Raising him right! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a distinct parenting style while bringing up their baby boy, Archie. The couple welcomed their son in May 2019 and have previously spoken about their desire to have children. “I, of course, would love to have kids,” the former military pilot said during an April 2017 […]
For patients with acute coronary syndrome, a smartwatch app can detect normal electrocardiography (ECG) and ST-segment and non-ST-segment elevations, with accuracy comparable to that of a standard ECG, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in JAMA Cardiology to coincide with the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2020: The Digital Experience, held virtually from […]
Have you heard of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) – it’s a rare form of dementia. It’s caused by an abnormally shaped protein infecting the brain. Here’s what you need to know about the disease. An abnormal protein, named a prion, begins to build up in the brain (for reasons yet to be identified). The charity Alzheimer’s […]
We’ve been fobbed off by our male doctors too! More women speak out after it emerged male medics didn’t believe pain-racked endometriosis patients were ill Stranded. Ashamed. Vulnerable. Like you’re going crazy. This is how it feels to hear your debilitating symptoms dismissed as ‘attention-seeking behaviour’, according to 41-year-old Alison O’Neil. In spring 2014, the […]
The American Hospital Association sent an open letter to President Donald Trump this week recommending actions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should take to safeguard patient access to telehealth after the public health emergency ends. The president issued an executive order in early August in support of making some temporary flexibilities for telehealth […]
Rhod Gilbert, 51, was sitting on the toilet in his London home when his left arm started shaking involuntarily. He described it as if he was “waving at someone”. He said the movement went on for 30 seconds, adding “I can vouch 100 percent for the fact there was absolutely no-one else there in the […]
Chronic stress increases a blood-based hormone called acyl-ghrelin for years after the initial traumatic stressor exposure in some adolescents, and those with elevated levels of the hormone are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to experience more severe cases of the condition, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Icahn […]
Creeped out by cooties? Grossed out by germs? Squeamish about sickness? If so, then you might also find yourself engaging in more preventative health behaviors, like frequent handwashing and disinfecting your living environment, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. More than other factors, strong feelings of germ aversion and pathogen disgust are significantly associated with concern […]
In an interdisciplinary study combining developmental biology and computational biology, researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Medical University of Vienna (together with researchers in US, Italy and France), have revealed a dynamic transcriptomic roadmap of the development of somatosensory neurons and extracted mechanistic insights of cell fate decision. Results from this study are published in Nature […]
Global health authorities said Thursday European countries should be able to ride out a surge in coronavirus cases without reimposing full lockdowns, as the World Bank warned the crisis could push 100 million people into extreme poverty. Worrying spikes in cases reported Thursday in France, Italy, Spain and Germany showed the pandemic was rebounding across […]
