Maeve Wallace, associate director of the Mary Amelia Center for Women's Health Equity Research at Tulane University, participating in a webinar on pregnancy-related death in the U.S., unequivocally stated that pregnancy-related mortality is a "racialized issue."

"Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile, especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations," commented Tulane University study author Dr. Lu Qi.

The study findings support the belief that stair-climbing could be a "convenient and time-efficient way of vigorous exercise for lowering the risk of heart disease," said Tulane University professor Lu Qi, M.D., PhD, who was one of the study authors.

“So, caffeine is a stimulant, and while it’s probably not going to have any impact on the clinical courses, either of a cold or flu or COVID or RSV ... the stimulant nature of caffeine may be counterproductive,” said Suan Hassig, an associate professor emerita of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at Tulane University in New Orleans.

“So we know that the lower the riverbed — it’s problematic,” says Stephen Murphy, director of Tulane University’s Disaster Management Masters of Public Health Program.

“Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile, especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations,” says co-corresponding author Lu Qi, a chair and professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

It’s a nuisance, but climbing those flights of stairs might be saving your life, according to a new study from Tulane University.

“Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile, especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations,” Lu Qi, MD, PhD, FAHA

Stephen Murphy, an assistant professor at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, told NBC that the flow was around 148,000 cubic feet per second last week, allowing saltwater to intrude further and further up the river.

Stephen Murphy, an assistant professor at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, estimated that close to 1 million people within the greater New Orleans metropolitan area could be affected if water levels in the Mississippi River remain low.