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W alking is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The last three pandemic years have put our step count in the spotlight: As possibly the ultimate form of accessible exercise for our mental and physical health, walking has been a way to get out of our houses and breathe some fresh air while moving our bodies and maybe even connecting with a friend. In 2022 specifically, walking really had some Moments—in the form of not one but two TikTok trends. First, the Silly Little Walk trend was all about relishing the quaint simplicity that a walk provides in our overstimulated world. Then the Hot Girl Walk said nuh-uh, don’t minimize the walk! It’s a chance to find power in ourselves through our gratitude, our dreams, and our hotness. Both trends have resonated with millions of TikTok viewers, making even more people fall in love with walking. And for good reason. Last year, we spotlighted five reasons walking is so good ...

Twitter is a lot of things, but stable isn’t one of them, at least as of December 2022. This has left many users looking for alternative social networking platforms. One such platform is Mastodon, an open-source microblogging site that has attracted a lot of attention since its launch in 2016. But is Mastodon a true alternative to Twitter? Let’s find out. What Is Mastodon? Mastodon is an open-source microblogging platform similar to Twitter. It was created by Eugen Rochko in 2016 and has since become one of the most popular decentralized social networks on the web. Unlike Twitter, which is owned and controlled by a single company, Mastodon is maintained by a network of independent servers that are managed by individual users or groups. This means that each server can set its own rules for content moderation, making it easier for users to find communities that match their interests or locations. Mastodon vs. Twitter: Similarities ...

The European Union is set to create the world's first broad standards for regulating or banning certain uses of artificial intelligence in 2023 Technology 28 December 2022 By Jeremy Hsu Margr...

This post was co-authored with Emily Plackowski. "When you hear hoofbeats, think of..." Completing this saying has become a kind of shibboleth or custom for the rare disease, disorder, and disability (RD) community. Traditionally, healthcare professionals have been advised to "think of horses" when presented with symptomatic patients. On a surface level, this "anticipate the obvious" reasoning makes sense; cases of the flu , COVID-19 , and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are surging this holiday season, while individual RDs remain, well, rare. Still, the relative rareness of a disorder does not justify a lack of awareness about that disorder, especially among healthcare professionals. Our new research published last month demonstrates the great work people with RDs are doing in order to change that. Source: European Organisation for Rare Diseases, used with permission Individual RDs are (by definition) rare, affect...

Yoga can help with so many aspects of our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. And that includes our digestion. The practice of yoga can reduce stress, which helps regulate the gut-brain axis . There’s even recent research that suggests yoga may be a remedial treatment for IBS .  And around the holiday season, when wellness-minded folks indulge at various celebrations and then look for a yogic antidote, it's common to see bloat-relieving poses making their way into circulation. But poses are only one of the eight limbs of yoga . To truly embrace the practice, honor its roots, and feel its effects, we need to approach yoga holistically, bringing proper concentration and breath, for instance, to any flow. Yoga instructor Sara Sas,RYT, L.Ac. , adds acupressure to this, too. Also a licensed acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, she recently shared with Well+Good that, when she’s dealing wit...

DeltaWorks/Pixabay Artificial intelligence (AI) computer vision is making significant inroads in digital healthcare. A new study published in IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine demonstrates how an AI method can predict therapy outcomes in patients with brain metastases—cancer that has spread to the brain from another organ—better than oncologists. “Deep learning models have shown great promise in recognizing important and distinctive aspects of medical image data in various applications including cancer therapeutics,” wrote the researchers affiliated with the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, Canada, York University, and the University of Toronto who conducted the new study. Metastatic brain cancer, also called secondary brain tumor, happen when cancer cells spread (metastasize) from their original location to the brain by traveling through the lymph system or bloodstream. The cells that form metastatic brain ...

When it comes to protecting your computer and personal information, choosing the right security suite is essential. Currently, two popular market options are Bitdefender Total Security and McAfee Total Protection. Both offer a variety of features to safeguard your device from malware and other digital threats. Bitdefender and McAfee are both well-known security suites, but they have their own strengths and weaknesses. So, which one is the best option in the Bitdefender vs. McAfee comparison? And why? Read on to find out. Bitdefender vs. McAfee: Features Bitdefender and McAfee offer a range of features to protect your device from various threats, such as malware, viruses, hackers, and phishing attacks. In addition to general security features like real-time protection and quick and full manual virus scans, Bitdefender provides web and email protection, vulnerability scanning, and a password management tool. Bitdefender also includes features like File Shredder and Sa...

Stored procedures: like functions for your SQL. A stored procedure is a batch of SQL statements created and stored on a database. You can reuse a stored procedure over and over again. A stored procedure can accept parameters, run a query, and return results. Many users can call a stored procedure and different applications can call it with different parameter values. What Are the Benefits of Using Stored Procedures? Apart from allowing multiple users and applications to reuse it, a stored procedure has other benefits. It is easy to modify. You can change a stored procedure when necessary and these updates will be reflected for all users. Furthermore, you don’t need to redeploy your application when you modify the stored procedure. It reduces network traffic because the server only passes the procedure’s name over the network and not the entire query. It improves database security since users don’t have direct access to tables. To make...