We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. At 21, Jess said her final goodbyes to Mum Joanna. Nobody in their immediate family had breast cancer, so the devastating disease seemingly came out of nowhere. “My mum had an aggressive triple negative breast cancer which […]
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FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 — Male sex, older age at diagnosis, White race, and having acute myeloid leukemia are risk factors associated with suicide among patients with leukemia, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in Cancer Medicine. Haohui Yu, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in China, and colleagues analyzed data from 142,386 patients with leukemia […]
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Katharine McPhee will be embarking on her journey to motherhood without her favorite cocktail in hand. The Smash star, 36, seemingly referenced her pregnancy news in a video shared to her Instagram Stories on Friday, sharing that she won't be indulging in an Aperol Spritz "anytime soon" after she was sent a package containing ingredients to make the wine-based beverage. […]
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As cases of infertility across the globe rise, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is getting more advanced and accepted in society. “Dealing with infertility is certainly not easy and the growing acceptance of ART is due to the increasing occurrence of infertility in both males and females”, says Dr Parul Katiyar, fertility expert, Nova IVF.0 “There […] As cases of infertility […]
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Despite the pandemic, there are ways to celebrate Halloween this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidelines for a safe Halloween. Traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating should be avoided, according to the CDC. Costumes, candy, tricks, and treats all scream Halloween. But with the pandemic still underway, this year’s festivities may look different. “Unfortunately, the CDC does not […]
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As coronavirus infections continue to trend upwards, the U.S. is now reporting its highest amount of new daily cases in almost two months. On Friday, at least 58,539 new cases were reported, marking the fourth consecutive day new cases in the country have topped 50,000, according to The New York Times’ database. Over the past week, there has been a […]
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(HealthDay)—The new coronavirus is striking the Upper Midwest with a vengeance, as Wisconsin and the Dakotas became COVID-19 hotspots and health officials scrambled for hospital beds on Thursday. After months where residents of those states downplayed the virus and rejected mask requirements, all three now lead all other states in new cases per capita, the Associated Press reported. “It’s an […]
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Being a man, having a lower income, having a lower level of education, not being married, and being born abroad in low- or middle-income countries—these are factors that, independent of one another, are related to an elevated risk of dying from COVID-19 in Sweden. These are the findings of a new study in the journal Nature Communications from Stockholm University. […]
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EU members agreed Friday on a method to determine safe travel destinations within Europe, hoping to unify the bloc’s haphazard patchwork of travel restrictions due to Covid-19. Envoys from the EU’s 27 member states agreed on a list of recommendations, which will include a color code for identifying risk areas: green, orange or red depending on the situation. The recommendations […]
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Coronavirus can infect cats, study finds A new study finds that humans aren’t the only ones susceptible to COVID-19 infections. Ferrets and cats can also catch the deadly virus. Alabama officials are investigating following the death of a cat that tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Officials with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and the Alabama Department of […]
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