There are 55 poison control centers located across the U.S.1 Each day trained experts are connected to the public and professionals who are seeking help or treatment advice. The poison control centers collect this data in real-time, which was the basis of a study from the Abigail Wexner Research Institute in which they analyzed the… Read More »
Sugary drinks have been outlawed in Western Australian public hospitals under a policy health groups want extended to other government facilities. Under the state government’s Healthy Options WA policy, the sale of sugar-sweetened drinks has been banned at all vending machines, kiosks and cafes in public hospitals. The ban has been put in place to… Read More »
I think we all need a break – from the constant headlines, the media frenzy, the endless shock and terror which seems to take up space on every radio, every TV, every newspaper in the country. speak of course of Normal People, RTE’s must-see adaptation of the Sally Rooney book that I kept meaning to… Read More »
The digital wellness industry is booming. As the coronavirus spreads, many of us around the country are doing Joe Wicks’s PE classes with the kids, bowing our heads in “namaste” with YouTube star and yoga teacher Adriene Mishler, or practising mindfulness with apps such as Headspace and Calm. Yet the pandemic is proving to be… Read More »
Pheromones are the chemical equivalent of social media and dating apps for animals. They can convey all sorts of messages and a vast range of information, from territory boundaries to reproductive status, to other members of their species, and are used by most species in some form or other, including our domestic pets. For example… Read More »