Author: Maria Gill

Paying more attention to breast cancer in the workplace is the aim of the Pink Ribbon Association by calling on businesses and communities to turn “Blue Monday” (Monday 15 January, supposedly the gloomiest day of the year) into “Pink”. Monday, Positive Breast Cancer Awareness Day in the Workplace. The association said in a press release on Sunday that 204 companies and municipalities responded to the call this year. Returning to work after beating breast cancer is not easy. “(Former) patients need a lot of support from their colleagues. With Pink Monday, we want to reach out to them and involve…

Getty Images Fingerprints are no longer unique, and this could reopen criminal cases Getty Images Fingerprints are no longer unique, and this could reopen criminal cases Science – Imagine. Your apartment has just been burgled, your belongings have been turned upside down, and your valuables have been stolen. A stroke of luck ! The criminal police found a fingerprint on your forced door. Thanks to her, the suspect was arrested. However, the criminal's fingerprint that the investigators had was not on the same finger or on the same hand… This scenario seems absurd: fingerprints are unique, not just to every…

“to The best way to stop smoking is to never start.” Admittedly. We know the proverb. But when it's too late, when the addiction has taken hold, sometimes for many years, how do you stop smoking? And don't relapse…This content is not available in this configuration.Discover here.Fighting on several frontsMaryse Napolitano is a tobacco specialist at St. Luke's Clinic in Bougie. She, like her colleagues, agreed to give us some of her time to answer our questions and those of our readers. Starting with the difficulty of quitting smoking for the majority of smokers, which is closely linked to triple…

The following is an exception The Little Book of Aliens By Adam Frank. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday receives a small commission that helps support our journalism. Buy the book The Little Book of Aliens Everyone loves foreigners. I know this because everyone tells me they love aliens. Life in the universe is the first thing people ask me about when they hear I'm an astrophysicist. “Do aliens exist?” It's one of those special questions, like, “What happens after you die?” There are a lot of opinions, no real answers, and most…

Physical activity at the Sports Health House (MSS) Corial, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Clement Dorval / City of Paris Ten thousand steps and more. In the litany of good New Year's resolutions, quitting smoking is often at the top of the list. The City of Paris and the National Cancer Institute (INCa) announced, at the end of December 2023, Launching a program to help quit smoking based on physical activity (AP). The numbers are overwhelming: “Tobacco is the number one enemy of public health.”, insists Thierry Breton, Director General of INCA. With 75,000 people dying annually in France,…

Universe He invited the Australian Educational Academies to review 2023 and explore 2024 in this end-of-year series. Written by Richard Holden president Academy of Social Sciences of Australia 2023 has been an exceptional year for the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, marked by some major milestones. Vibrant Social Sciences Week (every September) is in its sixth year, showcasing the social sciences through more than 85 events across the country. From lively discussions about the societal role of sport to the launch of… Parliamentary Friends of the Social SciencesThis week captured the attention of audiences in academia, policy makers and the…

Perceived time has a significant impact on the actual time needed to heal, as patients feel that more time has passed since the wound formed, and therefore heal better and faster. Perceived time has a real impact on actual healing time the study Emphasizes a broader psychological impact than previously thought on physical health, healing and scarring. The experiment actually consisted of volunteer participants sustaining minor injuries, and their perceived time in the laboratory was manipulated, with each study participant being “immersed” in one of three experimental contexts: Slow time (0.5x real time), Normal time (1x real time), And fast…

What is a leap year?Leap years occur every four years and were added to the calendar as a way to ensure that our time does not align with the seasons.Unbranded – LifestyleEvery year has 365 days. Well almost. Every four years (give or take), our calendars receive an extra day.Known as “Leap Day”, February. 29 is added and it becomes the last day of the shortest month of the year. Aside from giving people an extra day to reach their goals, there is He is Some science on why there are leap days.So, while you're making plans for this year's…

by Editing at night Published on January 6, 5:46 p.m See my news Follow Lille news This is a work that should attract your curiosity. The dark night of my soulwritten by Nadezh Hadrzyński, deaf and schizophrenicIt transports anyone into the heart of the hellish vortex that is disease. Through her poignant journey, this Lille resident is full of wishes and hope Demystifying this disease It is often considered taboo. Get back with Lille News On its history. From idea to implementation Al-Akhbar: How did you get the idea to write a book?Nadège: I needed to unpack my bag. I…

As demand for laboratory research increases, redevelopment of vacant office space for life sciences applications has gained momentum. Last May, for example, CBRE estimated that Half of the 125 office conversion projects Which was underway was then adapted for life sciences use.Among the recent conversions are two office buildings, 32,000 and 52,000 square feet, within the Rock Creek Property Group-owned Precision laboratories campus in Germantown, Maryland, which has been converted into a cGMP-ready white box facility and a state-of-the-art laboratory, respectively.Ware MalcombeThe Science and Technology Group, working alongside the company's in-house architecture, design studios and site planning, completed this adaptive…