Loneliness decreases gut diversity, greater wisdom has opposite effect, study suggests
The research was published recently in the journal
Frontiers in Psychiatry. It was conducted by a team or researchers associated with the University of California San Diego.
Loneliness and wisdom defined
The researchers noted that loneliness has both a periodic and a chronic dimension. It is the latter they were concerned with.
“Persistent or chronic loneliness, rather than short-term fluctuations is considered to be biologically toxic. . . . Both loneliness and social disconnectedness are independently associated with worse physical health; however, the mechanisms responsible are not fully understood,” they wrote.
Wisdom, on the other hand, has a number of dimensions, all of which seem to contribute to better physical health.
You can help find better treatments for COVID-19 through a high-tech app
UTHealth using app to track long-term COVID-19 effects for new study
The University of Texas Health Science Center is one of eight sites in the country joining the new study to see how the coronavirus is affecting Houstonians.
HOUSTON - Researchers at UTHealth are asking for your help to find better treatments for COVID-19.
They re teaming up with the Centers for Disease Control and using a high-tech app to track long-term effects of the virus.
One thing we ve all learned about COVID-19 is it affects everyone differently. The CDC is gathering every piece of information it can to try to get a better understanding of it.
Church leaders say community members and themselves were hesitant about the vaccines at first.
“There’s still a lot of hesitant people. As a matter of fact, I was one of the hesitant people,” said Pastor Patrick Jones with Greater Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. “I had no issues and no problems.”
Now, Jones is encouraging others to get vaccinated by working with other churches to host pop-up clinics.
“We have retired nurses, we have pharmacy techs. We have all of the people who worked in the medical professionals who are willing to help to put on the clinics,” said Raymond Bryant, Presiding Elder of the San Antonio District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Fajita Pete s
In celebration of the 20th store opening, founder Pedro “Pete” Mora pledged to donate $20,000 to local organizations in communities Fajita Pete’s serves as part of a larger Fajita Pete’s Cares campaign.
Fajita Pete’s, the “fresh off the grill” fajita catering and delivery concept, has achieved dual milestones of opening its 20th restaurant and its first restaurant outside the brand’s home state of Texas with its newest location in Overland Park, Kansas.
The Overland Park location, owned by franchisee and local resident Scott Keen, is generating buzz and excitement among residents with its focus on catering and delivering a specialized menu of fresh, handmade Tex-Mex favorites.
The company said it would make efforts to offer anyone who was scheduled for that vaccine to get the Moderna vaccine instead after the news from the FDA and CDC.