Tess Holliday doesn’t hold anything back when promoting body positivity and shutting down unrealistic beauty standards. And she’s equally honest when it comes to the ups and downs of being mom to a toddler—which she recently showed us in the most relatable Instagram post featuring her adorable young son, Bowie. RELATED: Tess Holliday’s Son Hopped […]
Online searches about cardiovascular disease follow strong seasonal and geographical patterns
There is a strong seasonal pattern in seeking cardiovascular health information on Google, with higher search activity during winter months, according to a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Investigators also found that US states with higher deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) have higher CVD-related search volumes compared with regions with lower CVD mortality. […]
Mel B Opens Up About Struggling With PTSD & Addiction, Will Enter Rehab
It’s been a difficult year for Mel B. In March 2017, she lost her father after a five-yearslong battle with cancer. In April 2017, Mel B (whose real last name is Brown) filed a restraining order against estranged husband Stephen Belafonte, citing years of physical and emotional abuse, and earlier this month, Brown and Belafonte […]
Physicians Lack Knowledge About Serogroup MenB Vaccination
TUESDAY, Aug. 28, 2018 — U.S. pediatricians and family physicians (FPs) have considerable knowledge gaps regarding serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccination, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Pediatrics. Allison Kempe, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Colorado in Aurora, and colleagues surveyed 660 pediatricians and FPs via email and the internet to […]
Doctors Not Talking About Newer Meningitis Vaccine
MONDAY, Aug. 20, 2018 — Many U.S. doctors aren’t telling teenaged patients and their parents about a newer vaccine for potentially deadly bacterial meningitis infections, a new study finds. Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the brain and spinal cord. It is uncommon in the United States, but sporadic outbreaks occur — often on college […]
Study finds greater public awareness still needed about dementia
Common beliefs and misconceptions in the community about dementia are still proving obstacles to treatment despite a rise in public awareness campaigns, an Australian study has found. Researchers from Flinders University in South Australia pooled the results of 32 dementia surveys from around the world published between 2012 and 2017 and found that public awareness […]
Chrissy Teigen Feels 'Super Insecure' About Post-Baby Body
Chrissy Teigen got up close and personal with her fans and her trolls alike on Monday when she posted a video (captioned "mom bod alert") of her stretch marks and mosquito bites. She and her husband, John Legend, are vacationing with their kids, Luna and baby Miles, in Bali. In the video, in which she’s […]
Ashley Graham Shared the Most Relatable Video About Going to the Gym for the First Time After a Break
Struggling to motivate yourself to get back in the gym after a summer break or time off for vacation? If you haven’t already, we recommend following Ashley Graham. The always-candid supermodel reached out to her fans just before heading into a sweat session at Dogpound in New York City on Tuesday. She’d just returned home […]
Patients care about the clothes doctors wear
(HealthDay)—Patients do in fact care what doctors wear, according to a study recently published in BMJ Open. Christopher M. Petrilli, M.D., from the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System in Michigan, and colleagues conducted a survey among a convenience sample of 4,062 patients recruited from 10 academic medical centers between June 2015 and October 2016. The […]
About half of parents use cell phones while driving with young children in the car
A new study from a team of researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) found that in the previous three months, about half of parents talked on a cell phone while driving when their children between the ages of 4 and 10 were in the […]