The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive shifts to seemingly every aspect of daily life. At the heart of these changes have been requirements to socially distance from others and stay at home. A number of businesses closed their doors or drastically cut back on hours and continue to do so. The result has been […]
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The next coronavirus may already be circulating in bats, study suggests
While the exact origin of the coronavirus remains murky, scientists have been racing to determine how it jumped from animals to humans so they can prevent another pandemic. The next one could just be a matter of time, a study published recently suggests. The authors said a virus with similar ability to infect humans may […]
Scientists around the world are already fighting the next pandemic
If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50% chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection—even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How? Unfortunately, this child also lives […]
“Werewolf syndrome” in Spanish children: a pharmaceutical company needs to court
In the scandal of strong hair in the case of small children by an incorrectly labelled medicine in Spain, responsible to growth now before the court. At least 23 babies and children up to the age of seven years were affected according to the Prosecutor, from the so-called “werewolf syndrome” (hypertrichosis). The Prosecutor applied for […]
Lack of exercise: Negative effects after only two weeks
A new study shows that the impact of even short-time physical inactivity from the negative to the health. The good news is that these effects can apparently undo. Only two weeks, lack of exercise and prolonged Sitting had in normally active, healthy adults already have a negative impact on the health of your vascular function, […]
I Had a Preventive Mastectomy at Age 39—Then Found Out I Already Had Breast Cancer
A few days before I was scheduled to undergo surgery to remove both of my seemingly healthy breasts, I went alone to church, to the beach, and to my grandmother's grave. My grandmother died of breast cancer, as did my great-grandmother. My mother and aunt had battled breast cancer, too; fortunately, they managed to beat […]
CDC: 228 measles cases already in 2019
(HealthDay)—The number of measles cases in the United States increased by 22 since last week and now stands at 228, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in an update. New Hampshire—with one patient as of March 1—joined 11 other states reporting measles cases this year, CNN reported. The other states are: California, […]
This Woman Became Pregnant While She Was… Already Pregnant
Beata noted that she and Pawel didn’t listen to the advice of their doctors about abstaining from intercourse. “They tell you at the fertility clinic that you can’t have sex for the four days before your egg collection because the hormones mean more eggs are fertilized than normal,” she explained to SWNS. “But I think […]
Kylie Jenner Already Has Name Ideas for Stormi's Baby Sister
Soon-to-be-billionaire, Kylie Cosmetics mogul and Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Kylie Jenner has been a mom for all of a hot minute. But she’s already thinking about baby names for her next little girl — a baby sis for daughter Stormi, now 8 months old. The baby talk happened during a late-night Snapchat Q&A session with […]
The Best Birth Control Options if You've Already Been Pregnant & Given Birth
So, you’re no longer taking a daily birth control pill because you literally just had a baby and haven’t needed it for a while. Or maybe you’re just looking into new formats of pregnancy prevention (and there are a bunch!). We looked over the birth control options that are currently available to see what’s best […]