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A critical question in medicine asks how individual variation in DNA can predict variation in health and disease. New research from the Clemson Center for Human Genetics identified hundreds of metabolites that might serve as intermediates to translate variation in the genome to variation in complex traits. Published recently in Genome Research, the findings could one day […]
Studies show that very few people pay attention to the expiration date of Make-up. Also brush and cosmetic sponge eke out a shadowy existence, when it comes to cleaning. So it is hardly surprising that, of the surveyed 467 used products up to 90 percent of bacteria were contaminated. In the study from the UK […]
MRI scans are much better than mammograms for detecting cancer in women with dense breasts, study finds About half of women over 40 have dense breasts; about 10% have very dense ones That raises their risk of cancer and makes it harder to spot on mammograms Researchers studied different scanning methods on 40,000 Dutch women aged […]
From sitting over a pot of boiling water to steam the vagina, to sticking jade eggs you-know-where, “wellness” trends involving the genitals don’t seem to want to die. Now, there’s another one to add to that list: “perineum sunning.” Yes, you heard that right. In recent months, the new “self-care” method—aka “butthole sunning”—has started to […]
The world’s laziest teenagers: Only 7% of children in South Korea are active for an hour a day – while teens in the US are the fourth MOST active and the UK ranks 29th World Health Organization data shows where children are least active South Korea, the Philippines and Cambodia had the most inactive children […]
Eczema patients are 13% more likely to break their bones, reveals analysis of NHS hospital data Experts trawled through almost two decades worth of fractures in England Hip, knee and spinal fractures were more common among adults with eczema This would mean an extra 164 broken bones among 100,000 eczema patients Eczema patients are more […]
Almost 500,000 British children are worried about their feelings but haven’t asked their parents, siblings or teachers for help, poll reveals The Children’s Society surveyed 2,300 youngsters aged between 10 and 17 Results revealed that 58 per cent had spoken to someone about their fears However, eight per cent of the children admitted they had […]
It was a long road to parenthood for Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. “You hear stories about IVF working the first try, but you’ll hear a lot more stories about when it takes a few times,” the supermodel told New York Magazine’s The Cut in April 2018. “Ours didn’t work the first time and it […]
Here's some news about abortion that you may have missed: the US abortion rate reached an all-time low in 2017. At 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, it’s the lowest level since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in its pivotal 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Also in 2017, the number of early medication abortions rose […]
The idea of growing babies outside the body has inspired novels and movies for decades. Now, research groups around the world are exploring the possibility of artificial gestation. For instance, one group successfully grew a lamb in an artificial womb for four weeks. Australian researchers have also experimented with artificial gestation for lambs and sharks. […]