(HealthDay)—America’s ongoing opioid epidemic is costing increasing numbers of addicts their eyesight, a new study reports. The number of drug addicts who developed vision-endangering eye infections quadrupled between 2003 and 2016, according to researchers. “For whatever reason, these infections have a propensity for often getting near the good center of vision. It’s quite frequent for patients to lose vision,” said […]
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MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 — Universal multigene panel testing for patients with solid tumor cancer increases detection of heritable variants over the predicted yield of guideline-based testing, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in JAMA Oncology. N. Jewel Samadder, M.D., from Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, and colleagues assessed germline genetic alterations among 2,984 patients (mean age, 61.4 years; […]
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Johnson & Johnson launches large trial for a two-dose version of its coronavirus vaccine and aims to enroll 30,000 participants from around the world Johnson & Johnson is launching a large-scale trial to test two doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine It plans to enroll 30,000 participants worldwide and run it simultaneously with its 60,000-person trial testing one dose Recruitment into […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. High blood pressure affects more than one in four adults in the UK, yet many people will not know they have it. This is because it does not usually produce any outward signs. The condition – characterised […]
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Many children and young people with obsessive thoughts and compulsions experience that their OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms worsen during a crisis such as COVID-19. This is shown by a new research result from Aarhus University and the Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Central Denmark Region. The findings have been published in BMC Psychiatry. Trauma and stress can trigger […]
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At 33, Hilary Duff certainly knows about the birds and the bees, and is currently expecting her third child. But as an adolescent, her idea about sex was much different than it is today. In this week's episode of "Lady Parts," the actress, singer and businesswoman chats with Sarah Hyland and Ashley Benson about the biggest misconceptions they had regarding […]
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Spine-tingling proof music can bring our loved ones back from the grip of dementia as prima ballerina Marta Cinta Gonzalez relives the magic of Swan Lake Her frail hand flutters hesitantly, and a shadow passes over her pale face. Then, as the orchestral brass begins to soar, playing the spine-tingling melody of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, something spellbinding happens. For a […]
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Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a new report from UC San Francisco. In an analysis of nearly five dozen published scientific papers, the researchers provided a synopsis of future effects from global warming on major […]
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The current climate has made regular exercise difficult, to say the least. If you’re used to regular classes with an instructor guiding you through your training or seeing a personal trainer who puts together your plan, then the irregularity of life might be leaving you and your workouts a little muddled. Even for those who used to fly solo to […]
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Halle Berry celebrated her return to work this week with a very-quarantine era photo — a makeup-free selfie. The actor is radiant as she stares straight-to-camera, hiding a smile. She took the photo from a cozy couch with lots of natural light pouring in, the better for her 6 million followers to see her poreless-seeming skin and bouncy-looking cheeks. “Officially […]
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