Pregnant women should feel confident that Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines against COVID-19 are safe, according to a large new study published today. In fact, pregnant vaccinated women had lower odds of a significant health event, compared with nonpregnant vaccinated women, after both doses of either mRNA vaccination, the researchers reported in the journal The Lancet
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Keep your communications clear by considering your body language and how you can demonstrate active listening Showing attentiveness to a conversation lets people feel heard, and can open up the door for more meaningful interactions, showing the person you’re engaging with that you’re receptive to what they’re saying. There are some behaviours you’ll probably be
More than leaving lasting damage to the natural environment, climate change is also making human diseases worse, according to a study. Climate change is not a new problem. Since the initial connection between human activities and global warming in the late 1930s, the scientific community has been spreading information about the rapid changes the planet is experiencing due
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that leads to an advanced form of fatty liver disease and a potential way to reverse the process. They found that elevated blood levels of homocysteine correlate strongly with the severity of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and determined that vitamin B12 and folic acid may have a role in preventing or
Type 1 Diabetes College Packing List – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission.
In late July, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of global concern. On August 4, the Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency in the U.S. Those actions, understandably, increased anxiety about the newest health issue. What is it? How widespread? Am I at risk? What to watch for? Is
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. Nvidia’s warning is a reset The bad news didn’t tank the market The Inflation Reduction Act could be bad for the market 1. Nvidia’s warning is a reset Nvidia (NVDA)
Infants generally cry with more variable pitch and duration than adults. Longer, harsher, rougher, and louder cries mean they are experiencing pain or mild discomfort. Hence, a baby’s cry with universal acoustic properties is innately decoded by caregivers. In a recent Current Biology study, researchers detected that a baby’s cry expresses the pain that can be actually
Actress/singer Mandy Moore is pregnant with her second child, which is due this October. The This is Us co-star recently revealed that she will have an unmedicated birth with this child as she did with her first, a boy named Gus. She is unable to receive epidural anesthesia during delivery because she has immune thrombocytopenic
It’s a dramatic improvement from this winter — there were four times as many hospitalizations and nearly six times as many deaths at the peak of the first Omicron wave — but still stubbornly high numbers. And there are big question marks around what might happen next, as the coronavirus’ evolution remains quite elusive 2½
An ongoing program that monitors wastewater for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and which has effectively predicted subsequent surges in COVID-19 cases in San Diego has been expanded to detect the presence of monkeypox. Since the first confirmed case of monkeypox in California in late-May, reported cases have steadily risen in the state and across the
An 86-year-old father has reportedly lost his ability to walk due to excessive over-the-counter vitamins. In a recent interview with ABC Radio Melbourne, Australia resident Alison Taylor said that, one day, her father could no longer feel his legs. After losing the ability to walk, he got admitted to a hospital, where he was then diagnosed with vitamin B6 toxicity. A condition
It is a story that has quickly gone viral around the world: A Mission Viejo, California-based dermatologist has been arrested for allegedly poisoning her husband. Dr Yue Yu Yue Yu, MD, aged 45, was booked into the Orange County Jail on August 4, after Irvine Police had been called to her residence that day by
How can we truly feel our feelings? Here we look at some techniques to help us identify our emotions so we can process them in a healthy way Do you ever feel full of feelings… but you aren’t quite sure what they are? Perhaps you’re feeling more tearful than usual and the simplest thing sets
With the ongoing monkeypox outbreak becoming a national health emergency, parents have raised concerns as to how much at risk their kids could be. Luckily, there’s no need to panic just yet. While it’s true that there are a few confirmed cases of monkeypox in children, Dr. Larry Kociolek, the medical director of infection, prevention and
Factors operating at the community level may help explain disparities in rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) across Texas. Researchers found that the risk for HCC is higher in neighborhoods characterized by minority populations, socioeconomic disadvantage, and blue-collar workers from specific industries. However, these relationships are not uniform across the state, report researchers from Baylor College
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A health worker administers a dose of the Bavarian Nordic A/S Jynneos monkeypox vaccine at a vaccination site in West Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Jill Connelly | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday expanded its authorization for the monkeypox vaccine in a way that would significantly boost
In a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, researchers estimate the risk of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in Denmark. MIS-C is a severe manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children and adolescents. Study: Risk and Phenotype of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Vaccinated and
Medical mistakes are as old as the practice of medicine itself, but it wasn’t until 1999 that the United States started paying more attention to them. Over 20 years later, we may be reducing medical errors — a recent study published in JAMA found significant decreases in mistakes in cases of pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction,
The Biden administration is set to announce a new emergency declaration as early as Tuesday afternoon that would enable providers to inject one-fifth of the currently authorized dose into the skin, rather than a full dose into underlying fat. The move was first reported by the New York Times. The move comes less than a
Catching cancer early, before it has the chance to grow and spread, greatly increases the chances of it being successfully treated. For example, more than 9 in 10 diagnosed with bowel cancer at its earliest stage survive their disease for 5 years or more, compared with 1 in 10 when diagnosed at the latest stage.
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have revealed how the pathway of an identified protein could lead to early diagnosis and targeted treatment for several cancers and brain disorders. The team of researchers discovered how the journey or molecular pathway of an identified protein is both essential for brain development and howan alteration to its pathway
Pam Silver, professor of systems biology, uses biology as a tool to builds products that include faster growing plants and biofuels. This video is part of a series in which researchers explain the importance of their work: http://hms.harvard.edu/research/science-matters.
A Lyme disease vaccine is finally in the works, and Pfizer is taking the lead in developing the biological preparation. The New York City-headquartered pharmaceutical company announced Monday its plan to launch a large clinical trial of an experimental Lyme vaccine with its French partner, Valneva. The researchers involved in the trial are seeking thousands
The investigational agent xanomeline-trospium (KarXT, Karuna Therapeutics), which combines a muscarinic receptor agonist with an anticholinergic agent, helps improve psychosis symptoms, and is not associated with weight gain or sedation in adults with schizophrenia, new research shows. Top-line results from the phase 3 EMERGENT-2 trial showed a significantly greater reduction from baseline on Positive and
Understanding the impact of our words, and how they can perpetuate stigma Language holds an invisible power over our lives. More than a collection of words and phrases, it is a vehicle for ideas and experiences, and plays a significant role in shaping how we make sense of the world. While we may not always
Games like “Grand Theft Auto,” “Call of Duty,” “Fortnite” and “PUBG” have many fans. But why are these violent games so popular? A study has found plausible answers. Violent games are some of the most popular game genres in the video games section. Their popularity is soaring day by day, and this may have to
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