DR ELLIE CANNON: Will my husband’s drinking worsen his heart problem? My husband had an operation on his heart last year due to angina. He is on blood thinners, statins and medication for high blood pressure. But he also drinks a lot, most days, and I worry that he has a problem. Should I try to get him to stop? […]
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Medics warn young people that eating cyanide won’t help get rid of your acne Young people on TikTok are testing out cyanide as a potential cure for acne One video showing a girl testing it on her boyfriend has been viewed 3m times A favourite in spy novels and murder mysteries, cyanide has become infamous as a deadly poison – […]
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When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100%. However, for tumors detected in later stages, that rate drops to around 25%. In hopes of improving the overall survival rate for breast cancer patients, MIT researchers have designed a wearable ultrasound device that could allow people to detect tumors when they are still in […]
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This is how you can reap the benefits of exercise without even breaking a sweat, reveals DR MICHAEL MOSLEY We all know that doing regular exercise is good for us, but some people struggle with mobility while others just struggle to find the motivation. Mindful particularly of the former, scientists have been looking at ways that provide the benefits of […]
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Reviewers’ Notes When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100 percent. However, for tumors detected in later stages, that rate drops to around 25 percent. In hopes of improving the overall survival rate for breast cancer patients, can you take vicodin for pain while pregnant MIT researchers have designed a wearable ultrasound device […]
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Reviewers’ Notes Neurons are the cells that constitute neural circuits and use chemicals and electricity to receive and send messages that allow the body to do everything, including thinking, sensing, moving, and more. Neurons have a long fiber called an axon that sends information to the subsequent neurons. Information from axons is received by branch-like structures that fan out from […]
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Social isolation is a significant risk factor for nursing home use among older adults, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Mary Louise Pomeroy, Ph.D., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues evaluated whether higher levels of social isolation are associated with overnight hospitalization, skilled nursing facility stays, and […]
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. They say that the sweet doesn’t taste so sweet without the sour, and that’s true. But we’d also say that the chocolate doesn’t taste so chocolatey without the espresso. It turns out that espresso is the secret ingredient in […]
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Reviewers’ Notes Climate change-driven extreme weather events, sea level rise, changes in temperature, and air and water pollution are impacting control of HIV in the Asia Pacific region, a science gathering heard. The warning comes amid unprecedented heatwaves, as the UN warns the world has already warmed by 1.1 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. "Those most affected by climate change […]
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The number of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and N. meningitidis cases during 2020–21 was approximately half the expected number each year compared to pre-pandemic totals; During the pandemic there was a significantly reduced risk of invasive disease caused by S. pneumoniae (relative risk: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.40–0.55), H. influenzae (0.51; 0.40–0.66) and N. meningitidis (0.26; 0.21–0.31). There was no significant […]
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