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January 31, 2023: Tuning brainwaves to improve learning Brain's natural electrical rhythms can be influenced by external stimuli, such as sounds or light, to boost cognitive abilities.

January 30, 2023: Long VITT Cases of continuous and progressively serious thrombocytopenia (long VITT) are reported after vaccination.

January 27, 2023: Stroke with unusual presentations As FDA is launching a study to look into the possible link between bivalent vaccines and stroke, we discuss a few cases with different presentations.

January 25, 2023: Food, Hormones and Odor Pollution Scientific papers published in January are about goats, fish, fermented food and biological waste.

January 20, 2023: Participatory Environmental Health Research The field of environmental health is facing increasingly complex challenges that require innovative approaches to research and decision-making.

January 16, 2023: Another complete autopsy report Autopsy report of a fully vaccinated 83-year-old man is consistent with previously published data on unvaccinated patients who had died from COVID-19

January 13, 2023: Fatal COVID-19 after Bivalent Booster 5 cases of breakthrough COVID-19 after updated bivalen booster vaccination in the 65+ age groups

January 13, 2023: Stroke after Bivalent Booster Possible increase in ischemic stroke in people 65 and older who recently got one of updated COVID-19 booster shots.

January 11, 2023: Ocular side effects of vaccination Various adverse ocular effects have been reported after immunization by all COVID-19 vaccines.

January 10, 2023: Antibiotics and Bowel Disorders Frequent use of antibacterial drugs can increase the risk of developing microbiome-associated diseases in all age groups. Recent study found the risk of Crohn’s disease to be the highest for antibiotic use in the 40s and 50s.

January 9, 2023: Active and Passive Crowdsourcing in Medical Research With the rise of crowdsourcing and the increasing popularity of platforms that allow individuals to collaborate and share information (knowingly or unknowingly), it's important to consider how these tools can be leveraged to advance health and medicine.

January 8, 2023: Progress in Genomics Genomics continues to be a rapidly growing and exciting field.

January 7, 2023: ACEI or ARB? Different classes of drugs have different mechanisms of action, side effects, and some may be more suitable for certain patients than others.

January 7, 2023: HippoCamera for Aging Brain A smartphone application called HippoCamera was shown to be effective tool for improving the recall of episodic memories in older adults.

January 6, 2023: Post-vaccinal myocarditis and POTS long-term post-vaccinal cardiovascular symptoms linked to significantly higher levels of the virus's spike protein not bound by immune antibodies. A case of overlapping myocarditis and POTS presented for 13 year old male.

January 5, 2023: Microbiome Research Microbiome research has increased dramatically in recent years, driven by advances in technology and significant reductions in the cost of analysis.

January 4, 2023: Collaborative Economy and Innocentive Science Most of collaborative economy concepts appeared in the mid-2000s, except for peer-to-peer networks that can be traced back to the 1970s. Yet existing models do not engage the general public in science.

January 3, 2023: Genetic Determinants of Aging and Longevity The contribution of genetic factors to aging is estimated at up to 30%

January 2, 2023: Quantified Self: From Sousveillance to Personal Science and Phenotyping The quantified self movement has evolved over the years

January 1, 2023: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome after Vaccination CRPS may be triggered by an injury such as vaccine injection trauma or other event that damages or irritates the nerves.
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Flu season 2019-2002: the first wave

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The season is starting, let's help each other to protect against the flu. 

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Saving the pond

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We need to maintain ponds for their beauty, for their cultural significance, and protect next generations of people and other inhabitants of the Earth. ​

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Bringing Health and Happiness

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Cute animals are the perfect distraction from our hectic lives.

Videos and images of cats, dogs and other animals make up the most viewed content on the web.  
Science proves it: looking at these images can actually boost productivity, motivation, focus, and lift mood.

Real-life interactions are even more powerful. 
Pets provide social and emotional support, boost self-esteem, conscientiousness  and make us happy. 


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What The Future Will Hold

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2016 Elections
Elections are bad for your health.

More than half of Americans, independently of their party preference, are stressed about upcoming elections (see this August 2016 
survey of over 3.5 thousand adults conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of American Psychological Association). Especially the oldest and the youngest voters (Traditionalists and Millennials). Social media is one of the major factors making this stress even worse. 

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Election stress is higher than we think - judging by cortisol levels in saliva versus self-reported emotional distress. Stress is high at the ballot box - higher than when voting at home by mail-in ballot and significantly higher than on an average day and a few days after the election - unless we strongly dislike post-election media coverage. 

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Elections may cause anxiety, obsessive compulsive behavior and even depression. And then there are post-election blues. Stock market always performs weaker. Supporters of the winning candidate go through withdrawal pains, although, research shows, they might get more interested in the Internet porn. Supporters of a losing candidate move through sadness and decreased levels of testosterone. 

Yet, anxiety can sharpen our eyes and help us learn. 

To vote is like the payment of a debt (R.B. Hayes, 19th US president). One who does not vote has no right to complain (novelist Louis L'Amour). Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost (John Quincy Adams, 6th US president)

And no matter what happens, we should not feel powerless for we actually possess more power than ever before to control our own lives and make them what we want to be. 
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REFERENCES
Stanton SJ, Beehner JC, Saini EK, Kuhn CM, & Labar KS (2009). Dominance, politics, and physiology: voters' testosterone changes on the night of the 2008 United States presidential election. PloS one, 4 (10) PMID: 19844583
Markey, P., & Markey, C. (2011). Pornography-seeking behaviors following midterm political elections in the United States: A replication of the challenge hypothesis Computers in Human Behavior, 27 (3), 1262-1264 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.01.007
Waismel-Manor I, Ifergane G, & Cohen H (2011). When endocrinology and democracy collide: emotions, cortisol and voting at national elections. European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 21 (11), 789-95 PMID: 21482457
Blanton, H., Strauts, E., & Perez, M. (2012). Partisan Identification as a Predictor of Cortisol Response to Election News Political Communication, 29 (4), 447-460 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2012.736239
Neiman J, Giuseffi K, Smith K, French J, Waismel-Manor I, & Hibbing J (2015). Voting at Home Is Associated with Lower Cortisol than Voting at the Polls. PloS one, 10 (9) PMID: 26335591
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