“If you notice that the person’s shoulders or feet turn away from you or they look down at the floor (or their phone), it’s a sign that they’re trying to escape the moment,” says licensed clinical psychologist Jamie Long, Psy.D. However, Long says it’s also possible that “the topic of conversation got too intense, too one-sided, or is just taking way too long to finish.” Either way, it’s important to try to ascertain their comfort level and switch gears if need be....

While sometimes, unexplained nausea and vomiting are your stomach’s way of telling you it’s in distress (think food poisoning, gastritis, or an ulcer), other times, your stomach sends up a flare about something else entirely. According to Kristine Arthur, MD, an internist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California, nausea and vomiting are ways of alerting you to oncoming migraines, by triggering “changes in the central nervous system and also the slowing of digestion....

In a June study published in the journal Cell, researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC School of Medicine conducted a series of lab tests in an effort to better understand the progression of COVID-19 infection and how the disease makes its way into the lungs. Based on the results, the scientists found that coronavirus infects the nasal cavity to a far greater degree than it does anywhere else in the respiratory tract, like the throat....

“The expansion of scientific exploration diffused and disproved a lot of phenomena that were once considered paranormal, but you can’t really kill the concept of the occult and of mysticism…it’s human nature to be curious about and drawn to the unknown,” explained PsychTests CEO Ilona Jerabek, PhD, in a statement. In many cases, survey respondents even reported having direct contact with otherworldly beings. Read on to discover which brushes with the paranormal were most common among survey takers....

In 1940, the omelet fold hairstyle rose to prominence when golden girl Gene Tierney rocked it in one of the year’s biggest movies, The Return of Frank James. The retro updo could be casual or fancy and formal, depending on the outfit and accessories you paired it with. And for more blast-from-the-past looks, check out these 24 Celeb Red Carpet Photos From 1990 You Have to See to Believe. In the early 1940s, the victory roll hairstyle was born purely out of practicality....

Thankfully, a recent report in the medical journal Lancet is here to settle the score. After completing a systematic review of 172 studies, the researchers concluded that keeping that extra three feet of distance between yourself and others can cut your risk of coronavirus infection in half.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Some scientists take it even further, insisting that the six-foot rule should be considered the bare minimum. While the six-foot recommendation is based on the notion that most large droplets from a cough or sneeze will fall to the ground within that distance, most is not a guarantee, and research increasingly indicates that smaller aerosol particles do have the capacity to travel further....

While personalized items, including clothing, photobooks, and kitchenware are among the most popular holiday presents, according to Vistaprint’s survey participants, anonymous-feeling gifts were the least coveted in the bunch. In fact, a whopping 60 percent of individuals polled said they had regifted generic gifts in the past, with certain items more likely to be regifted than others. Read on to discover the worst holiday gift out there, and for some presents they’ll actually love, These Are the Most Popular Christmas Gifts of 2020, According to Google....

The “no contact rule” is exactly what it sounds like: cutting off any contact with your ex. While this may be challenging, if not impossible, for people who had been in a more committed relationship that involved marriage, a shared home, or children, experts insist it’s the only way to really move on. “If you’re divorcing, let your lawyer do the contacting for legal matters. If you have children, you’ll need to have some contact, but keep it minimal and businesslike,” says Tina B....

A study released by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that a total of 7.8 billion gallons of alcohol were consumed by Americans in 2018. This brought the national per capita consumption to 2.35 gallons per person—or about 501 drinks each year—with an overall breakdown of 570 million gallons of hard liquor, 900 million gallons of wine, and 6.3 billion gallons of beer. Data from the study show that while per capita alcohol consumption is still below the peak that was reached during the early ’80s, levels have been slowly rising for nearly two decades....

To figure out which dating apps should be best avoided, we first compared four best-of lists. We used CNET’s list of “Best Dating Sites for 2021,” PC Mag’s “The Best Dating Apps for 2021,” Mashable’s guide to dating apps, and “The Best Dating Apps for 2021” by Digital Trends. These lists featured two apps, which we excluded: Facebook Dating because the social media platform doesn’t actually have a separate dating app, and Tastebuds, which is only available on iOS....

