In the United States, teen drivers are disproportionately at risk for motor vehicle crashes, even though they account for the lowest percentage of licensed drivers on the road. One common risky driving behavior both teens and adults engage in is cellphone use. A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and […]
Keke Palmer Shares What It's Like to Have PCOS and Not Know It
To us regular folk, it can be easy to fall under the assumption that every celebrity has enough money to simply pay for flawless skin with all the procedures and treatments they might have access to — but Keke Palmer just reminded us that couldn't be further from the truth. On December 1, the actor […]
Insights into Asia Pacific’s healthcare tech trends; key learnings from an integrated health management system leveraged in China
Technologies such as telehealth and remote monitoring were seen as low priority or ‘good to have’ by healthcare organizations such as hospitals or even relegated further down the priority list to become pilot or proof of concept projects. However, these technologies have now come to the fore as healthcare organizations across Asia Pacific region have […]
Hair loss treatment: Cayenne pepper and olive oil could increase hair growth
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Hair loss is a problem that affects men and women of all ages and ethnicities. This means that over the years, an array of hair loss treatments has been tested (and some […]
Boosting Coverage of Midwife Care Could Avert Deaths
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — About two-thirds of maternal deaths, neonatal deaths, and stillbirths could be averted with universal coverage of midwife-delivered interventions, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in The Lancet Global Health. Andrea Nove, Ph.D., from Novametrics in Duffield, England, and colleagues used the Lives Saved Tool to estimate the number […]
Exercises That Could Be Secretly Harming Your Knees
We need our knees. And not just so we can nail our fitness goals — although you’d be hard pressed to run, walk, spin, or even swim without them in good working order — but also so we can go about our everyday tasks. Basic activities like pushing a shopping cart or even vacuuming the […]
Relief for America’s unemployed could be crucial for health
Americans who lost their jobs this year due to the coronavirus pandemic have remained healthier and more secure thanks to expanded unemployment insurance, a new study reports. Struggling folks who received benefits reported that they were less likely to go hungry, miss a rent or mortgage payment, delay needed medical care, or suffer from anxiety […]
Hair loss treatment: Bhringraj oil shown to outperform minoxidil in study
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Hair loss solutions can come with considerable caveats, such as price, adverse side effects and invasive procedures. That’s why natural solutions are altogether more appealing because they usually side step many of […]
Vaccine 1st puts spotlight on German pharma company BioNTech
The email that arrived in the ancient German city of Mainz shortly before 1 a.m. in the morning marked a turning point in the global effort to deliver a reliable vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic—and for the little-known biotechnology company that helped develop it. BioNTech has at times been portrayed as the junior partner in […]
COVID Vaccine Should Go to Healthcare Workers and Long-Term Nursing Home Residents First Says CDC
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine should go to healthcare workers and residents of long-term nursing homes, a panel at the Centers for Disease Control voted Tuesday. With a COVID-19 vaccine coming as soon as mid-December, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an independent panel advising the CDC, voted 13 to 1 to recommend […]