Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital created a hepatoblastoma (liver cancer) model that more accurately reflects the pathology and genomics of the disease. Research using the model pointed toward potential pathways to improve therapies, including DNA damage repair pathways which are well-known for their involvement in other types of cancer. Hepatoblastoma is a type […]
Imagine going through menopause without actually dealing with menopause. Say goodbye to hot flashes, weight gain, and irritability. Painful intercourse is not a thing in your world. All you need is to take one or two pills a day. If this sounds too good to be true, you’re right. There is no magic pill that […]
Skin cancer diagnoses have hit a record high in the UK, and a leading charity has suggested the boom of cheap package holidays in the 1960s may be to blame. A staggering 17,500 people are now diagnosed each year in the UK, according to Cancer Research, and the charity expects this to increase by 50% […]
Reviewers’ Notes Animal-based food products often come packaged in a wide array of information labels, including organic, natural, grass-fed, humanely raised and pasture-raised. There's some confusion about food labels related to animal welfare. It's typically up to the consumer to do their homework and figure out what these different claims mean. Labels do provide consumers […]
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. If it seems like Aldi has been amping things up in the Aldi finds aisle this year, you’re not alone in thinking so. In the past few months, we’ve marveled over the affordable home […]
Micronized oral progesterone might decrease night sweats and improve sleep in perimenopausal women, according to new research. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of about 180 women with vasomotor symptoms (VMS), women who received progesterone perceived a significantly greater decrease in night sweats (P = .023) and improved sleep quality (P = .005), compared with controls. […]
New insights explaining why some children have a longer remission than others after having cutting-edge CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia have been revealed by researchers at UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The collaborative research project, published today in Nature Medicine, combines expertise in novel immune therapy design and state-of-the-art computational […]
This week, TV presenter Fiona Phillips revealed that she’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s aged just 61. The former GMTV host confirmed the ‘heartbreaking’ news to The Mirror, saying she’d kept the disease to herself for the past 18 months and admitting it was a ‘horrible secret’ to divulge. However, the mum-of-two now hopes that talking […]
The time of year when eggs are collected from women's ovaries during fertility treatment makes a difference to live birth rates, according to new research published today (Thursday) in Human Reproduction, one of the world's leading reproductive medicine journals. Researchers in Australia have found that transferring frozen then thawed embryos to women's wombs from eggs […]
Madeline Sterling, MD, knew something was wrong when she heard her patient’s voice on the phone. The patient was breathing too fast and sounded fatigued. Like many people with heart failure, this patient had several comorbidities: diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer, which was in remission. The patient had been in and out of the […]
