Waists bigger than 33.5ins for women or 35.5ins for men ‘may carry a higher risk of DEMENTIA’ even if people aren’t overweight Waist size was an indicator of dementia risk over BMI in study participants Even those with a normal BMI had a higher risk if they had fat around the middle Researchers said doctors should […]
More than 1,000 Indiana hospital patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis after sterilization failure
Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A sterilization technician at a northern Indiana hospital failed to properly disinfect surgical tools, possibly affecting more than 1,000 patients who underwent surgery at the facility in recent months, the hospital said […]
Abby Lee Miller Is Standing On Her Own After More Than A Year Using A Wheelchair
Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller just shared an Instagram of herself standing in a pool. The photo shows her progress since becoming mostly wheelchair-bound in mid-2018. Abby has posted other videos of herself walking with a walker and walking in a pool. Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller has been sharing updates with fans […]
Admissions to ER’s for adolescent sexual abuse have more than doubled
From 2010 to 2016, emergency department admissions for confirmed adolescent sexual abuse in the U.S. doubled, even as rates of child sexual abuse have steadily declined for decades. Though the data was not able to explain why admission rates rose, researchers offer a number of possibilities, from better awareness, willingness to disclose abuse, and greater […]
Girls more likely to be hospitalised after self-harm than boys
Girls in Wales who have self harmed are significantly more likely than boys to be admitted to hospital, after turning up for emergency care, finds the first study of its kind, published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. This gender disparity is particularly evident among 10-15 year olds who have deliberately harmed themselves, […]
The real reason some people need less sleep than others
The next time you try and get by on four hours of sleep, only to end up with a raging headache and the belief that the world is against you, you can blame your parents for that — and it’s not because they mandated you clock up a minimum of eight hours of sleep throughout […]
Babies understand counting years earlier than believed
Babies who are years away from being able to say “one,” “two,” and “three” actually already have a sense of what counting means, Johns Hopkins University researchers have discovered. The findings reveal that very early on, years earlier than previously believed, babies who hear counting realize that it’s about quantity. “Although they are years away […]
Time changes, women charged more than men
If next Sunday the clocks will be put back to an hour back, which means sleeping an hour longer. But not everyone is happy about it, as a recent survey conducted on behalf of the KKH Commercial health insurance shows. Especially women and children, the time change causes problems. Accordingly, around two-thirds of the women […]
Tori Bates Is Pregnant Less Than a Year After Son's Birth: Find Out the Sex
Tori Bates and Bobby Smith are expanding their family! The Bringing Up Bates star is pregnant with her second child, she tells Us Weekly exclusively. “Our little Kade is almost a year old already, and these months have flown by so quickly. It has been so much fun having him in our lives and we […]
Changing your diet can lift your mood in less than a month
Fresh research has found that just three weeks of healthy eating improves depression symptoms in young adults. The study, published by Australian researchers this week, looked at how changes to 101 young adults’ diets impacted their mental health. Those involved in the study – aged 17 to 35 – many of them university students – […]