On first sight, Brian Shaw and Dustin Poirier might appear ill-matched. One is a 6’8″, 400-pound, world-class strongman, the other a lean, 5’9″, 180-pound professional fighter currently at the top of UFC’s lightweight ranking. But size and raw strength aren’t everything, as Poirier (the only UFC fighter to beat Conor McGregor via knockout) proved in a recent video on Shaw’s […]
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A new University of Oregon study is examining the effects of opioids on an understudied population: developing infants. Human physiology associate professor Adrianne Huxtable is focusing her newest research project on the effects of opioids during pregnancy on essential breathing circuits. It is a research question that hasn’t been well-examined, despite the significant rise of opioid use during pregnancy, with […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week it is investigating a number of medical device reports of infections and potential contamination issues with reprocessing urological endoscopes. During Jan. 1, 2017, to Feb. 20, 2021, the FDA reportedly received more than 450 medical device reports of postprocedure patient infections or other possible contamination related to cystoscopes, ureteroscopes, and cystourethroscopes, […]
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What is protein coffee? As the “proffee” trend takes TikTok by storm, we asked nutritionists and dieticians if it’s something we’re missing… Don’t get us wrong, we love a good coffee trend. Whether it’s the Dalgona coffees of (what literally feels like) yesteryear, or iced lattes a million ways – as long as it contains that sweet, caffeinated nectar of […]
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A new study conducted at the University of Worcester and published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has found low fat diets decrease men’s testosterone levels by 10-15%. Optimal testosterone levels are critical to men’s health. Low testosterone levels are linked to a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Healthy testosterone levels are also […]
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FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks wait in line at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine centre situated at a temporary hospital organised at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper PempelWARSAW (Reuters) – Poland seems to have passed a peak in the number of coronavirus infections, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Friday, adding that the country […]
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Curing cancer has been the dream of countless doctors and researchers over the decades. Yet some types of cancer, whether because they affect relatively few people or lack influential advocates, receive less attention and funding than others. Cells from a rare cancer known as blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, shown in purple and blue, appear among red blood cells. Image: […]
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FILE PHOTO: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination centre in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseCANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia will purchase another 20 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. Australia on Thursday said it now recommended people under 50 are inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine in favour of […]
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In a medical records study covering thousands of children, a U.S.-Canadian team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine concludes that while surgery to correct congenital heart disease (CHD) within 10 years after birth may restore young hearts to healthy function, it also may be associated with an increased risk of hypertension — high blood pressure — within a few […]
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