If immigrants to the United States formed their own country, their pre-COVID-19 life expectancies would exceed or match those of the world’s leaders in longevity—Swiss men and Japanese women. A new study by USC and Princeton researchers estimates that immigration adds 1.4 to 1.5 years to U.S. life expectancy at birth. In 2017, foreign-born life […]
A small sachet of a fortified food-based supplement added to young children’s daily diets in low- and middle-income countries has shown remarkable results in preventing child mortality and malnutrition, while also promoting healthy development. The new findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis, based on an analysis combining data from 14 trials, were […]
For years, Millicent McKinnon of Dallas went without health insurance. She was one of roughly 1 million Texans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid in the state but too little to buy their own insurance. That is, until she died in 2019. She was 64 and had been unable to find consistent care […]
(Reuters) – U.S. employers, universities and local governments are increasingly putting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in place to contain outbreaks of the disease as infection rates remain high. Workers who fear losing their jobs for refusing the shots are turning to the courts. The following are some of the key cases. Employees fighting mandates and termination […]
Former urban designer, Karina Withers (29) from Leeds, has had eczema since she was a child, dealing with painful rashes on her arms, legs and neck. She now says that years of being prescribed strong steroid creams and oral steroid tablets affected her skin so badly she was forced to quit her job. At 21, […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen as access to medical care shrinks for a population that tends to be older, […]
For primary care patients feeling well enough to discontinue antidepressant medication, there was a higher rate of depressive relapse among those who discontinued therapy, compared with those who did not, a new study shows. The results of the Antidepressants to Prevent Relapse in Depression (ANTLER) trial also suggest that “many patients can discontinue their antidepressants safely […]
Many cancers produce an enzyme called IDO that suppresses immune system activity, but the long-held hypothesis of how this mechanism operates requires revision, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research. In addition to engaging tryptophan metabolism, IDO enhances immunosuppressive factors of the complement immune system. This finding likely explains in part why immunotherapy […]
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As Wayne Couzens is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sarah Everard, we must keep talking about how to prevent male violence against women, says Moya Crockett. If you felt no joy at the sentencing of Wayne Couzens today – no sense of catharsis, no relief that the British criminal justice system […]
