How to breathe more easily when exercising during allergy season

ww.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/well/move/allergies-exercise-tips.html 5 Tips for Exercising During Allergy Season Rising pollen counts make outdoor workouts uncomfortable and can affect performance. Here are five strategies for breathing easier. Credit...María Medem By Danielle Friedman April 10, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET Along with warmer weather and more daylight, spring brings an explosion of pollen, which can make exercising outdoors an itchy, … Continue reading How to breathe more easily when exercising during allergy season

Seasonal allergies getting worse — likely yet another climate change effect

https://apple.news/AHTSB_BfdRL6NdkqMXUGH8g APRIL 9, 2024 It’s Not Just You—Seasonal Allergies May Be Getting Worse for Everyone Because of Climate Change Longer growing seasons and increased pollen production driven by climate change could be aggravating your seasonal allergy symptoms BY RIIS WILLIAMS for Scientific American Every spring when the weather turns warm and plants begin to bloom, people … Continue reading Seasonal allergies getting worse — likely yet another climate change effect

How cats used humans to conquer the world

https://apple.news/A_awhj2KSSuusG-8WbGq9GQ How Cats Used Humans to Conquer the World Ancient DNA from 209 cats over 9,000 years tell the story of their dispersal.By Sarah Zhang All mine (Grigorita Ko / Shutterstock) JUNE 19, 2017 Sometime around the invention of agriculture, the cats came crawling. It was mice and rats, probably, that attracted the wild felines. The rats … Continue reading How cats used humans to conquer the world

Apple Health app can talk to your blood pressure monitor

9to5mac.com/2024/04/01/apple-health-blood-pressure-monitor/ Expand your Apple Health data with these smart blood pressure monitors [Updated] Chance Miller | Apr 1 2024 - 1:21 pm PT Over the years, Apple has vastly expanded the Health app on iPhone with ways toa\ track weight, fitness, and much more. Earlier this year, we broke down the best smart scales for syncing weight with an … Continue reading Apple Health app can talk to your blood pressure monitor

Vegetables are losing their nutrients — what can be done

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/vegetables-losing-nutrients-biofortification Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? A process called biofortification puts nutrients directly into seeds and could reduce global hunger, but it’s not a magic bullet Supported by About this content Miranda LiptonThu 28 Mar 2024 11.13 EDTShare In 2004, Donald Davis and fellow scientists at the University of Texas … Continue reading Vegetables are losing their nutrients — what can be done

18 Foods that pack more potassium than a banana

http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-loaded-with-potassium 18 Foods That Pack More Potassium Than a Banana Bananas may be known as potassium-rich foods, but you can also get potassium from avocados, sweet potatoes, spinach, coconut water, and other delicious food and drinks. Potassium is a vital mineral and electrolyte that your body needs to maintain normal blood pressure, transport nutrients into … Continue reading 18 Foods that pack more potassium than a banana

Editorial Board of WA Post opines on Supreme Court examination of new uses of mifepristone

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/24/supreme-court-abortion-mifepristone/?Also read: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/23/anti-abortion-junk-science-supreme-court Opinion  The Supreme Court’s latest abortion case has an obvious answer By the Editorial Board March 23, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT The Supreme Court declared nearly two years ago, when it overruled Roe v. Wade, that the rules on abortion were now up to the states — but as the justices hear a critical case this week … Continue reading Editorial Board of WA Post opines on Supreme Court examination of new uses of mifepristone

12 Foods that may trigger headaches and migraines

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/23/chart-12-foods-that-may-trigger-headaches-and-migraine.html ‘There is no true migraine diet,’ doctor says, but these 12 foods can trigger symptoms Published Sat, Mar 23 202410:00 AM EDT Renée Onque@IAMRENEEONQUE Tanja Ivanova | Moment | Getty Images One in four American households has a member who experiences migraine, according to the American Migraine Foundation. “I get asked all the time about a … Continue reading 12 Foods that may trigger headaches and migraines

Allergy season in NYC will be dreadful

nj1015.com/ixp/705/p/early-allergy-season-ny/ Allergy Season in New York ‘Longer and Stronger’ Than Usual Allergy Season in New York ‘Longer and Stronger’ Than Usual Boris, Published: March 20, 2024 Allergy sufferers in New York are in for a rough spring. With the last full day of winter finally behind us, many New Yorkers already have runny noses, watery … Continue reading Allergy season in NYC will be dreadful

Showers: morning or afternoon?

http://www.yourtango.com/self/doctor-settles-debate-about-showering-morning-or-night Doctor Settles The Debate On Whether People Should Shower In The Morning Or At Night Are you showering at the right time of day? By Zayda Slabbekoorn for Your TangoWritten on Mar 18, 2024 Have you been showering at the wrong time for your entire life? As many people know, the “great showering debate” has encompassed … Continue reading Showers: morning or afternoon?

Concussion treatment getting better as myths are left behind

https://apple.news/A8NypswoGS6Gkb8VdFrj3jw How We Got Concussions So Wrong I got a concussion. I didn’t get better. It turned out even my doctors had bought into a powerful myth. BY ISOBEL WHITCOMB MARCH 17, 20247:00 PM The first time Conor Gormally got a concussion, he felt as if he were standing on a ship at sea. A high … Continue reading Concussion treatment getting better as myths are left behind

Increase in microplastics showing impact on heart health

https://apple.news/AJzvS1y95Tf6CrxivIKX5DA Microplastics found in blood vessels linked to greater risk of heart problems, study finds By Elaine Chen for Stat, published March 6, 2024 DESIREE MARTIN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Micro and nanoplastics, tiny pieces of plastic scattered throughout the environment, have been increasingly found to be able to enter the body, raising questions about where they end … Continue reading Increase in microplastics showing impact on heart health