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2 months ago | 
webmd.com | Brunilda Nazario |Christina Sherwood
If you are overweight or have obesity, you might think you need to lose a lot of weight to improve your health. It can feel daunting. But actually, you can start to get health benefits from a small amount of weight loss. Research shows that it’s possible to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol, cut your risk of type 2 diabetes, improve joint pain, and boost your cardiovascular health by losing less than 10% of your total body weight.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
eurekalert.org | Christina Sherwood
Prenatal use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis have all been independently associated with adverse health impacts for the baby. But many people who use these substances during pregnancy aren’t using them in isolation. “What we know from people’s habits is that most people are co-using substances,” says Jennie Ryan, PhD, CPNP-AC, a nursing researcher at Thomas Jefferson University.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Christina Sherwood |Thomas Jefferson
Prenatal use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis has all been independently associated with adverse health impacts on the baby. But many people who use these substances during pregnancy aren't using them in isolation. "What we know from people's habits is that most people are co-using substances," says Jennie Ryan, Ph.D., CPNP-AC, a nursing researcher at Thomas Jefferson University.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
linkedin.com | Christina Sherwood
Happy New Year! Are you one of the thousands of people who resolved to read more in 2024? I’ve always been a bookworm, but I really upped my reading game in the past two years. While juggling a busy freelance business and a young family, I read 54 books in 2023 (and the same number in 2022)—an average of just over a book a week. I don’t think everyone needs, or even wants, to read as much as I do, but many people want to read more.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
physiology.org | Christina Sherwood
Leading the WayWolfgang Kuebler guides APS through a complex time in scholarly publishing, as the Society’s new publications chair. By Christina Hernandez SherwoodOpen access. Artificial intelligence. Reader interaction. For Wolfgang Kuebler, PhD, MD, FAPS, who began his three-year term as APS publications chair in April, the rapidly changing landscape of scholarly publishing presents both challenges and opportunities.
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Aug 14, 2023 | 
pennmedicine.org | Christina Sherwood
By Christina Hernandez SherwoodYou can imagine the scene as an older gentleman lifts a thick, creamy envelope from his mailbox, seeing his own name written in richly scripted lettering. He beams with pride and gratitude at the sight of his granddaughter’s wedding invitation. Yet his next thought is a sober and serious one. Would he be taking his life in his hands by attending the ceremony?
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
medicalxpress.com | Christina Sherwood
From cleansers to creams and serums to sunscreens, the skin care aisle is bursting with products that promise to make our skin look brighter, softer, younger, better. But which products are must-haves, and which are unnecessary? Should you shell out extra cash for "clean" cosmetics? And is sunscreen really that important? Researchers asked a trio of UCSF dermatologists questions about skin care to find out which products should earn a spot on our shopping lists.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
universityofcalifornia.edu | Christina Sherwood
We asked a trio of UCSF dermatologists our burning questions about skin care to find out which products should earn a spot on our shopping lists. Actually, a simple drugstore moisturizer is the most important product, aside from sun protection, in your anti-aging skin care routine, says Katrina Abuabara, M.D., an associate professor of dermatology at UCSF with an interest in eczema. Moisturizer helps protect the skin barrier, a pivotal function of our body’s largest organ.
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Apr 13, 2023 | 
medicalxpress.com | Christina Sherwood
As a graduate student in 2006, Sarah Lowe, Ph.D. joined a group of researchers following low-income, unmarried mothers who were living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck the area the previous year. "I was interested in how major collective events impact [health] disparities," said Lowe, now a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale School of Public Health.
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Apr 12, 2023 | 
ysph.yale.edu | Christina Sherwood
As a graduate student in 2006, Sarah Lowe, PhD joined a group of researchers following low-income, unmarried mothers who were living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck the area the previous year. “I was interested in how major collective events impact [health] disparities,” said Lowe, now a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale School of Public Health.
