Search results for chronic fatigue

Social Sciences Mar 20, 2023

Australian workers exhausted, unprepared for technology-driven future of work, report says

Australian workers are exhausted, unwell, at risk of quitting, and largely unprepared for future workplace challenges driven by automation and artificial intelligence, a new report from the University of Melbourne Work Futures ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 8, 2023

Studies find that microbiome changes may be a signature for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Researchers have found differences in the gut microbiomes of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) compared to healthy controls. Findings from two studies, published in Cell Host & Microbe ...

Social Sciences Jan 12, 2023

What is racial battle fatigue? A school psychologist explains

When William A. Smith, a scholar of education and culture, introduced the term "racial battle fatigue" in 2003, he used it to describe the cumulative effects of racial hostility that Black people—specifically faculty and ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 5, 2023

Researchers shed light on how exercise preserves physical fitness during aging

Proven to protect against a wide array of diseases, exercise may be the most powerful anti-aging intervention known to science. However, while physical activity can improve health during aging, its beneficial effects inevitably ...

Archaeology Dec 20, 2022

Chronic dysentery was likely not the killer of Edward the Black Prince, despite what is commonly believed

Whatever disease killed Edward the Black Prince—heir apparent to the English throne in the mid 1300s, and heralded as the greatest English soldier ever to have lived—is unlikely to have been chronic dysentery, as is commonly ...

Ecology Dec 15, 2022

Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild

Koalas have adapted to Australia's rugged terrains. But bushfires, land clearing and other extreme threats can mean they suffer prolonged stress—and this has a significant effect on their wellbeing.

Social Sciences Nov 30, 2022

New visual scale offers simple measure to help identify job burnout

"Job burnout" is a term that's far too familiar to many people. A 2020 Gallup poll showed that 76 percent of employed Americans surveyed have experienced burnout.

Social Sciences Oct 24, 2022

Employers can't fill vacancies, but many do surprisingly little to help workers return after a long illness

The UK was supposed to be facing a spike in unemployment after the pandemic furlough schemes ended, but instead the job market is the tightest in a generation. Given that there are also more vacancies than active job seekers ...

Environment Sep 26, 2022

Toward a more localized, impact-based alert system for extreme weather to mitigate heat waves

England's extreme weather warning system could be further refined to help mitigate the public health effects of heat waves, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Bio & Medicine Sep 13, 2022

Researchers develop messenger RNA therapy for ovarian cancer, muscle wasting

Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have developed a promising, first-of-its-kind messenger RNA therapy for ovarian cancer as well as cachexia, a muscle-wasting condition associated ...

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