As the use of marijuana is legalized in an increasing number of U.S. states, the number of people who use the drug daily is on the rise. This upward trend also holds up in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, despite evidence that using marijuana could harm their babies. Published in the Journal of Addiction […]
The smell of cut grass, freshly baked bread, childhood memories, lost loved ones, Christmas. What happens when it’s all gone? A new study from the University of East Anglia reveals the huge range of emotional and practical impacts caused by a loss of smell. It finds that almost every aspect of life is disrupted—from everyday […]
The perils of the Love Island pout’: They’re the injectable ‘tweakments’ girls as young as 12 are asking for, thanks to reality TV… but now doctors are warning they can lead to stroke and even BLINDNESS Cosmetic ‘tweakments’ becoming as mainstream as a manicure for some women Lydia Smith, 28, ended up with pronounced lumps […]
Julianne Hough appears in a bizarre new video posted from the World Economic Forum in Davos. Julianne is shown receiving a form of physical therapy from Dr. John Amaral. Her body convulses during the treatment, and she can be seen moaning and shrieking. Julianne Hough is basically a fitness guru: The former Dancing with the […]
A group of researchers led by Assistant Professor WATABE Tadashi of the Graduate School of Medicine of Osaka University achieved the stable domestic production of automatic synthesis modules for positron emission tomography (PET) probe F-18 NKO-035, a LAT1-selective amino acid derivative radiolabeled with 18F (Table 1), confirming its safety in first-in-human clinical studies conducted at […]
It’s safe to say we’re sick of sifting through post after post advertising the too-good-to-be-true benefits of products like flat tummy tea, trendy hair vitamins and dietary supplements. The last year saw a spike in celebrities and wellness influencers pushing holistic health products, like Gwyneth Paltrow’s recent rebrand of her lifestyle site, Goop, that sells […]
Infants of mothers who smoke during early pregnancy appear to have a small increased risk of fractures during the first year of life, finds a study from Sweden published by The BMJ today. But the results show no long lasting effect on fracture risk later in childhood and up to early adulthood, suggesting that smoking […]
Patients with acutely life-threatening health conditions who were treated in the innovative Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU) received faster treatment and had better health outcomes, including a 36 percent lower risk of dying than those who were transferred from a hospital’s emergency department then evaluated and treated in a traditional intensive care unit, according to […]
Will Brexit end the shortcut of NHS operations done by EU doctors? UK’s departure from EU could stop patients from bypassing NHS waiting lists by visiting hospitals across Europe Under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive or another scheme called S2 patients can go to another EU country to have treatment Around 4,000 patients in the UK took […]
The Chinese government has quarantined Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people, and it has restricted travel to and from several other cities, including Beijing, to contain the coronavirus that has sickened more than 800 people and killed at least 25 as of Jan. 23, 2020. A case has been reported in Seattle, and […]
