Nearly a third of all women in developing countries begin childbearing at age 19 and younger, and nearly half of first births to adolescents are to children or girls aged 17 and younger, reveals research released today by UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency. While total fertility across the globe has fallen, the […]
Nagging wife, longer life! Married stomach cancer patients survive for longer because they get ’emotional encouragement’ to stay in check, study finds Married stomach cancer patients had better odds of surviving than singletons Experts say support and nagging to get symptoms checked could explain why Findings are based on data from about 3,500 US early stomach cancer […]
In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., chief scientific officer at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), has demonstrated the pivotal role of an enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), in facilitating ovarian cancer (OC) growth and metastasis in the omentum, a curtain of fatty tissue found […]
A warning has been issued to the UK public about a sexually transmitted disease that is spreading through the country. Trichomoniasis is a relatively common but fairly “unknown” disease, spread unknowingly among sexual partners because it often appears with no symptoms. GP Dr Sameer Sanghvi, clinical technology lead at Lloyds Pharmacy Online Doctor, explained: “As […]
Ken Muneoka is no stranger to disrupting the field of regeneration; for example, in a 2019 ground-breaking publication in Nature, the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) professor proved for the first time that joint regeneration in mammals was possible. Now, his team is again challenging other centuries-old beliefs about […]
Negative consequences from excessive drinking are well-documented, but little is known about how to tailor interventions to prevent problem drinking by Latino college students, the fastest-growing ethnic minority group on U.S. college campuses. A new study led by Katja Waldron, doctoral candidate in biobehavioral health at Penn State, suggests that developing culturally-sensitive interventions for Latino […]
Six months after scooping up the health analytics assets of IBM Watson Health, Francisco Partners announced this past week that it is using them to launch a new healthcare data company, called Merative. WHY IT MATTERS The private equity firm says Merative will combine these assets to help “deliver value across the global healthcare ecosystem, […]
For patients with a broken shin bone, a new generation of smart orthopedic implants is being developed that can not only monitor healing progression at the bone fracture site, but can use controlled micromotions to actively stimulate the repair process. At Saarland University, this innovative medical technology is being developed by an interdisciplinary team of […]
Helen Skelton opens up on 'dealing with the storm' in life We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Appearing on a recent […]
A mom-to-be took to Reddit to share why she isn’t letting her stepmom ever meet her child, and a whole community is backing her up. She posted her quandary in the AITA forum, explaining that she’s always had a difficult relationship with her dad’s wife. Some of the offenses her stepmom has committed include: getting […]
