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We’ve heard it our entire lives — drink milk every day for strong bones. Heck, milk has even found a way to advertise this idea, bringing in celebrities and ad campaigns, to make sure everyone — young and old — is getting their daily dose of cow’s milk. But in recent years, people have stopped believing the […]
About 16,000 years ago, humans crossed the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia and arrived in Alaska. The ones who stayed are the ancestors of today’s Alaskan Natives—Inuit, Yupik, Dena’ina, and others. “In the winter months, they’d hone their personal fitness by training and playing games that built the skills necessary to live in the harsh […]
Thousands of runners are out on the streets this morning for the Manchester and London Royal Parks respective half marathons, which both kicked off at 9am. Frankly, we’re just proud if we make it out of bed for that time on a Sunday morning… Whether you’re training, participating, or just wondering when the runners will […]
Offering patients the choice between home screening or in-office colonoscopy does not increase participation in colorectal cancer screening, according to a new Penn Medicine study. However, the framing of choice did impact patient decision-making, as the proportion of colonoscopies—the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening—fell when the home screening option was presented as an available […]
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most insidious forms of the disease, in which an average of only 9% of patients are alive five years after diagnosis. One of the reasons for such a dismal outcome is that pancreatic cancer cells are able to escape from tumors and enter the bloodstream very early in the […]
Does a vegan diet REALLY starve cancer? New study claims meat proteins feed tumors in mice – but experts say it’s not that simple for humans A new Duke University study in mice found that diets that cut out a protein in meat called methionine deprived their tumors of food and stopped growth Similar diets […]
In a Cancer Medicine study of 298,434 patients diagnosed with breast cancer between 2004 and 2012, married patients had a better prognosis than patients who were single, who in turn had a better prognosis than those who were divorced, separated, or widowed. When considering race and tumor characteristics, the better prognosis of single patients was […]
A new study has shown that obese adolescents are not only significantly more likely to experience bullying, but they are also more likely to be both victims and perpetrators of bullying compared to their healthy weight peers. The study also found that overweight or obese adolescents who are either victims or perpetrators of bullying, or […]
Picking what book to read isn’t the only choice families now make at story time—they must also decide between the print or electronic version. But traditional print books may have an edge over e-books when it comes to quality time shared between parents and their children, a new study suggests. The research, led by University […]
Maybe I wouldn’t have noticed the two men on the bench at the park if the news clip on the radio in the car that morning hadn’t caught my ear. Another newly released study. This one finds that “many men” feel socially inept among their male peers unless alcohol is involved. I’d be willing to […]