To find out which place had the worst conditions, personal finance website WalletHub collected data from all 50 states on essential road elements, including the cost of owning and maintaining a car, safety, access to vehicles and maintenance, and—naturally—traffic and insurance. Each was then scored on a list of criteria, from rush-hour congestion and road quality to “traffic indiscipline” and repair shops per capita. The weighted totals from the categories were then tallied, with 100 possible points representing perfect driving conditions....

“If I’m hanging that in my rearview mirror and then I have the air conditioner blasting, is what’s on that mask now blowing around inside my car?” Jade Flinn, RN, a nurse educator for the Biocontainment Unit at Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a recent interview with The Washington Post. This reasoning is exactly why medical experts have cautioned against using air conditioning in enclosed spaces, like restaurants or cars....

According to The New York Times, you should never use bleach when washing your cloth masks—no matter how tempting it may be to disinfect it with something so notoriously powerful. That’s because harsh chemicals like bleach and hydrogen peroxide can degrade the fabric fibers over time, making them less effective at containing viral particles. Whatever perceived benefit you might imagine is the result of disinfecting with bleach goes completely out the window if your fibers are thinning, and allowing more virus in next time....

RELATED: The Riskiest Things You’re Doing After You’re Vaccinated, CDC Says. Since President Joe Biden ordered state governments to open vaccine eligibility to all adults on April 19, the percentage of the population above the age of 18 who has received at least one dose has risen to 58.7 percent, according to CDC data May 13. Now, experts say that the time is approaching where anyone who is seeking out the shots will have had the opportunity to get both doses and wait the two weeks required to be fully vaccinated, meaning that health officials can revisit mask guidelines....

Read the original article on Best Life. While he and Trump have frequently butted heads regarding how to handle the pandemic, Fauci maintains that politics should not get in the way of doing what’s best for the health of the country. “I stay in my lane. I’m not a politician. I do public health things,” he told Reuters on Nov. 12. And to see where things stand right now in the U....

READ THIS NEXT: Delta Just Made This Permanent Change for All Passengers, Starting Now. After more than two years of decreased demand brought on by the COVID-19, airlines are finally seeing a rebound in travelers taking to the sky. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), 2,312,179 travelers passed through security checkpoints on May 30, increasing from 353,261 on the same day in 2020 and nearly matching the pre-pandemic levels of 2,499,002 recorded in 2019....

You’re probably familiar with the symptoms of the flu: fever, fatigue, a sore throat, headaches, body aches, runny nose, and sneezing. Most often, the flu also presents with a bad cough. In more serious cases, it can progress to pneumonia, which can add shortness of breath and rapid breathing to that list of symptoms. Unfortunately, much of this closely mirrors the experience of having COVID-19, complicating a clear diagnosis. That’s why McNeil recommends looking for COVID’s more “wacky” symptoms, which could offer insight into a person’s condition....

For some people who suffer with trauma, therapists use “resource installation,” a technique that is part of an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) program. Basically, instead of trying to push away distressing experiences, patients are asked to zero in on a few happy, sensory memories where they felt strong, safe, and supported. At the same time, they’re told to close their eyes and move them back and forth, rhythmically, like what happens when you sleep....

RELATED: This Popular Diet Is a “Disease-Promoting Disaster,” New Study Says. You’re doing everything right: You’re eating a low-fat, low-carb diet; you’re exercising; you’ve even given up sugary sodas in exchange for diet drinks. And yet, you still can’t seem to lose weight. That may be because, according to the USC study, of said diet soda.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The research included 74 adults, all of whom were nonsmokers who had had stable weight for at least three months....

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, called out Michigan on April 12, saying things were bad enough that the state needed to shut down again. According to Walensky, Michigan is facing such an overwhelming surge in coronavirus cases at the moment that a boost in COVID vaccinations alone isn’t enough. Asked what the state could do during a White House briefing, Walensky said, “The answer to that is to really close things down, to go back to our basics, to go back to where we were last spring, last summer, and to shut things down, to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another, to test to the extent that we have available, to contact trace....