Brian May says he’s ‘grateful to be alive’ after heart attack 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 Brand-new research suggests that […]
How technology is improving health information access for the deaf community
Early in Dr. Michael McKee’s career, one of his patients, who was deaf, died from a heart attack. It led him to study how to prevent it from happening to others. That tragic event might not have happened, he said, if there had been “accessible community health education programs to allow for deaf individuals to […]
Addressing social needs may help mitigate distress and improve the health of women with cancer
A new study published by Wiley early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, has identified unmet social needs in women with gynecologic cancer that could be addressed to improve care for patients and lessen disparities. For example, identifying patients who reported needing help with reading hospital materials resulted in the […]
Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, at anytime
"It was a chilling sight for anyone who saw it," said Professor Stephan Achenbach, president of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the world's largest organization of heart doctors. Christian Eriksen, a 29-year-old football player for Denmark, suddenly collapsed on the pitch in front of tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium and millions […]
New cellular atlas maps out healthy and cancerous breast tissue
WEHI researchers have documented the diversity of cells in the human breast, explaining the relationship between healthy breast cells and breast cancer cells. The research, which relied on expertise spanning from breast cancer biology through to bioinformatics, measured gene expression in single cells taken from healthy women and cancerous breast tissue, including tissue carrying a […]
This Bodybuilder Shared How He Got Shredded While Only Eating 2 Meals a Day
In his latest video, fitness YouTuber Aseel Soueid takes viewers through an average day in his life, and explains that for the last 3 years, he has been using intermittent fasting while building and maintaining muscle, only eating 2 meals each day within a specific window of time. “Back in the day it used to […]
A College Student's Dad Locked Him Out of the House After He Went on Spring Break Amid Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown spread around the world, people are having to make hard choices. For one father in Nanuet, NY, according to the New York Post, that meant turning away his spring-breaking son out of concern the boy might have brought the virus home with him. Matt Levine is a […]
Brit stuck in Wuhan reveals he could not flee the 'ghost town'
‘I have had to ask the US to save me’: British dual national stuck in coronavirus-hit Wuhan will be airlifted to safety by America today after UK government abandons him in ‘ghost town’ – as Japan, South Korea and France also announce rescue plans Ex-pat Ian Thompson being rescued by US because British government has […]