TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — Exposure to antibiotics in the first two years of life is associated with an increased risk for several health conditions during childhood, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Zaira Aversa, M.D., Ph.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues conducted a […]
Surprise! 'Pump Rules' Alum Vail Bloom Welcomes Baby No. 2
New arrival! Vail Bloom announced that she secretly welcomed her second child. “Didn’t realize it but guess I was waiting for #nationalsiblingday to announce that: Charlie has a new baby brother and she’s THRILLED!” the Vanderpump Rules alum, 37, captioned a Sunday, April 12, Instagram reveal. In the social media upload, the former reality star […]
China death toll spikes to 80, over 2,700 cases confirmed
China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly viral outbreak spiked to 80 as the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei suffered 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744. While there were no new deaths confirmed outside of Hubei, the national tally of verified infections rose by 769, […]
France confirms 2 cases of virus from China, 1st in Europe
Coronavirus comes to Europe: France confirms its first two patients as global cases hit 945 French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn has confirmed the country’s first two coronavirus cases The two individuals are the first to be sickened in Europe Since the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, it has spread to 11 countries around the world, now […]
Another One! DJ Khaled, Nicole Tuck Welcome Baby No. 2
Round two! DJ Khaled and his wife, Nicole Tuck, announced the birth of their second child on Tuesday, January 21. “THANK YOU ALLAH !” the music producer, 44, captioned his Instagram reveal. “THANK YOU MY QUEEN NICOLE ! BLESS UP DR JIN ! ANOTHER ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” In the social media upload, the American Music Award […]
Bachelor in Paradise's Carly Waddell, Evan Bass Welcome Baby No. 2
Welcome to the world! Carly Waddell gave birth to her and Evan Bass’ second baby together, Charles Wolfe, on Tuesday, November 12, Us Weekly confirms. “Baby Charlie is healthy and delivery was fast and perfect straight into mommy’s arms,” Bass, 36, told Us exclusively on Wednesday, November 13. “Everyone is doing well.” The little one arrived […]
Supplements don’t preserve kidney health in type 2 diabetes
Supplements of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (often sold as fish oil) do not help people with type 2 diabetes stave off chronic kidney disease, according to findings from the largest clinical study to date of the supplements in this patient population. The paper was published Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in JAMA and presented […]
Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure
New research from King’s College London published in EBioMedicine, has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of traditional bariatric surgery in rodents and produces impressive results on body weight, fatty liver and diabetes control. Sleeveballoon is a device that combines a balloon with a connected sleeve, which covers the […]
Inhibition of histone deacetylase 2 reduces MDM2 expression and reduces tumor growth in dedifferentiated liposarcoma
The cover for issue 55 of Oncotarget features Figure 3, “Romidepsin exhibits anti-tumor effect in xenograft model of DDLPS,” by Seligson, et al. Here the researchers present in silico, in vitro, and mouse xenograft studies that suggest that specifically targeting HDAC2 reduces MDM2 expression and has anti-tumor affects in DDLPS. In a murine DDLPS xenograft […]
Number of young adults with type 2 diabetes is on the rise
Diabetes epidemic hits the under-40s: Obesity crisis sparks ‘public health timebomb’ as it emerges one in EIGHT new diabetes cases is a young adult Scientists looked at over 370,800 type 2 diabetics diagnosed in 2000-to-2017 One in eight new cases in the UK occurred in someone aged 18-to-40 in 2017 This is compared to just […]