at-a-glance look at any changed data. The changes are expected to roll out later this month. […]

The day to day of being a rugby league player, volunteer or supporter at any level is about to get hectic as junior and senior seasons start kicking off across the state. For many of us it’s just one part of our busy lives, which can become draining mentally and physically without taking steps to […]

H.E. Eng. Ahmed Albaiz, Assistant-Supervisor General for Operations and Programmes at the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), and Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, sign project contribution agreement Riyadh, 14 March 2023 – H.E. Eng. Ahmed Albaiz, Assistant-Supervisor General for Operations and Programmes at the King Salman Humanitarian […]

Sometimes your day can be thrown off track by fear and worries that are, for the most part, in your head. Deep breathing techniques can help get you back on track and pull you back into the moment. They can help you refocus by relieving anxiety and have a calming effect. Breathing is something so […]

How hard can breathing be? Most babies master the skill in the first few seconds after birth, after all. It turns out, though, that most of us could probably breathe more effectively. And doing so, research suggests, could make us healthier. To be clear, as long as you are inhaling and exhaling regularly, you are […]

While respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and COVID-19 are respiratory viruses called the “triple pandemic” this winter, there may have been yet another culprit. Could some of the illnesses be human metapneumovirus (HMPV)? What does the data show? Infection Control Today® (ICT®) explains what HMPV is and whether it is necessary to differentiate it from […]

T he Government has been urged to include suicide prevention on the national curriculum following a campaign by three fathers whose daughters took their own lives. MPs from across the political spectrum backed the call on Monday during a parliamentary debate on making the subject compulsory in schools. Andy Airey, Mike Palmer and Tim Owen […]

Sungnak, W. et al. SARS-CoV-2 entry factors are highly expressed in nasal epithelial cells together with innate immune genes. Nat. Med. 26, 681–687. doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0868-6 (2020). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Tao, K. et al. The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Nat. Rev. Genet. 22, 757–773. doi.org/10.1038/s41576-021-00408-x (2021). Article CAS PubMed […]

This Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) wants to give Lobo women the tools to help themselves all year. As part of a jam-packed series of events for this historic month, the WRC shifted their focus from celebration to self-reflection for Women in STEM. That’s why the center partnered with Advancing Women in […]

Reiki is a century-old energy healing modality. Developed in Japan, the work reiki comes from two kanji, says reiki master teacher and sound healer Nicole Rutsch. In an exclusive interview with The List, Rutsch explains, “Rei means spiritual wisdom, and ki means life-force energy.” While ki is similar to other energies like prana or chi, Rutsch […]

A new meta-analysis raises questions about efficacy of respirators and masks despite known poor adherence and other limitations highlighted by a secondary analysis. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the concept that N95 respirators and surgical masks can lower risk for respiratory virus infections (RVIs). A new Cochrane review on this topic has reported that masking […]

There are simple breath meditation techniques that the late monk Thich Nhat Hanh gave, to bring the body and mind together in alignment. “Breathing in, I am aware of my whole body. Breathing out, I am aware of my whole body.” “Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I bring peace into my body”. […]

A new report published in Cell Reports Medicine has found that individuals who use assigned breathwork techniques experienced greater improvements in mood and lowered respiratory rates as compared to those practicing mindfulness meditation. These findings indicate that breathwork may be an important therapeutic tool for those experiencing depressed mood or an overactive nervous system. Amidst […]

Bird flu, also known as avian flu is a type of infection that affects birds, commonly the bird flu viruses do not affect humans but there are some strains — particularly H5N1 and H7N9 — that can spread to humans in rare cases and cause serious illnesses. Bird flu is transmitted to humans when these […]

Most of us don’t pay much attention to our breathing: It’s essential to our existence, but we tend to take it for granted. The way we breathe has a direct impact on our health, stress levels and even emotions. But, have you ever stopped to think, “what happens when we breathe with purpose”? Breathwork has recently become so […]

Budget Details Plan to Invest in America, Lower Costs and Cut Taxes for Working Families, and Protect and Strengthen Medicare and Social Security President Biden has long believed that we need to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, not the top down. Over the past two years, in the face of […]

A nationwide shortage of the asthma medication albuterol has been ongoing since last fall and experts fear it’s only expected to get worse. Albuterol can be taken in several forms but it’s the aerosolized solution used in a nebulizer in hospital and in homes that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put on its drug […]

















