Relay for St. Jude (2025)
Olive Octopus29 Aug 2025
Background September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. After raising more than $4 million dollars since 2019, the Relay community is joining together for a seventh year to support St.
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top 59%'Tagda Raho': Inside India's Special Forces Fitness Regime With 3,000-Year-Old Weapons
Swarajyaby Aditi Rane28 Aug 2025
On a crisp morning in urban India, as millions settle into their air-conditioned gyms clutching protein shakes and scrolling through fitness apps, Rishabh Malhotra stands in a sunlit space wielding...
We tested more than a dozen meal delivery services — these are the ones we recommend
NBC Newsby Mili Godio11 Aug 2025
If you're constantly struggling with dinner recipes or feeling overwhelmed by the time it takes to meal prep, it may be time to consider a meal delivery service.
Exosomes are everywhere in skin care — but do they actually work?
NBC Newsby Mili Godio13 May 2025
Though they’re already a popular medical-grade treatment in Korea, exosomes are quickly flooding the at-home skin care space in the United States.
Daylight Saving Time Ends Soon. Here's When the Clocks Go Back an Hour - CNET
CNETby Amanda Kooser27 Feb 2025
Daylight saving time ends in less than two weeks, with the clocks officially changing at 2 a.m. While it’ll still be light enough for trick-or-treating on Halloween, the time change will hit the...
Why derms say you should be using a retinol body lotion daily
NBC Newsby Deanna Pai19 Feb 2025
Body lotions can be a means to an end: Slather it on and let your skin drink up the moisture. But the best formulas lend an extra something to your body-care routine.
St. Jude 2024 Campaign Update and Milestone Stream Recaps
Olive Octopus26 Sept 2024
There's less than a week left to support St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital during the month of September! The 12 hour Relay "Podcastathon" stream from a studio at St.
Computer-aided diagnosis for lung cancer screening
Google AI Blogby Google AI (noreply@blogger.com)20 Mar 2024
March 20, 2024 Posted by Atilla Kiraly, Software Engineer, and Rory Pilgrim, Product Manager, Google Research Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally with 1.8 million...
SCIN: A new resource for representative dermatology images
Google AI Blogby Google AI (noreply@blogger.com)19 Mar 2024
March 19, 2024 Pooja Rao, Research Scientist, Google Research Health datasets play a crucial role in research and medical education, but it can be challenging to create a dataset that represents...
HEAL: A framework for health equity assessment of machine learning performance
Google AI Blogby Google AI (noreply@blogger.com)15 Mar 2024
March 15, 2024 Mike Schaekermann, Research Scientist, Google Research, and Ivor Horn, Chief Health Equity Officer & Director, Google Core Health equity is a major societal concern worldwide with...
Should you be using body oil? Experts weigh in
NBC Newsby Michelle Rostamian26 Jan 2024
If you’re struggling with dry, rough skin on your body and regular lotions and creams aren’t cutting it, body oils can take your moisturizing routine to the next level.
Relay FM for St. Jude
Olive Octopus31 Aug 2023
It is nearly September, Childhood Cancer Awareness month. After raising more than $2.2M since 2019, the Relay FM community is joining together for a fifth year to support the life-saving work of...
The best way to reduce keratosis pilaris or “strawberry skin”
NBC Newsby Mili Godio9 Mar 2023
If you’re struggling with rough and bumpy skin from keratosis pilaris, you’re not alone: The skin condition affects about 50 to 80 percent of teenagers and 40 percent of adults at some point in...
Knowing what to expect (maybe my favorite accessibility principle)
Erik Kroes - Accessibility Consultantby Erik Kroes8 Mar 2023
Knowing what to expect (maybe my favorite accessibility principle) Posted on There are some useful principles to keep in mind when considering accessibility and inclusive design, but this one is...
31 million people in the U.S. (including me) have eczema — here’s how to treat it
NBC Newsby Bianca Alvarez8 Sept 2022
Since I was born, I’ve had eczema all over my body and face. Eczema, a form of dermatitis, is a common skin concern affecting roughly 31 million people in the U.S.
Looking for a weighted blanket? Experts share what to know before you buy one
NBC Newsby Mili Godio1 Apr 2022
Weighted blankets have seen a lot of mainstream success within the last decade, but they’ve been around for much longer: Occupational therapists began studying the effects of weighted blankets and...
Willingness to look stupid
Dan Luu21 Oct 2021
People frequently think that I'm very stupid. I don't find this surprising, since I don't mind if other people think I'm stupid, which means that I don't adjust my behavior to avoid seeming stupid...
Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?
Big Thinkby Kevin Dickinson15 Sept 2021
- Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry. - Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet the effect sizes found in studies tend to be moderate.
What happens when two different respiratory viruses infect the same cell?
Big Thinkby Connor Bamford15 Sept 2021
Right now, there’s just one virus on everyone’s minds: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Neuroplasticity: how to use anxiety to improve your life
Big Thinkby Wendy Suzuki13 Sept 2021
The following is an excerpt from Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion. Copyright (C) 2021 by Wendy Suzuki, PhD. Reprinted with permission from Simon & Schuster.