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Falling back to standard time is healthier than springing forward
November 10, 2022
Falling back to standard time (ST) may be healthier than springing forward to daylight saving time, say sleep experts as the date for changing the clocks approaches Nov. 6. That’s because in ST, your circadian rhythms (body clock), sun clock and wall clock are in better alignment.
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She wasn’t pregnant. She had fibroids.
November 10, 2022
After years of battling fibroids of different sizes and severity, Saudia Davis eventually opted to have a hysterectomy once she learned a bowling-ball size fibroid was pressing on her bladder, causing mild incontinence and a uterus that was so stretched, she appeared to be seven months pregnant.
‘The SAD season’ arrives as sunlight wanes
November 10, 2022
The SAD season has arrived as the duration and intensity of sunlight wanes, often affecting our mood.
RSV surge puts youngest children at risk
November 10, 2022
RSV or respiratory syncytial virus around the country is surging much earlier than would be normally expected and overwhelming pediatric hospitals. And children are experiencing more severe illness than in the past.
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Study provides first snapshot of global experiences with water insecurity
November 10, 2022
New research from Northwestern University is the first to provide a more nuanced and global view of the experience of water insecurity.
In a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, scientists estimate that 436 million of the 3 billion adults represented by the survey sample were water insecure in 2021. The researchers also were able to pinpoint which groups experience the highest rates of water insecurity.
The study, led by Northwestern anthropologist Sera Young, uses data drawn from a nationally representative sample of nearly half the world’s population and a scale designed to measure water insecurity more holistically.
Flu and Measles 2022: More death, no herd immunity
November 10, 2022
With influenza hospitalizations running six weeks ahead of what is normally expected this time of year and flu vaccinations in adults and children down from previous years, December and January could see rising deaths from the flu in the U.S. And the drop in children receiving the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination means the U.S. no longer has population immunity for this highly contagious
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Bienen School presents the Midwest premiere of ‘In a Grove’
November 4, 2022
Northwestern University Opera Theater at the Bienen School of Music will present the regional premiere of composer Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s opera “In a Grove,” Nov. 17 to 20.
Northwestern experts on the threat to democracy posed by misinformation
November 3, 2022
In the runup to the 2022 midterm elections next week, political misinformation and disinformation have become an urgent crisis in the U.S. Northwestern University experts are available to discuss how and why misinformation spreads, how to educate voters about its risks and the threats that it poses to the American political system.
Why fish look down when they swim
November 2, 2022
Simulations show that fish look down when they swim because the stable riverbed provides more reliable information about swimming directions and speed.
Partisans willing to upend democracy to help their party win even when polarization is diminished
October 31, 2022
A groundbreaking study published today (Oct. 31) in Nature Human Behavior, tests several depolarization interventions and finds that, while they depolarize, they do not affect anti-democratic attitudes.
“Interventions that reduce the extent to which partisans do not like each other do not seem to alter or reduce the extent to which they hold anti-democratic attitudes,” said political scientist James Druckman, one of the study’s researchers. “We need to think about ways to help people see the value of democracy unto itself regardless of party.”