The mind is not isolated from the world it lives in. While writing one of my last posts, 'The Effect of Coronavirus on Mental Health' - I wondered how things would improve. Before the pandemic began, many of us were already struggling. We were already dealing with poor mental health - the virus just put… Continue reading The mind is not isolated from the world it lives in.
Month: August 2020
the effect of COVID-19 on mental health
I wish it would just go away. That is a common sentiment everyone's heard at least once this year thanks to the coronavirus, COVID-19, the global pandemic that's taken the world by storm since early February. COVID-19 has left a huge and unprecedented impact on modern society. An article in Brain, Behavior and Immunity states COVID-19 ‘threatens our basic need for… Continue reading the effect of COVID-19 on mental health
On This Day – 12th August
On 12th August 1865, a medical surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister used phenol (a chemical antiseptic) for the first time during medical surgery. This took place in Glasgow, Scotland at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary where Lister encountered an 11-year-old boy called James Greenlees who'd been in a car accident. Lister washed Greenlees' wounds and dressed them with phenol… Continue reading On This Day – 12th August
how many cells are there in the human body?
It's estimated that there are over 30 trillion cells in the human body. Scientists are currently attempting to map them all so they can determine the function of each cell - and they certainly have their work cut out for them! Researchers take a big step towards a comprehensive single-cell atlas