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Patients should be assessed for frailty before having many types of surgery, even if the surgery is considered low risk, a review of two national patient databases shows. Frailty is a clinical syndrome marked by slow walking speed, weak grip, poor balance, exhaustion and low physical activity. It is an important risk factor for death […]
Scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health developed a method using a DNA biomarker to easily screen pregnant women for harmful prenatal environmental contaminants like air pollution linked to childhood illness and developmental disorders. This approach has the potential to prevent childhood developmental disorders and chronic illness through the early identification of children […]
Researchers from the University of Granada warn that an accumulation of fatty tissue in the neck (both the double chin and the deeper deposits, located between muscles and around the cervical vertebrae) is a predictor of central and overall adiposity, cardiometabolic risk, and a pro-inflammatory profile in sedentary young adults. A study conducted by researchers […]
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a novel proton therapy technique to more specifically target cancer cells that resist other forms of treatment. The technique is called LEAP, an acronym for “biologically enhanced particle therapy.” The findings are published today in Cancer Research, the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. “The human body receives […]
Medtronic is voluntarily recalling unused Valiant Navion thoracic stent grafts worldwide after reports of stent fractures surfaced from the Valiant Evo Global clinical trial. Two patients have confirmed type IIIb endoleaks and one patient has died, according to the company. Following these three reports, an independent imaging laboratory reviewed all images from the trial and […]
The brain’s neural activity is irregular, changing from one moment to the next. To date, this apparent “noise” has been thought to be due to random natural variations or measurement error. However, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have shown that this neural variability may provide a unique window into brain function. […]
Robotic dogs, laughter therapy and mindfulness are some of the ways that might help people—particularly the elderly—cope with loneliness and social isolation while social distancing, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. A team at Cambridge’s School of Medicine carried out a systematic review looking at the existing evidence on different approaches to tackling loneliness […]
The Napier Clan is spending some quality time together! On Tuesday, Erin Napier shared a wholesome photo of her husband Ben Napier dressed up in a makeshift kilt made while watching the 2012 Disney movie Brave with their 3-year-old daughter Helen. The Home Town star, 35, posted the adorable snap on Instagram, joking that Ben, 37, was giving a […]
We’ve baked more in the last year than ever before, and though we definitely have increased our taste for delicious breads and cakes fresh from the oven, our willingness to measure ingredients and wash a thousand dishes per each baking project has definitely waned. We’ve found ourselves relying more and more on baking mixes, but […]
