A family is grieving after a 10-year-old girl found her mother lifeless at home after she’d suffered a seizure. Rebecca Elizabeth Lanson, who “lived for her kids”, fell ill suddenly in the middle of the night and, despite the best efforts of paramedics, was declared dead at the scene. Rebecca, 27, was found unconscious on Thursday by her oldest daughter, Lacey, who […]

Dietary phenols are phytochemicals comprising flavones, flavonols, flavanones, flavanonols, isoflavones, anthocyanidins, stilbenoids, lignans, tannins, and curcuminoids. These compounds, obtained from various natural sources, can be used to prevent and manage diseases in conjunction with the intestinal microbiome. In a recent review published in the journal Antioxidants, researchers report on the cardioprotective, neuroprotective, immunoprotective, ulcer-protective, hormonal, and metabolic benefits of consuming dietary […]

An emulated randomized trial performed using observational data from more than 43,000 adults with primary hyperparathyroidism found that parathyroidectomy had no estimated effect on long-term kidney function in older adults when compared to observation. However, early parathyroidectomy may preserve kidney function in patients younger than 60 years of age with primary hyperparathyroidism. The study is published in Annals of Internal […]

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) and Nancy Mace. Photos: Drew Angerer and Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) may be on the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to abortion rights, but on the conflicting rulings about abortion pills they agree: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should "ignore" a […]

Data from the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) reveal that an unusually high percentage of all dispenses of semaglutide, marketed as Ozempic, have been sold to residents of the United States. For January and February alone, 15% or 15,798 of all semaglutide dispenses from pharmacies in BC were sold to US residents. In addition, 88% of the 15,798 dispenses […]

Captain of her high school tennis team and a four-year veteran of varsity tennis in college, Amanda Studnicki had been training for this moment for years. All she had to do now was think small. Like ping pong small. For weeks, Studnicki, a graduate student at the University of Florida, served and rallied against dozens of players on a table […]

Children and adolescents who follow a vegetarian eating plan tend to consume more fruits and vegetables and less sweets, salty snacks, and saturated fat than their nonvegetarian peers. They also tend to be at lower risk for obesity and overweight. In the past, experts worried that following a vegetarian diet, which tends to be low in saturated fat and animal […]

A recently developed amino acid compound successfully treats nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non-human primates—bringing scientists one step closer to the first human treatment for the condition that is rapidly increasing around the world, a study suggests. Researchers at Michigan Medicine developed DT-109, a glycine-based tripeptide, to treat the severe form of fatty liver disease called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. More commonly […]

Grace Warrior is a champion Easter egg hunter — thanks to all that practice spotting wildlife around her home in the Australia Zoo! — and we can’t get over how cute she is. Every time the 2-year-old finds a colorful egg, she claps and cheers for herself, and it’s the kind of energy we want to bring to everything this […]

The number of U.S. kids dying by gunfire keeps rising. Stunning stat: Gun deaths among America’s kids rose 50% in the last two years, according to a new Pew Research Center report. More children and teens were killed by guns in 2021 than in any year since 1999, the first year the CDC began tracking the data. What's happening: While […]