Four stories of how chance meetings and unusual pairings evolved into something to be treasured What is it that brings two seemingly fundamentally different people together? Fate, circumstances, the natural human desire to connect with one another? It could be said that, whatever it is, it’s made harder in an age of bubbles – social,
This is a story about beating the odds. The woman you’re about to meet was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told she had months to live. But before she had major surgery and chemotherapy to try to keep the devastating disease at bay, she got a second opinion. A new diagnosis with the promise of
Combining individual schema and group schema therapy together appears to be the best approach for reducing symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD), new research suggests. Schema is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on experiential approaches rather than on behavior change. Dr Arnoud Arntz The findings from an international randomized controlled trial underscore the importance
States nationwide and nations worldwide are relaxing their COVID-19 protocols as infections decrease and vaccination rates increase. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that a mere 10% of the U.S. population currently live in areas where facemasks are advised. Health officials in New York said that as the state enters“a new phase
The skin is our first line of defense against the external environment, with sebum being one of the star players.1 Sebum is a mixture of triglycerides, free fatty acids, squalene, wax esters, cholesterol esters, and cholesterol.1 This oily liquid is secreted by the sebaceous glands, which are highly concentrated on the face.1 In fact, there are up to
“Our motivation for studying it is because there haven’t been any new effective treatments for decades.” Overall, survival for children’s cancers in the UK has more than doubled since the 1970s. Today around 8 in 10 children diagnosed with cancer will survive. We have come a long way. But for some cancer types, progress has
When we eat food, our gut somehow senses its presence to begin shifting it along our digestive tract, but the question has always been – how? Now, new Flinders University research using both human gut samples and mice has discovered that a touch-sensing protein that was a focus of a 2021 Nobel Prize, called Piezo2,
In this article MO BATS-GB A pack of Marlboro cigarettes. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rising prices at the gas pump will likely hurt cigarette demand as smokers have less cash to spend on impulse purchases while filling up, according to a new report from Barclays. The Russian war in Ukraine has driven
In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance for reducing SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) transmission in schools and day care settings. But the increased focus on minimizing the spread of COVID-19 hasn’t stopped the need for research on other respiratory illnesses, such as influenza virus (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which
PHOENIX — Adding mepolizumab (Nucala) to guideline-based care reduced flare-ups in disadvantaged kids with exacerbation-prone, eosinophilic asthma, the yearlong MUPPITS-2 trial showed. In the randomized study of nearly 300 kids living in urban parts of the U.S., the annualized exacerbation rate was 0.96 with mepolizumab versus 1.30 with placebo, representing a 27% relative decrease (rate
“People started calling and said, ‘The tanks are getting close.'” — Vitaliy Gyrin, MD, director of the Adonis-IVF maternity network in Ukraine, discussing the lead up to the moment a Russian missile struck the maternity clinic in Busova hospital near Kyiv. “We realize that we need to be brave and stay ’til the end, because
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As much of the country prepares to ditch their masks, mingle more closely, and return to ”normal,” not everyone can board that train. Connie Taylor Connie Taylor, 60, from Nashville, is as tired as the next person of the COVID-cautious routines.
Researchers co-led by Hao Wu at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have discovered a possible new way to fight COVID-19 by turning part of SARS-CoV-2 against itself. The new strategy, reported in PNAS, shows promise in mice and in human cells in a lab dish. Read the full story at https://hms.harvard.edu/news/hoist-its-own-petard
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) undergoing assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have an increased relapse risk if they are not treated with disease modifying therapy (DMT), new research suggests. In a cohort study of women undergoing ART, those who did not receive DMTs had a significantly higher relapse risk than their
The Poison Control’s National Capital Poison Center is warning consumers about a toxic chemical that is found in some at-home COVID tests that could be toxic if swallowed. The chemical — sodium azide — is causing a rise in calls to poison control centers across the U.S. as more people undergo COVID testing at home, according
What’s the relationship between rest and creativity, and how can moments of inactivity boost our productivity? Here, creatives explain how rest inspires their work as artists, and why slowing down has such a key part to play Some of the most creative people in history have linked their artistic success to moments of idleness. Mozart,
In 2010, scientists discovered that African Americans who are born with certain variants of a gene called apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) have a higher-than-average risk for experiencing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Now, in a new study of African Americans with hypertension, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai find that a community-based approach
In this article CVS Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images CVS Health is looking to be the first pharmacy in the metaverse. The drugstore and health services company filed for a trademark to sell virtual goods, NFTs and provide health care services, joining major retailers like Walmart and Nike. In its filing with U.S.
About half of Montana schools that had tested their water by mid-February under a new state rule had high levels of lead, according to state data. But the full picture isn’t clear because less than half of the state’s school buildings had provided water samples six weeks after the deadline. For many schools with high
Children who received mechanical ventilation at a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) had slightly worse cognitive outcomes in the long run compared with their siblings, a prospective cohort study found. At 3 to 8 years after discharge from a PICU, kids who had received mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure had a mean estimated IQ
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