Lea Michele is social distancing in the healthiest way. Sharing glimpses of her typical stay-at-home day with PeopleTV amid the coronavirus pandemic, Michele — who traditionally gives tips every Wednesday for her “Wellness Wednedsay” series on her Instagram Stories — walks through how she keeps anxiety to a minimum during “such a challenging time.” “We are all in this together […]
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Researchers have identified a mechanism by which tumors become resistant to cancer drugs. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have discovered a new mechanism that explains how some tumors can develop resistance to certain cancer drugs. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, could help in the development of new types of medication that prevent the tumors from […]
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In older individuals, the location of a broken bone can have significant impacts on long-term health outcomes, according to research accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, and publication in a special supplemental section of the Journal of the Endocrine Society. The study found older people with broken bones closer to the center of the body, […]
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Before Charlotte Tisch went to medical school, the former Egyptian archaeology major spent two-and-a-half years interning in a museum’s conservation department. The job was fun, she says, but she figured it was behind her once she started training to become a doctor. Then, midway through her first year at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, COVID-19 […]
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In October each year, pink ribbons become more prominently displayed on clothing and street corners, the symbol of an international movement to raise awareness about breast cancer. The debilitating disease, which impacts some 2.1 million women each year according to the World Health Organization, is not untreatable, but must be diagnosed early to increase the chances of survival. Predictive models […]
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There has been a lot of recent interest in the use of psychedelic drugs to treat depression. A new study from McGill suggests that, in the right context, some people may experience psychedelic-like effects from placebos alone. The researchers reported some of the strongest placebo effects (these are effects from “fake” medication) on consciousness in the literature relating to psychedelic […]
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The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak in the United States had it poised Tuesday to overtake China’s grim toll of 3,300 deaths, with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying up to 1 million more healthcare workers were needed. “Please come help us,” he urged. Hard-hit Italy and Spain have already overtaken China and now account for more than […]
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Improving care for children with cancer worldwide will bring a triple return on investment and prevent millions of needless deaths, according to a new Commission report published today by The Lancet Oncology entitled Sustainable Care for Children with Cancer. Without additional investment in childhood cancer care, new estimates produced for the report reveal that over 11 million children aged 14 […]
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Research shows that physical and sexual abuse are risk factors for depression in adolescents. However, we know less about the differences between emotional abuse and neglect as critical risk factors in teenage depression. A new longitudinal study examined the depressive effects of these different types of maltreatment among a group of youth at risk of being maltreated. The study found […]
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Washington, D.C., tops the list of localities doing social distancing well, while Wyoming is lagging behind, according to a new coronavirus scorecard. The score card, created by the mobility data company Unacast, uses comparisons in travel data from before and after U.S. coronavirus cases were detected. The data comes from location services on mobile devices. The travel distance reflects working […]
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