EVE SIMMONS: Why a Frosties tax will not tackle childhood obesity

Hands off our Frosties! I grew up on Coco Pops and renewed calls for a sugar tax on popular cereals will only worsen the REAL cause of childhood obesity – poverty – writes EVE SIMMONS Throughout my childhood, my mornings began with a bowl of cereal. My older brother Sam would opt for Frosties. But […]

Lauren Burnham Is Feeling 'Much Better' After Mastitis Hospitalization

On the mend. Lauren Burnham shared a health update via Instagram Story on Friday, July 23, after her recent hospitalization for mastitis. Bachelor’s Lauren Burnham’s Breast-Feeding and Pumping Pics Over the Years The Bachelor alum, 29, is feeling “much better” after her recent infection. The Shades of Rose designer posted a selfie to her Story from her […]

UN adopts first resolution on vision, aims to help 1 billion

The U.N. General Assembly approved its first-ever resolution on vision Friday, calling on its 193 member nations to ensure access to eye care for everyone in their countries which would contribute to a global effort to help at least 1.1 billion people with vision impairment who currently lack eye services by 2030. The “Vision for […]

Australia's New South Wales reports 163 local COVID-19 cases

People wearing protective face masks wait at a bus stop during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Loren ElliottMELBOURNE (Reuters) – New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, on Saturday reported 163 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, its biggest daily rise, up from […]

Horses in the Olympics: Whinny-ing Gold Medals and Taking Neigh-ms

Equestrian sports are one of the oldest, and most unique, events of the Olympic Games. Check out six reasons why equestrian remains a special part of the Olympics. 1. Equestrian sports are one of the five sports that were a part of the very first ancient Olympic Games starting in 776 B.C. Testing an athlete’s […]

FDA OKs Extended-Release Exenatide for Children With T2D

The Food and Drug Administration has approved exenatide extended release (Bydureon/Bydureon BCise, AstraZeneca) for use in children with type 2 diabetes down to 10 years of age, the agency announced July 22. Previously approved in adults, the injectable is now the second glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist approved for use in pediatric type 2 diabetes, after liraglutide (Victoza, Novo […]

Women are more likely than men to develop more-deadly right-sided colon cancer

The traditional broad categories of cancer are splintering into finer subcategories as researchers unravel the incredible complexity and variety within locational descriptors such as “breast cancer” or “lung cancer.” For instance, we now know that the general term “breast cancer” encompasses a range of heterogeneous tumors with different genetics, mechanisms, and drivers requiring different targeted […]

Google Cloud intros new interoperability platform

Google Cloud on Thursday unveiled its new Healthcare Data Engine, which it says is designed to give researchers and clinicians a more real-time, holistic view of patient records. WHY IT MATTERS The goal is to enable more advanced analytics and artificial intelligence applications built in a secure and scalable cloud environment – helping healthcare and […]