COVID-19 has scrapped many large holiday celebrations during the last two years. But with the pandemic in a lull and plentiful resources available to help thwart the worst the coronavirus has to offer, there’s hope that fall and winter gatherings—including Halloween, Thanksgiving and other end-of-year holidays—could be closer to normal for many Californians. “People should […]
New research, being presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden (19–23 Sept), found that testing positive for SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—is associated with an increased incidence of new-onset type 1 diabetes in people aged younger than 35 years, but this is restricted to the […]
Have you always wanted to learn more about your body? Or been curious to know the state of your gut health? Writer Chloe Gray took part in huge study by Zoe to find out more about her body – and received a few surprises. How far would you be willing to go to test your health? […]
Participating in sports can be beneficial for children’s physical and mental health, as well as a huge part of their social life. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency departments in the U.S. treat nearly 3 million youth sports injuries each year, many of these being preventable with the use of […]
Chrissy Teigen is living her best pregnant life (and eating all the snacks!), and John Legend is dishing about their family life with daughter Luna, 6, and Miles, 4. The “Nervous” singer revealed that he and Teigen feel “lucky” that Luna was their firstborn. “We’re lucky she’s our first child,” he told Entertainment Tonight yesterday, […]
No fix for password validation vulnerability in Cisco routers at end-of-life Cisco will not release a software update to address a security vulnerability in the web-based management interface of its still-available small business routers – the models RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W. The vulnerability is due to insufficient user input validation of incoming HTTP packets. […]
A breast cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest things someone could face. You’re worried, anxious, overwhelmed, and mainly confused, with a bombardment of questions flooding your brain. What treatment options do I have? What’s the survival rate? Is there anything I can do? It’s natural for these questions and then some to come to […]
Pregnant patients treated for gestational diabetes had better birth outcomes if they rapidly improved their blood sugar levels soon after diagnosis rather than having slow or no improvement, according to new research from Kaiser Permanente. The study, published September 29 in JAMA Network Open, found that patients who had slower improvement or did not achieve […]
According to a new modeling study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, the number of children estimated to have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has climbed to more than 10.5 million globally as of May 1, 2022. The new study, involving the University of Oxford, Imperial College, […]
A novel imaging technique significantly improves the accuracy of the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma (BCC)—the most frequent skin cancer—compared to clinical and dermoscopic examinations alone, according to new research being presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress. The study found that using a new, non-invasive skin imaging technology called […]
