Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court, after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, U.S. May 3, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters
Month: May 2022
A new Supplement released today in the journal Pediatrics suggests that although we are starting to connect the dots between events and experiences early in life and later adult health challenges, we are not doing nearly enough to intervene in childhood to optimize later health outcomes. At a time when there are increasing concerns about
Iconic singer Naomi Judd died at age 76, one day before she was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley Judd, shared a statement confirming her death: “Today [April 30, 2022] we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness.”
While working at a domestic violence nonprofit in Arizona during the height of the Covid-19 summer wave in 2020, Timmer wrote pandemic policies for her workplace, encouraging her colleagues to wear masks and, if they had been exposed to the coronavirus or had symptoms, get tested. Timmer herself was not aware of being exposed or
As we launch our new innovation engine – Cancer Research Horizons – Executive Director of Research and Innovation, Iain Foulkes, talks expanding impact, getting innovations to market and why all principal investigators should consider entrepreneurship… Cancer Research UK has a proud record of impact on cancer – our funded research has led to genuine breakthroughs in
Past experiences indicated that a COVID-19 surge may appear in the southern United States this summer, former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Sunday. “We should be preparing right now for a potential surge in the summer across the southern United States because we saw it in 2020 and we saw it
When performing the repeated open application test (ROAT) for allergic dermatitis, a minimum 10-day application period is needed to be confident that a positive result will be detected, according to a new prospective study out of France. Researchers found that nearly all positive results appear within that time frame, which is shorter than the 15
When you first break a bone, the body sends out an inflammatory response, and cells begin to form a hematoma around the injured area. Within a week or two, that blood clot is replaced with a soft material called callus that forms a bridge of sorts that holds the fragments together. Over months, the callus
Two new COVID-19 omicron subvariants, which were found to be able to dodge antibodies from earlier infections and vaccination, could trigger a new infection wave, according to a South African laboratory study. Blood samples taken from 24 unvaccinated individuals who had been infected with the omicron sub-lineage, BA.1, saw a 7.6- and 7.5-fold decrease in neutralizing
Researchers published the study covered in this summary on researchsquare.com as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), also known as vitamin D3 and the major circulating form of vitamin D, inversely associated with levels of glucagon (secreted by pancreatic islet α-cells) and connecting peptide (C-peptide;
There hasn’t been enough research on how much protection a fourth dose can offer, medical professionals told CNBC. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Countries are beginning to offer a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups, but medical professionals are undecided on whether it would benefit the wider population. The U.S. Food and
A new study, being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that children in the UK start consuming free sugars (those added to foods and drinks and those occurring naturally in fruit juices, honey and syrups) at a very young age, and that many toddlers’ sugar intake
On April 28, the FDA announced regulations to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. The agency said the proposals “have the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from combusted tobacco product use, the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., by reducing
“Over the last 20 years we have seen growing popularity of plant-based diets and a changing food environment with more access to plant-based alternatives, however we have not seen the research into the nutritional outcomes of children following vegetarian diets in Canada,” said Dr. Jonathon Maguire, the study’s lead author and a pediatrician at St.
From mounting pressures at work, to financial worries, or concerns around your health, there are myriad of ways stress can build, so it’s essential to address before things escalate. Our expert columnist Bhavna Raithatha explores how stress develops, and offers practical solutions to help manage the tensions in your life right now Stress affects everyone,
Experts are beginning to examine a potential link of high potency cannabis products to mental health risks and psychosis, according to a report from NBC News. As nationwide cannabis legalization is set to be presented to the senate, it is important to note that various marijuana products have high levels of THC, which is the prominent
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican-led state Legislature passed several anti-abortion restrictions in recent weeks, part of a movement in conservative states to curtail women’s reproductive rights. Anti-abortion lawmakers are hopeful the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court, which already indicated in arguments it would uphold Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, might even
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has found that the level of a person’s immune cells may provide an indication of whether they would benefit from chemotherapy in a type of cancer called oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). These cells, called lymphocytes, are a type of white blood cell that form an
An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine has shown that idiopathic autism is caused by epigenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic cells during fetal development, which results in immune dysregulation in the brain and gut.
The psychological symptoms of having a family member admitted to the intensive care unit due to COVID-19 can be massive, according to a study published Monday. The study, published in journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that having a family member with COVID-19 in the ICU was associated with a high prevalence of symptoms of post-traumatic stress
Bone densitometry scans provide useful information that can be used to classify radiographic hip osteoarthritis more objectively than does currently used methods, UK researchers believe. Based on detecting osteophytes using high-resolution dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), the novel grading system they have developed showed an exponential relationship with worsening clinical outcomes such as hip pain,
In this article UBER LYFT Lyft President John Zimmer (R) and CEO Logan Green speak as Lyft lists on the Nasdaq at an IPO event in Los Angeles March 29, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Lyft and Uber said this week they will fully cover legal fees for their respective drivers who are sued under
CAR-T therapy, a form of immunotherapy that revs up T-cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells, has revolutionized the treatment of blood cancers, including certain leukemias, lymphomas, and most recently, multiple myeloma. However, Black and Hispanic people were largely absent from the major clinical trials that led to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval
“I’m a cardiologist; I’m used to doing things.” — FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, during a press briefing discussing the agency’s proposal to ban menthol in cigarettes and other tobacco products. “It’s just really important to get the word out that we have a lot more tools in the toolkit now.” — Kathy Yang, PharmD,
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. It’s the first study of its kind for reptiles and involved 961 scientists in 24 countries across six continents and took 15 years to complete. Similar global assessments for other classes of animal have revealed
Dr. Abdallah El Sabbagh, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, discusses mitral valve regurgitation, a heart condition. This interview originally aired Jan. 18, 2020. Learn more about mitral valve regurgitation: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mitral-valve-regurgitation/symptoms-causes/syc-20350178?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&cauid=100721&_ga=2.53585514.314507516.1578840801-382127956.1576426874
Everything on Earth is made up of energy. You can’t really see it with the naked eye, but every piece of furniture, every animal, every tree, every human is vibrating and emanating in a particular frequency. Have you ever strolled past someone and just felt good vibes? Or walked in on your parents arguing, and
Health authorities are warning of possible measles outbreaks in children amid a “perfect storm” of conditions that heighten the risks. The conditions are “ripe” for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF noted in a joint news release Wednesday. According to the organizations, the first two months of 2022