The coronavirus pandemic hit dental practices hard early in 2020, as COVID-19 fears kept millions of Americans from seeking routine oral health care. But as dental offices have ratcheted up their safety measures, more patients have steadily been returning for checkups and more, according to recent polls conducted by the American Dental Association Health Policy […]
National lockdowns have been the most profound and significant public health interventions within living memory. They have been difficult socially and economically, and have negatively affected people’s health in many different ways. But for some people lockdowns have provided an unexpected opportunity to make positive changes to their lives, running counter to prevailing narratives of […]
Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk of breast cancer for women without a family history of the disease, and how common these flawed genes are in the general population. Doctors say the results published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine can help women make […]
India sent 1 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Nepal on Thursday, a gift that is likely to help repair strained ties between the two neighbors. Nepal health minister Hridayesh Tripathi said the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India, will be given to health workers and other front-line personnel […]
Lani Muller doesn’t have to visit a doctor’s office to help test an experimental COVID-19 vaccine—she just climbs into a bloodmobile-like van that parks on a busy street near her New York City neighborhood. The U.S. is rightly fixated on the chaotic rollout of the first two authorized vaccines to fight the pandemic. But with […]
Today, Joe Biden was officially sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. While President Biden has dedicated his life to public service, we’d argue his proudest accomplishment is his family. In 2015, Biden heartbreakingly lost his son Beau to brain cancer. The death of his son was devastating to the then-senator and […]
NHS explain the best ways to treat back pain Lower back pain will afflict almost two out of three people in their lifetime. As Bupa explains, the cause isn’t normally serious and most of the time the pain improves within four to six weeks. But for some people, it can continue for months or even […]
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays and malformations of the brain, heart and facial features. Named linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryonic defects syndrome (LINKED), it is caused by a mutated version of the OTUD5 gene, which interferes with key molecular steps in embryo development. The findings indicate […]
Thanks to lockdown, we’re on our screens more than ever before – whether it’s doomscrolling, working from home, watching Netflix or finding hacks on TikTok. And our eyes are paying the price. Recent research from Specsavers found 42% of people have noticed their sight deteriorate since March 2020 – when the first lockdown came into […]
Brittany Matthews is sharing a sneak peek from her maternity shoot with Balance Athletica! The mom-to-be, 25, posted a video on her Instagram Stories Wednesday of herself wearing tie-dye sweatpants and sweatshirt, getting her hair styled for the shoot. "Maternity shoot time eeekkkk😍," Mathews, who is expecting her first child with fiancé Patrick Mahomes, wrote […]
