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THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A lot has been made of the so-called "quarantine 15." Now, a new study suggests certain people are more likely to binge eat during the coronavirus pandemic than others. Most often they are young adults who faced social stigma about being overweight before COVID-19 swept the globe. The researchers found this group had higher levels of depressive symptoms, stress, eating as a coping strategy and binge-eating behaviors compared to those who hadn't dealt with weight stigma previously. The risk of binge eating was nearly three times higher among those who'd been teased or mistreated because of their size compared to those who hadn't, according to the study. The study included nearly 600 young adults who took part in a previous study on eating...

THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The coronavirus pandemic silenced choirs around the globe, but researchers in Sweden say it may be safe to sing with others if you take precautions. "There are many reports about the spreading of COVID-19 in connection with choirs singing. Therefore, different restrictions have been introduced all over the world to make singing safer," said Jakob Löndahl, an associate professor of aerosol technology at Lund University. "So far, however, there has been no scientific investigation of the amount of aerosol particles and larger droplets that we actually exhale when we sing," he said in a university news release. Löndahl and his colleagues wanted to gain a better understanding of the amount of aerosols (small airborne particles), droplets and...

THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Folks struggling with depression are much more likely to turn to marijuana to ease their symptoms these days, and that's not necessarily a good thing, researchers report. Depressed people are more than twice as likely to have used pot within the last month and three times more likely to use it nearly every day in 2015-2016, a far higher number than 10 years before, the new study found. Experts say this boom in use among the depressed is probably linked to the spread of marijuana legalization across the United States, particularly for medical purposes. "Its accessibility has increased over the specific time period that this study measures," noted Michael Wetter, director of adolescent and young adult medicine with the UCLA David Geffen...

THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (Healthday News) -- Just weeks into the fall semester, universities and colleges in all 50 states are now struggling to contain the spread of coronavirus on their campuses. More than 40,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported among students, staff and faculty nationwide, CNN reported. That number is likely higher due to a lag from schools that update their data every few days. Many outbreaks have cropped up after gatherings at fraternities and sororities: One cluster of COVID-19 cases was traced back to a fraternity party held at the University of New Hampshire. More than 100 people attended the Aug. 29 party and few wore masks, CNN reported. At Indiana University Bloomington, 30 sorority and fraternity houses have been ordered to quarantine following what...