Her story. Myka Stauffer received backlash in May 2020 when she revealed her decision to rehome her adopted son with autism, but she was transparent about the process long before the controversy. The YouTube star documented her journey on her channel, sharing details about everything from Huxley’s diagnosis to her desire to adopt more children. […]
Model predicts economic, public health repercussions of lifting quarantine before COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus, was officially declared a pandemic on March 11 by the World Health Organization. Nearly two months later, many municipalities and states around the country have decided to relax some of the limitations put in place to prevent the disease from spreading at a pace that threatened to […]
Less sleep in children who use devices before bed and who choose their own bedtimes
Intermediate school-aged children who use a device just before bedtime and decide what time they go to sleep, achieve less sleep and feel more sleepier the following day than their peers. That’s the findings from new research by former University of Otago, Christchurch, student Kate Ford, who undertook the study as part of a summer […]
Watch Jennifer Lopez and Her Daughter's Sweet Moment Before Super Bowl Show
In it together! Jennifer Lopez and her 11-year-old daughter, Emme, bonded before their Super Bowl LIV halftime performance. “These moments were captured just minutes before we hit the stage last night,” the Grammy nominee, 50, captioned a Monday, February 3, Instagram video. “All I want my girls, the little girls on stage with me and […]
Andrea Barber Says Her Anxiety Was So Bad She'd Vomit Before 'Full House' Tapings
Andrea Barber, who played Kimmy Gibbler on Full House, is speaking out about her battle with anxiety and depression. She opened up about hiding her mental health issues in her new book, Full Circle. The actress, 43, said, “I would go to the bathroom before tapings to vomit.” Everyone’s favorite TV neighbor, Andrea Barber—a.k.a. Kimmy […]
Blood pressure drugs more effective if taken before bed, study finds
High blood pressure patients have a 44% lower risk of suffering a heart attack ‘if they take their medication before BED instead of in the morning’ Scientists looked at more than 19,000 patients taking drugs for blood pressure Those who took them in one go before bedtime 44% less likely of heart attack It […]
Blood test detects if breast cancer will return a YEAR before scans
Pioneering blood test can detect if breast cancer will return almost a YEAR before secondary tumours appear on hospital scans The pioneering ‘liquid biopsy’ is almost 80 per cent accurate, tests have found It analyses a patient’s blood for DNA fragments released by their own tumours Charities have praised the ‘extremely exciting’ results of the […]
Researcher looks for ways to detect deadly ovarian cancer before it develops
Out of the 22,240 women in the United States who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, only about 47 percent survive longer than five years. But Dr. Beth Karlan, the newly appointed director of cancer population genetics at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is hopeful that her research will not only help women get […]
What if you could spot skin cancer before it got too serious?
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. If you could visibly see signs of skin cancer on your body, would you be more likely to visit the doctor? A group of professors from BYU and the University of Utah asked that exact question as they looked for the most […]
Finally, a tool to predict response to chemotherapy before bladder cancer surgery
University of Colorado Cancer Center led clinical trial data show that a predictive tool called COXEN may show which bladder cancer patients will respond to pre-surgical chemotherapy, a step towards allowing doctors to offer such chemotherapy to patients likely to respond, while moving more efficiently to other treatment options with patients unlikely to benefit. Results […]