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Long-Term Use of Muscle Relaxants Has Skyrocketed Since 2005
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Long-Term Use of Muscle Relaxants Has Skyrocketed Since 2005

Office visits for ongoing prescribing of skeletal muscle relaxant drugs tripled from 2005 to 2016, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Moreover, in 2016, nearly 70 percent of patients prescribed muscle relaxants were simultaneously prescribed an opioid — a combination that has the...

Gas Cooker Exposure Can Lower Blood Pressure
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Gas Cooker Exposure Can Lower Blood Pressure

The study, published recently in Circulation Research and led by a team from King’s College London, has investigated how nitrogen dioxide can impact the cardiovascular system. The study examined the blood chemistry and cardiovascular changes of 12 healthy volunteers. They sat next to a domestic gas cooker for ninety minutes followed by ninety minutes with normal background...

Children More Resilient Against Coronavirus
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Children More Resilient Against Coronavirus

The majority of children with COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults during the first four months of the pandemic, a newly released study shows. Researchers from the Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio prepared the study, which is the largest systematic review...

Global Economic Stability Could Be Difficult to Recover in the Wake of the COVID-19
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Global Economic Stability Could Be Difficult to Recover in the Wake of the COVID-19

Analysis from the University of Surrey suggests that the economies of countries such as America, the United Kingdom and Germany should prepare for a long slow recovery with prolonged periods of instability. Rates of growth across member states of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have been in decline since the 1970s, a phenomenon...

1/3 of Parents in 3 States May Not Send Children to School Because of COVID-19
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1/3 of Parents in 3 States May Not Send Children to School Because of COVID-19

Kindergartners in face masks. Closed playground structures. Random COVID-19 testing. They are among the long list of hypothetical scenarios for school in the pandemic era. And as lawmakers and educators reimagine the K-12 model for fall, a new survey assessed parents’ plans for in-person school and support for 15 potential measures to reduce the risk...

Most White Parents Don’t Talk About Racism with Their Kids
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Most White Parents Don’t Talk About Racism with Their Kids

Though race and racism are at the top of Americans’ public discussion, most white parents don’t talk about those issues with their kids. Research on how white parents discuss race with their children is sparse. However, past research has shown that conversations about race, much less racism, are rare, even when these issues are highly...

President Trump Revives J. Edgar Hoover’s Tyrannical Playbook
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President Trump Revives J. Edgar Hoover’s Tyrannical Playbook

Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has denounced his critics for the same claims made against him, attacking their credibility and portraying himself as a victim of conspiracies. His lies are well documented, yet he accuses reporters of perpetual deception. He was impeached for obstruction of Congress and abuse of power, yet he accuses Joe Biden...

Should the President Pick the Attorney General?
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Should the President Pick the Attorney General?

Attorney General William Barr recently announced, late on a Friday, that Geoffrey Berman was “stepping down after two-and-a-half years of service as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.” This announcement was news to Berman, who later contradicted Barr by declaring that he had not resigned and indeed had no intention of...

How Hemingway Felt About Fatherhood
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How Hemingway Felt About Fatherhood

Ernest Hemingway was affectionately called “Papa,” but what kind of dad was he? In my role as Associate Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, I spend my time investigating the approximately 6,000 letters sent by Hemingway, 85% of which are now being published for the first time in a multivolume series. The latest volume –...

Why Are Sitcom Dads Still So Inept?
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Why Are Sitcom Dads Still So Inept?

From Homer Simpson to Phil Dunphy, sitcom dads have long been known for being bumbling and inept. But it wasn’t always this way. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, sitcom dads tended to be serious, calm and wise, if a bit detached. In a shift that media scholars have documented, only in later decades did...