Illustrator Phil Alderson was alerted to a lump behind his left nipple by a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during summer 2016. Two weeks later, Phil, from Merseyside, was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 48-year-old became one of the 350 men in the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year, according to Cancer […]
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Hair loss can be a natural part of the ageing process, and most of the time, it’s nothing to worry about. We can even lose up to 100 hairs on our bodies every day, without even noticing. But you could prolong the life of your locks by regularly using antioxidant-based shampoos, it’s been revealed. Losing your hair could be caused […]
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A new study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis sheds light on why female primary care physicians receive lower wages than their male counterparts. The study found that female PCPs generated 11 percent less revenue due to conducting 11 percent fewer visits in a year (doctors are largely paid by the visit). […]
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More than 4,000 New York children have lost a parent to coronavirus – and up to 25% of them may wind up in foster care, report finds A new report claims that 4,200 children in New York state have lost a parent or a guardian to coronavirus between March 2020 and July 2020 About 57% of those who have lost […]
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A newly identified bacteria and a common virus may be the underlying cause of infection-induced hydrocephalus in Uganda, according to an international team of researchers. “Thirteen years ago, while visiting Uganda and seeing a stream of kids with hydrocephalus after infection I asked the doctors, ‘What is the biggest problem you have that you can’t solve?’” said Steven J. Schiff, […]
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may help treat features of bipolar depression, including suicidality, according to study results partially published earlier this year in the The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry and presented at the annual congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, held virtually from Sept. 12 to 15. Giulio E. Brancati, Ph.D., from the University […]
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Outer ear infections, which affect millions of people each year, are typically caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus aureus. Repeatedly administering antibiotic drops, the standard treatment, can be a problem for some people, and the only single-use suspension currently available needs to be kept and handled cold. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering have developed […]
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Danielle Theriault and Loverelle Bryne connected through a Facebook group for people who've had coronavirus symptoms for more than 100 days. The pair discovered they live less than 30 minutes apart, have similar interests, and have eerily similar COVID journeys, both in terms of symptoms and how it's affected their family lives. Now more than six months after the disease […]
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An international study led by the University of Otago has revealed how exercise can reduce the chance of diabetes leading on to heart disease. The research has identified that exercise triggers the release of small sequences of genetic code in the heart called microRNA, which increase protein production to improve heart structure and function. The study, “Exercise regulates microRNAs to […]
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A recent publication in the Journal of Neuroscience by a group of researchers at the University of Kentucky is titled “Encoding the Odor of Cigarette Smoke.” Tim McClintock, a physiology professor in the UK College of Medicine, says their work lays a foundation for two things. “One is basic knowledge of how we tell one smell from another. We call […]
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