Health 18 September 2020 By Jessica Hamzelou Apps to track periods are more accurate when they include information on body temperature and other biomarkersRichard Drury/Getty Images Fertility-tracking apps can provide misleading information, and shouldn’t be relied upon to help conceive or as a contraceptive tool, according to an analysis of mobile phone apps available in…
Dr Carlos Chaccour had just woken up in Barcelona when he opened his laptop to read the latest Covid-19 research. Usually, he would start the day by meditating, but that was proving difficult in the middle of a global pandemic. Overnight, several colleagues had emailed him a large study that had just been published online which…
As disagreements pile up over easing COVID-19 restrictions and reopening businesses, scientists are racing to gauge how many people have truly been infected. Among other reasons, measuring the pandemic’s spread can clarify how deadly the disease is and how many people are presumably immune to it, which is crucial for anticipating future waves of the…
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same
Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up