Intermittent fasting is all the rage these days as more and more celebrities have sworn by this diet. It also helps that some research has already established its health benefits and its positive effect on weight management. However, diet alone is not the secret to fitness. It should always be coupled with regular exercise. Interestingly,
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Professor Richard Gilbertson and his lab, before the COVID-pandemic There’s an atmosphere of excitement in Cambridge. After months of not being able to get into labs for anything other than COVID-19 research, universities are beginning to discuss how to reopen facilities. It’s a conversation that Professor Richard Gilbertson, a children’s cancer researcher and director of
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News Clinical Trials Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine (adenovirus type 5 Vector) Received Military Specially-Needed Drug Approval in China Print this page Hong Kong, June 29, 2020 — This announcement is made by CanSino Biologics Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong
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Treatment for Postoperative Pain Heron Therapeutics Receives Complete Response Letter for HTX-011 for the Management of Postoperative Pain Print this page SAN DIEGO, June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today
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FDA Approves Dojolvi (triheptanoin) for the Treatment of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders Print this page NOVATO, Calif., June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel products for rare and ultra-rare diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
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A quality improvement initiative in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children’s National Hospital led to a significant reduction in treatment with intravenous vancomycin, an antibiotic used for resistant gram positive infections, which is often associated with acute kidney injury. The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, show the initiative reduceed vancomycin use in
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A high percentage of postmenopausal women experience depression, and the risk is increased by factors including physical disabilities and having many children, scientists said. In a cross-sectional study of 485 postmenopausal women surveyed with questionnaires, 199 (41%) were found to have depression, reported Kevser Ozdemir, PhD, of Sakarya University in Turkey, and colleagues. Their study,
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the reporters that there’s no going back to stricter measures, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom hinted that on Wednesday he’ll tighten restrictions, especially at beaches, this Independence Day weekend. At least 19 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans in response to a surge in new infections. California
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Our group of college friends planned to attend alumni weekend in June. But cancer and COVID changed our plans. Through a series of messages, and phone calls, we heard the news: it is cancer. The cancer diagnosis and treatment planning all happened during COVID. We still wanted to celebrate our friendship, so we planned our
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Graduates celebrated with faculty, family and friends on May 24. Like Harvard Medical School on Facebook: https://goo.gl/4dwXyZ Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/GbrmQM Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/s1w4up Follow on LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/04vRgY Website: https://hms.harvard.edu
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When you go in to see the doctor, it’s typical to get a blood test to check lipid levels, your cholesterol and triglycerides. You likely know it’s important to lower bad cholesterol levels, because high levels increase your risk of heart attack. The same holds true for triglycerides. But what you might not know is
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Study smarter and study less with the Feynman Technique. The Feynman technique is particularly effective at helping you master difficult concepts. Named after the Nobel Prize winning Richard Feynman, the concept focuses on explaining a difficult concept in easy to understand language as if you were explaining it to someone else (or a child). By
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With pinging mobiles and thumping music taking over every element of our day, silence is a rarity in the modern world. But, could switching off from these sounds help us improve our physical and emotional health? Can you hear that? It’s the sound of constant noise. We’re bombarded 24/7 by sounds of some sort –
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Women are significantly more likely to receive prescriptions of opioid analgesics. Read the study, which was performed in a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S., in Journal of Women’s Health. Researchers from University of California Davis School of Medicine identified three main factors driving this discrepancy. These included lower, more adverse socio-economic status
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FDA Approves Phesgo (pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf) for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Print this page South San Francisco, CA — June 29, 2020 — Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Phesgo, a fixed-dose combination (FDC) of Perjeta® (pertuzumab)
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Jacy and Seth Boyack reopened their Arizona massage spa earlier this month from pandemic-driven closures. But they shut Citrus Massage back down after four days, citing safety concerns from the Covid-19 outbreak.  In an interview Monday on CNBC’s “The Exchange,” Jacy Boyack said that even working the front desk, she felt concerned.  “I’m not a massage
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Actively pursuing weight loss, especially without a nutritionist or dietitian to assist you, requires tracking everything, from the food you eat to the calories and pounds lost over time to even tracking how much of certain nutrients you have consumed daily. Of course, it is a given that doing these manually is a Herculean task.
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