✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #122

Life Science

If you're worried that slouching is causing your back pain, think again. New evidence is overturning many common assumptions about posture, and rewriting the rules of how to sit and stand

These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

Bacteria and viruses can survive for millions of years frozen in glaciers, ice sheets and permafrost and as global warming increases they are emerging. Here's what we know about the threat

Research in mice and flies suggests that bacteriophages, including those found in dairy foods, may have an influence on an animals’ ability to learn and remember information.

And experts have some theories as to why. When Natalie Hollabaugh tested positive for Covid-19 in March 2020, her recovery felt extremely slow. Eighteen months later, she was still suffering from a litany of symptoms, including fatigue, shortness of breath, headaches and joint pain.

Variant is now dominant in South Africa, but cases are still falling there

No safety concerns in small study of healthy young adults, supporting further trials, authors say

In older adults with COVID-19, ischemic stroke risk was much higher in the first 3 days after diagnosis than at points thereafter, researchers reported at the International Stroke Conference.“Stroke following the diagnosis of COVID-19 is a possible complication of COVID-19 that patients and clinicians should be aware of,” Quanhe Yang, PhD, senior scientist in the CDC’s Division

And experts have some theories as to why.

Teaching & Learning

Here’s how to recognize the physical symptoms of work-related stress — and what to do about them.

The research could help participants avoid distractions and make videoconferencing more productive.

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