https://www.youtube.com/embed/9kKuEmVlXmM George Clooney is forbidden from giving his daughter an at-home haircut. The Midnight Sky actor/director, 59, takes on the cover of W Magazine's new Best Performances 2021 issue, in which he poses with his twins' bikes. Clooney, who shares 3-year-old son Alexander and daughter Ella with wife Amal, opens up about parenting during the pandemic — and not being allowed […]
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Scientists from around the world have published more than 87,000 papers about coronavirus between the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and October 2020, a new analysis shows. Even given the importance of the pandemic, researchers were surprised by the huge number of studies and other papers that scientists produced on the subject in such a short time. “It is an […]
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(HealthDay)—Deceased organ donation increased among some racial groups, particularly among Black people, from 1999 to 2017, but substantial racial and ethnic differences remain, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in JAMA Surgery. Amber B. Kernodle, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues examined changes in deceased organ donation over time to assess changes […]
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(HealthDay)—Researchers may have uncovered a key reason some people remain sharp as a tack into their 80s and 90s: Their brains resist the buildup of certain proteins that mark Alzheimer’s disease. The study focused on what scientists have dubbed “super agers”—a select group of older folks who have the memory performance of people decades younger. Compared with older people who […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Americans may still need to wear face masks through 2022 to protect against the spread of the coronavirus and emerging variants, Anthony Fauci, MD, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday. As cases decline and vaccines roll out across the […]
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FILE PHOTO: Syringes are seen in front of displayed Biontech and Pfizer logos in this illustration taken November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters) – The U.S. Food & Drug Administration plans to approve Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s request to store their COVID-19 vaccine at standard freezer temperatures instead of in ultra-cold conditions, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The […]
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As identical twins who look alike, sound alike and even have the same mannerisms, Patricia Wood and Pamela Smith are used to people mistaking them for one another. Even before birth, retin a rebate their heartbeats were so perfectly synchronized that doctors didn’t realize there were two until the day they were born 62 years ago. “Pat was so competitive, […]
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A new study finds that people consistently disbelieve someone who responds slowly to questions. Answering questions promptly promotes personal credibility. Slow, thoughtful responses may count against people. Whenever someone answers a question, their audience unconsciously considers the way they reply in addition to the response itself. They make a quick, often unconscious, assessment of their sincerity: do they know what […]
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is expected to announce a slight easing of COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, allowing schools and hairdressers to reopen, as the government seeks to relieve months of lockdown even as infection rates rise again.FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a street during a curfew following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 23, 2021. […]
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Imagine if surgeons could transplant healthy neurons into patients living with neurodegenerative diseases or brain and spinal cord injuries. And imagine if they could “grow” these neurons in the laboratory from a patient’s own cells using a synthetic, highly bioactive material that is suitable for 3-D printing. By discovering a new printable biomaterial that can mimic properties of brain tissue, […]
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