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If you can’t resist snacking on candy, make the healthier choice by opting for keto-friendly candy and vegan candy. You’ll be able to enjoy its sweet taste minus the unnecessary sugar. Is Candy Bad For You? As per statistics, 268.09 million Americans consumed chocolate and other candies in 2020, which shows how accessible sweets are to people like other junk food.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if you have bad breath, and asking someone to check if it’s fresh can be embarrassing. But thanks to science, there may soon be an easier way to find out. Researchers are now working on a sensor to detect hydrogen sulfide, the gas that makes breath stink. Bad breath can

Vaccinated people need to mask up again, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On July 27, 2021, the CDC recommended that everyone in areas with high COVID-19 infection rates wear masks in public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status. It’s a reversal from the CDC’s May 2021 advice that the fully

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The CDC is expected to announce this week that new data shows people vaccinated against COVID-19 who become infected with the Delta variant can spread it and infect others, The New York Times reported late Thursday. The revelation is one reason

Total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), in addition to chemotherapy, significantly improved overall survival (OS) in patients with newly diagnosed uterine cancer and distant metastases, a large retrospective analysis showed. The survival hazard decreased by more than 40% with the addition of TAH, and a propensity score-matched analysis showed almost a 9-month gain in median OS. Landmark

After two months of soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, numbers have again started to fall – and to the surprise of many, fall quite dramatically. New cases peaked at 54,674 on July 17 before falling to 23,511 on July 27. We should note that whether this decline will continue is as yet uncertain, as

A remote monitoring system was highly effective in managing symptoms and improving quality of life among patients with cancer who were receiving chemotherapy, say researchers reporting the first clinical trial of the new approach. The study tested the Advanced Symptom Management System (ASyMS) for patients with various cancer types who were undergoing treatment at cancer

Face masks have definitely become part of most people’s skincare regimen. But beauty masks are not just limited for the face, there are also hand masks and even foot mask peels. This type of mask aims to turn your tired feet’s skin into something as smooth and soft as a baby’s.  What’s a foot mask peel? Think face peel

A single high dose of the antifungal agent liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB; AmBisome, Gilead Sciences), with a background regimen of flucytosine and fluconazole, is noninferior and significantly safer in preventing mortality in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis than a conventional 7-day regimen that is the current standard of care, according to a new study. The much-anticipated results

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases in fully vaccinated healthcare workers were rare, and generally were associated with the individual’s immune response to the vaccine in the early days of infection, an Israeli study found. In 39 breakthrough infections of SARS-CoV-2 out of 1,497 fully vaccinated healthcare workers, neutralizing antibody titers were lower than uninfected controls during the

Kill every human on the planet. This is the first assignment I give students in my public health classes, filled with do-gooders passionate about saving the world. Their homework is to play a game called Plague, in which they pretend to be pathogens bent on infecting everyone on the globe before humans can develop a

Topical corticosteroids should be applied just once daily to treat atopic dermatitis (AD), and prescribing oral antihistamines should be phased out, dermatologists recommend in a new review. The authors also encourage four other treatment practices for AD and dissuade use of well-known inventions that have shown no clinical benefit. These recommendations give patients “safer and

With governments worldwide under pressure to ease pandemic restrictions as vaccination rates rise and impatience with border restrictions grows, new threats become clearer. One of the costliest, it is now feared, could be a tsunami of “long COVID” cases. Long COVID is a serious ongoing illness that follows an acute episode of the disease. It

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) — Vermont is continuing to lead the country with the highest percentage of its eligible population vaccinated against COVID-19 and a number of other categories, but the state is still urging people to get vaccinated, officials said Tuesday.

Patients with small renal masses avoided interventions in 70% of cases during about 3 years of active surveillance that had a standard protocol to identify progression requiring intervention, investigators reported. During 31-34 months of follow-up, 37 of 123 patients met criteria for intervention, and 29 of the 37 underwent delayed intervention. The cohort had a

Contrary to myths circulating on social media, COVID-19 vaccines do not cause erectile dysfunction and male infertility. What is true: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, poses a risk for both disorders. Until now, little research has been done on how the virus or the vaccines affect the male reproductive system. But recent investigations by

The longer a person has diabetes, the greater their risk for also developing heart failure, according to an analysis of nearly 10,000 U.S. adults followed for a median of close to 23 years. In a multivariable analysis the rate of incident heart failure increased steadily and significantly as diabetes duration increased. Among the 168 study

Training like a professional athlete is hard. However, this shouldn’t dishearten you from trying it out. As the Olympics have recently started, now’s a fun time to get active and be in shape. While there’s no gold medal waiting for you at the end, the benefits are certainly worth it. If you’re ready to start your training, here are 10

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Nerve fiber loss and an increase in dendritic or key immune cells on the cornea may help identify Long COVID, according to a small study published online today in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Gulfidan Bitirgen, MD, of the Department of

Going smoke-free after a diagnosis of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) significantly reduced risks of overall and disease-specific mortality, according to a prospective study. Over an average follow-up of 7 years, smoking cessation was associated with a 33% decreased risk of all-cause mortality (HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.53-0.85), a 25% decreased risk of lung

In recent weeks, one piece of data has gotten a lot of attention: 99.5% of all the people dying from COVID-19 in the U.S. are unvaccinated. We are two researchers who work in public health and study immunity, viruses and other microbes. Since the start of the pandemic, public health experts have been concerned about

A meta-analysis of the 10 most common orthopedic procedures shows that most lack firm scientific support, according to British researchers. In some cases, they are not any better than doing nothing, according to the study, which was published in The BMJ. The group conducted an umbrella survey of patients who had 10 disorders. Participants were

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One of New Jersey’s largest health care systems says it recently fired six supervisor-level employees who refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. RWJBarnabas Health had mandated in May that its supervisory workers to get vaccinated by

“And, you know we’re talking a good game but at some point, future generations are going to watch our feet and ask if we moved.” — Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) speaking about the inertia he’s observed around climate-related problems that have plagued the U.S. for decades. “This arrangement was a handshake designed to bring procedures

Clinical trials underway across the US are exploring the use of robotic surgical devices for nipple-sparing mastectomy, but are either not collecting cancer outcomes or not doing so as a primary measure — despite a stiff warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that those outcomes are important.     The FDA warning was

The pace of acute therapy and vaccine development for COVID have been dizzying. But even as we hope a route to bringing the pandemic under control is within sight, we’re now facing the possibility of another urgent public health emergency thanks to what’s known as long COVID, a group of symptoms that last long after

At a recent town hall meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, President Joe Biden was asked about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rising in response to the Delta variant. Touting the importance of vaccination, he said “We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten a vaccination. It’s that basic, that simple,” Biden said at the event,

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include COVID vaccine efficacy in a VA