So your hair isn’t what it used to be. Maybe your forehead is a little higher, the crown a little thinner. Though male baldness is common—two thirds of men shed at least some of their hair by the time they hit 35—the reasons for it are varied. In addition to genetics, hair loss results from certain diseases, meds, infections, radiation, […]
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Boston Scientific Corporation has recalled its VICI SDS and VICI RDS venous stent systems in response to reports that the stents may migrate or move from where they are initially implanted. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified this recall as class I, the most serious type, because of the potential for serious injury or death. The VICI SDS […]
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Dr Nicholas Petrelli Patients with cancer will now be offered primary care in the same place as they have their cancer treatment and management, in a development in Delaware that appears to be a first in the United States. This combination of primary care and multidisciplinary cancer care “all under one roof is highly unusual among major cancer centers,” said Nicholas […]
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10-year-old confronts school board over masks: ‘I wanted to take a stand’ John Provenzano, a student in the Martin County School District in Florida, and his parents argue the school board is ‘out of touch’ as they try to ‘silence and remove people who don’t agree with them.’ Elementary schools should establish mask requirements for teachers and staff and improve […]
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Beauty Inc asked leaders in the beauty industry about the impact recent anti-Asian violence has had on them personally and professionally. View Gallery Related Gallery Eurovision Song Contest: The Most Memorable Moments of All Time Jin Soon courtesy of Jin Soon Jin Soon, founder, Jin Soon: “Although I am lucky enough to have never been personally assaulted, I am very much aware […]
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Sanford Burnham Prebys has joined doctors and scientists across America at National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and other organizations to issue a joint statement urging the nation's physicians, parents and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track. Dramatic drops in annual well visits and immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a significant vaccination […]
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Photo: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Lord knows that through the bedlam of the past year-plus there have been countless lessons to be learned in healthcare and health IT. Executives have been facing challenges they’ve never had to contend with before. But they’ve also been dreaming up creative solutions. In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News‘ feature story series, Health IT […]
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The work, carried out by Pilar Madrigal and Sandra Jurado, from the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and Miguel Hernández University, has been published in Communications Biology. “Our in-depth analysis of the oxytocin-vasopressin circuit in the mouse brain has revealed that these two molecules have distinct dynamics throughout embryonic development. It […]
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(HealthDay)—Self-administered subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) should be made available as an additional approach for contraception, according to research published in the May 21 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Kathryn M. Curtis, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues evaluated the 2019 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation on self-administered […]
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I don't know about y'all, but I'm tryin' to be like miss Martha Stewart this summer: Wealthy, unbothered, and beautiful. Sadly, the first two probably won't ever happen (I'm a journalist and a Virgo… oof). I can, however, do number three, especially if I just copy the homemaking mogul's latest hairstyle. On May 20, Stewart shared a few snapshots of […]
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