Month: January 2025

Holding Your Urine Can Be Harmful to Health

Listen to your bladder and don’t postpone going, say experts. Holding your urine for hours when you clearly have to pee can cause infections in the bladder and urinary tract as well as potentially other more dangerous consequences. Once the bladder is half full, your brain… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on January 3, 2025

Too many men or too few women? New study finds how the gender gap is framed affects perceptions of it

Recognizing that news coverage may have influence in forming attitudes and in driving action, a team of psychology researchers examined whether reframing this gender gap in terms of ‘men’s overrepresentation’ — rather than as ‘women’s underrepresentation’ — would have an impact on perceptions of the issue and on motivations to address it. Its findings showed […]

Published on January 2, 2025

Officials assess threat of H5N1 avian flu

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as well as those in development, are sufficient to prevent severe disease. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on January 2, 2025