Sarah Hyland wants make conversations about “Lady Parts” more mainstream with her new show. The Modern Family alum, 29, will host celebrity OB/GYN Dr. Sherry Ross along with plenty of stars, including Hilary Duff, Ashley Benson and Camila Alves McConaughey, for frank discussions about female sex and health. It’s “a show that helps women get […]
From the United States to Brazil, Britain, Germany and Australia, meat-processing plants have played a peculiar role in spreading COVID-19. In Brazil, union officials allege one-fifth of the industry’s employees—about 100,000 meat plant workers—have been infected. In the US, meat-processing facilities have been linked to more than 38,500 cases and at least 180 deaths. Meat […]
Healthcare tech company, Induction Healthcare Group, has announced a strategic collaboration to help NHS hospitals make it easier for patients to manage their outpatient appointments and correspondence online. Zesty, Induction Healthcare’s patient portal for hospitals, and Cerner will develop a joint patient engagement solution to help NHS trusts deliver this more efficient service for patients. […]
Limiting the hours of television advertising for foods and beverages high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) could make a meaningful contribution to reducing childhood obesity, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Oliver Mytton of the University of Cambridge, UK, and colleagues. Childhood obesity is a global problem with […]
Five years ago, the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) and National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, jointly launched a very different kind of cancer study. NCI-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH or EAY131), the largest precision medicine cancer trial to date, sought to match genetic abnormalities driving patients’ tumors with […]
Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 have been detected following football events in the United States, and games have the potential to become “superspreader” events. Because the National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) made the decision to play their games amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical […]
Bashed for breast-feeding. Ashley Graham opened up to Jada Pinkett Smith and Jessica Alba about being criticized for nursing her son, Isaac. Kourtney Kardashian, Jana Kramer, More Moms Clap Back at Parenting Police “It’s interesting because my whole career has been based around body-shaming because I’m a curvy girl who has come into a skinny […]
The electronic health record giant Epic will use the InterSystems IRIS Data Platform beginning with the August release of its EHR, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based technology provider announced this week. Using the IRIS platform will allow Epic customers access to larger datasets and provide enhancements in asynchronous mirroring, according to InterSystems. “InterSystems conducted rigorous testing with […]
Until a vaccine and/or effective cure for COVID-19 becomes available, battling the current pandemic strongly relies on how well people follow behavioral advice, such as adhering to local restrictions, social distancing rules, and engaging in effective personal hygiene. However, overcoming the relationship between risk perceptions and comparative optimism during the pandemic is a major hurdle […]
TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 — Delivering web-based vaccine messages tailored to parents’ vaccine beliefs and values does not improve uptake of infant vaccinations, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in Pediatrics. Jason M. Glanz, Ph.D., from Kaiser Permanente Colorado in Denver, and colleagues conducted a randomized clinical trial between April 2016 and June […]
