Child evacuated from Wuhan amid Chinese coronavirus outbreak is hospitalized with a fever after being quarantined in California A child who was among the 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan has been hospitalized with a fever in Riverside, California, officials there said The passengers were placed under a federally ordered 14-day quarantine, the first of its […]
Studies of indoor tanning that are financially linked to the industry are significantly more likely to downplay the risks and highlight perceived benefits of indoor tanning than studies without such ties, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers analyzed 691 articles on indoor tanning in scientific journals. Fifty had financial […]
Young girls who are about to undergo treatment for cancer or other therapies that pose high risk of infertility can opt to have an ovary removed and preserved for future transplantation when they are ready to pursue pregnancy. However, the tiny ovary can be easily damaged during surgery and the quality of ovarian tissue for […]
Children aged two to three who spend more than three hours a day viewing screens such as tablets and televisions (TVs) grow up to be less physically active at age 5.5 years, compared to children who used screens for an hour or less each day, a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health […]
If you’ve got a little one on the way, or are thinking about adding to your family soon, you’re probably already focusing on your baby’s health and nourishment (#momlife). Which brings the conversation to your own nutrition: What if you are looking to lose weight before getting pregnant and want to try a diet of […]
Published online today in the scientific journal Addiction, a 10-year study led by researchers at UCL of 41,610 smokers in England has found that smokers today show fewer signs of dependence than a decade ago but are less inclined to try to stop smoking. Thus, smokers consume fewer cigarettes per day (an average of 10.9 […]
HPV vaccine is ‘near perfect’ as analysis shows the jab is up to 99.8% effective at protecting against cervical cancer-causing viruses An expert at King’s College London analysed eight years of data on the vaccine He found that it was 97.6 per cent at protecting population from HPV infection Protection was best between five and […]
The discarded financial savings plan, the series of lapsed diets, the exercise regimen that starts with a bang and ends just as abruptly … Most of us have very little trouble beginning the process of kicking a bad habit, but sticking to the repetitive and tedious routines that replace our old vices can be as dull […]
The morning after a big holiday or birthday is guaranteed to be a rough one if you had a big night and indulged in a shot or three or one of those cute seasonal cocktails that has way more sugar than you’d realized. Hangovers do tend to get worse as you get older because your […]
Macrophages have two faces: In healthy tissue, they perform important tasks and support their environment. However during an infection, they stop this work and hunt down pathogens instead. Upon coming into contact with bacteria they change their metabolism drastically within minutes. This is shown by a new study under the leadership of the University of […]
