Teacher Caroline Preston has been left to raise her four-year-old sonas if a single parent. But, she says, although her best friend has been‘stripped away, piece by piece’ she knows he would be proud of her. Here, Caroline shares her story with Metro. I have a single copy of our wedding video from 2009 and sometimes I watch it to […]
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When you hear the term morning routine, what do you think of? For me, it conjures the image of a conventionally attractive woman who wakes up smiling, calmly removing her sleep mask before tapping the ‘off’ button on her actual alarm clock. She gracefully leaves her bed and instantly remakes it, perfectly folding her white linen sheets and fluffing her […]
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A recent Scientific Reports study investigates environmental and occupational factors that affect semen quality. Study: Association of living environmental and occupational factors with semen quality in Chinese men: A cross-sectional study. Image Credit: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock.com Background A decrease in birth rates and an increase in infertility have been recorded globally. In China, for example, the infertility rate has been estimated to […]
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Getting ALL your body clocks in sync could help you live longer… Believe it or not, you’ve got a whole host of them We MAY believe that the secret to retaining youthful healthiness lies in turning back time with ‘magical’ potions and regimens. But scientists now say that we can do something much more practical (and promising) by targeting our […]
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Recent research demonstrates that protein phase separation (PPS) is widely present in cells and drives a variety of important biological functions. Protein phase separation at the wrong place or time could create clogs or aggregates of molecules linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and poorly formed cellular condensates could contribute to cancers and might help explain the aging […]
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Why your cold and flu tablets may be a waste of time for treating a blocked nose We spend a lot on over-the-counter cold and flu remedies — more than £250 million a year in the UK alone — to tackle the misery of blocked noses, tickly coughs and sore throats. But could we be wasting our money? A ruling […]
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Patricia Tatum said she thinks about her son from the time she wakes up to the time she goes to sleep. She feels helpless. “There’s nothing I can do,” she said. “I have no information.” Her son, 47-year-old Derrick Williams, sits in the Clay County Detention Center in Missouri—hundreds of miles away from her home in Alabama. He’s been there […]
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A new Canadian guideline provides preventive care recommendations to promote health equity by prioritizing interventions for patients experiencing disadvantages. Key recommendations include prioritizing colorectal cancer screening for patients starting at age 45 years (rather than 50 years), offering human papillomavirus self-testing to patients eligible for cervical cancer screening, and screening for latent tuberculosis with a tuberculin skin test or interferon-γ release […]
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Reviewed Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Diabetes mellitus (DM) arises from a cascade of factors, primarily stemming from defective insulin secretion by the pancreas and emergence of insulin resistance. These alterations disrupt lipid and protein metabolism, which may lay the foundation for hyperglycemia. The efficacy and safety of spice herbs from traditional medicine have long been […]
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Long COVID patients have clear differences in immune and hormone function to patients without the condition, according to a new study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale School of Medicine. The research, published in the September 25 issue of Nature, is the first to show specific blood biomarkers that can accurately identify patients with […]
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