A newborn depends on its mother’s milk to provide an adequate supply of iodine. Thus, iodine deficiency in the lactating mother can affect the baby By Dr Akanksha Parikh On this World Iodine Deficiency Day let us revisit the role iodine plays in a child’s well-being. Iodine is an essential micronutrient, needed by the thyroid […]
Becky Scott believes dance and fitness should be for everyone – no matter your body type. And, after a complicated relationship with her weight and a long battle with inner doubts and demons, she became a professional instructor and set up her own business to create space for bodies like hers in the fitness world. […]
A new risk tool, developed by UK researchers to predict a person’s risk of being admitted to hospital and dying from COVID-19 has been published by The BMJ today. With cases increasing in the UK and elsewhere, and winter approaching, there is an urgent need for reliable models that predict the likely course of COVID-19, […]
Our immune system’s capacity to mount a well-regulated defense against foreign substances, including toxins, weakens with age and makes vaccines less effective in people over age 65. At the same time, research has shown that immunotherapy targeting neurotoxic forms of the peptide amyloid beta (oligomeric Aβ) may halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the most […]
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects more than 70,000 children in the United States and the prevalence is rising. In fact, 25% of the 3.1 million individuals with IBD present before 21 years of age. There is no cure for IBD, and treatment often includes medication to block a molecule that causes inflammation in the intestines […]
TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 — Most American women between 15 and 49 years of age use birth control, according to a new U.S. government report. Between 2017 and 2019, 65% of those women used some form of contraception, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “This report provides this unique snapshot of […]
Lack of sleep significantly impairs our ability to stop unwanted and unpleasant thoughts from entering our mind, a new study reveals. The authors of the study say the findings could have implications for people suffering from psychiatric conditions associated with unwanted thoughts—such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and schizophrenia. The study, from the University of […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. We all know that drinking in excess has led to a number of serious health conditions including heart disease, strokes, and many forms of cancer. In the short term, alcohol misuse can […]
No time like the present! Peta Murgatroyd wants to have her second child with Maksim Chmerkovskiy following her Dancing With the Stars elimination. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Darlings! See the Pros’ Babies “Yes to baby No. 2,” the dancer, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, October 19. “For sure. I’m ready!” The New Zealand […]
Experts predict COVID pandemic will ‘get worse before it gets better’ Cases increasing across much of US; Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest on ‘Special Report.’ Researchers in the U.K. are looking for healthy volunteers who are willing to be infected with the novel coronavirus in a bid to speed up vaccination development. […]
