I’m a psychologist – these are the five phrases you should never say to your child Psychologist shares consequences commonly-used phrases to comfort children Simple words of reassurance such as ‘you’re fine’ risks repressing their emotions READ MORE: Here’s why you should never let children have sleepover Telling upset children not to cry, that they’re okay and there’s nothing to […]

Women going through the menopause in England are able to access cheaper hormone replacement therapy prescriptions from today. HRT can now be secured using a prescription pre-payment certificate, which costs £19.30 for the year. The certificate – which is available to buy online or in some pharmacies – can be used as many times as needed in the course of […]

Joar Røkke Fystro, Ph.D.-student at the University of Oslo, mapped out arguments for and against the non-attendance fee in public documents. “The non-attendance fee was introduced to motivate patients to show up to or give notice that they cannot attend appointments in the health care services,” Joar Røkke Fystro says. He is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Health […]

There are approximately 30 trillion cells in a human body and our health is predicated on them properly interacting with and supporting each other, with the immune system playing a particularly pivotal role. One of the defining characteristics of aging is a decline in the proper functioning of our immune system. Centenarians, a rare population of individuals who reach 100 […]

Man goes temporarily BLIND after being scratched by his cat on the ARM causing a bacterial blood infection Individual said that his adopted pet cat would scratch him repeatedly on the arm Doctors diagnosed him with cat scratch disease caused by a bacterial infection READ MORE: Teenager caught a ‘mind-altering’ infection from a cat scratch A man from Texas went […]

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Every year on March 31, the world celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility. While I wish this were a truly universal celebration of transgender people, in the United States alone there are anti-LGBTQIA+ bills (currently 387) harming queer people. Many of these bills are targeting transgender youth and their access to gender affirming care and medical care in general.  Conservative lawmakers […]

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration official Peter Marks said on Wednesday he hopes to align global regulations to boost commercialization for gene and cell therapies to get more treatments launched for patients with rare diseases. “If you could have a way of having the EU, U.S., Japan, Canada, perhaps Switzerland all have approvals at close to the […]

*Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information. A recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server assessed the impact of the pandemic on health-related behaviors in the United Kingdom.  During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, public health and […]

It may not seem like it, but exercising during Ramadan is completely possible – as long as it’s done in a safe and sustainable way during the month. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for thirty days. It’s a month of spirituality, self-reflection and becoming a better person. However, just because you’re not eating or drinking during the […]