There are certain beauty products that come to define a decade. The '00s, of course, were marked by butterfly clips and frosty glosses. The '10s saw the rise of highlighter and contour powders. And while I'm well-aware we've only scratched the surface of the '20s, in my humble opinion, blowout brushes are certainly in the […]
France will offer free birth control to all women up to age 25 starting next year, the health minister announced Thursday. The measure will also include free medical visits about contraception, and will start Jan. 1, Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on France-2 television. Birth control was already free for girls up to 18 years […]
A predictive model estimated that cervical cancer may be virtually eliminated in the United States by 2030 in communities with low poverty rates, but not until 2044 in communities with high poverty rates, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. “Other studies […]
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted the U.S. economy, yet the dynamics of micro-level consumer spending among low-income populations are not well understood. A study published in PLOS One by Song Gao at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States, and colleagues suggests the stimulus program largely curbed the post-lockdown spending declines and stimulated spending following pandemic-related […]
Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the effectiveness of the drug. These interactions – seen for a variety of medications, such as depression, diabetes, and asthma drugs – could help researchers to better understand individual differences in drug effectiveness and side-effects, according to […]
AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and national service, has launched Public Health AmeriCorps, a new partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders who will be ready to respond to the nation's public health needs. The program, which […]
University of Minnesota researchers have developed a novel virus-like particle vaccine against COVID-19. Having been successfully tested in animals, the novel vaccine—created as part of a study whose findings were recently published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens—offers a new approach in the global battle against COVID-19 and its emerging variants. The researchers combined the […]
(Reuters Health) – Women with high lipid levels during early pregnancy are at increased risk for having offspring with congenital heart disease, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data on blood lipid levels during pregnancy for 230 women whose children had congenital heart disease and 381 women whose children without this birth defect. All the […]
Zendaya is by no means an underachiever: In addition to releasing songs and albums, at the age of 25, she's already starred in multiple movies and the hit TV show Euphoria. But her enormous success hasn't granted her immunity to negative emotions, and she's honest about that. In a new interview with British Vogue, the […]
When it comes to our not-so-furry friends, including birds, reptiles and amphibians, it’s important to know that they face different everyday toxins and dangers than our furrier friends, like cats and dogs. To ensure you have the knowledge to keep ALL of your pets safe, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) complied this list […]
