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A new study shows that one in three patients with a severe skin disease were able to regrow hair after being treated with a common arthritis drug. The study is based on Phase 3 clinical trials using baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, to treat alopecia areata, an often disfiguring skin disease characterized by rapid

Adults in hospital who have COVID-19 and the flu at the same time are at much greater risk of severe disease and death compared with patients who have COVID-19 alone or with other viruses, research shows. Patients with co-infection of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, and influenza viruses were over four times more likely to require

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or CoV2) and tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) – are two fatal global respiratory infections with high mortality rates. Both these infections pose a significant health challenge and economic burden worldwide. Although concurrent Mtb/CoV2 infection can exacerbate the symptoms of

Earlier this month, the rate of inflation—the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time—here in the United States reached a 41-year historic high as consumer goods continue to be impacted by supply chain issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and more recently, by the war in Ukraine. The unique mix of

Olympian Greg Rutherford shares his top tips on sleep We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Of the clocks going forward Darren

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve been looking for some light, refreshing snacks to bring to the picnic, or a small pick-me-up to get through the day, then look no further. Giada De Laurentiis has done it once

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. This Spring, it’s all about the carrot cake and Martha Stewart is making sure everyone knows how versatile carrot cake can be this season. On March 26, Stewart posted a delicious-looking photo of her

Emmerdale: Mark Charnock on prepping for stroke scene We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Symptoms of stroke manifest differently depending on

High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The cholesterol charity Heart UK stated that “we

Managing kids’ social media use can sometimes be tricky. You don’t want to overstep privacy boundaries, but it’s a parent’s job to make sure kids are using social media safely – even celebrity parents, as Gabrielle Union explained this week on The Drew Barrymore Show.  “Now I’m gonna ask you parenting advice, if that’s okay,” Drew

Preparing medical students for the next disasterPlay Video Credit: Northwestern University We don't know when the next natural disaster, mass shooting or pandemic will occur. But twice a year, students at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are being trained in a two-week elective course to manage these types of events when they inevitably happen.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. There’s a lot we love about Le Creuset cookware, and though it’s mostly the heirloom quality, durability, and design, we also adore the fact that they’re constantly releasing new colors. After all, having all

The Office for National Statistics has published an analysis of data on COVID-19 cases in school pupils aged four to 15 years old attending state-funded schools, up to 31 December 2021. It examines the prevalence of COVID-19 amongst students in different demographics and geographic locations, as well as with differing vaccine status. One of the

Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection is no longer the life sentence it once was. But despite the effectiveness of drugs to manage and treat the virus, it can never be fully eliminated from the human body, lingering in some cells deep in different human tissues where it goes unnoticed by the immune system. Now,

Liver disease negatively impacted by lifestyle changes during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new study in the journal Liver International. The retrospective study used health checkup data of 973 participants between 2018 and 2020 from MedCity21, an advanced medical center for preventive medicine established by Osaka City University Hospital in 2014,

In a phenomenon that researchers are calling a “dual pandemic” because of the severity of the impact of coupled factors, a Rutgers School of Nursing research study has found that non-white nurses are suffering disproportionately from emotional distress, induced by a toxic stew of fears engendered by COVID-19 and reactions to workplace racism. The work,

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers evaluated the humoral and cellular immune memory induced by four coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines representing three different vaccine platforms. Study: Humoral and cellular immune memory to four COVID-19 vaccines. Image Credit: Telnov Oleksii/Shutterstock Background Notably, the BNT162b2 and messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-1273 vaccines

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In COVID-19 patients, a high viral load (SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia) on admission to the intensive-care unit (ICU) is common in patients with diabetes and strongly associated with poor outcome, suggests a study from France. Using the droplet-based digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) for precise quantification of plasma SARS-CoV-2 viral load, they

The human brain has distinct and highly specialized functional regions to understand languages, recognize faces and plan ahead. However, neuroscientists must still decipher the high degree of functional specialization observed in the cortex. In a new study now published in Science Advances, Katharina Dobs and a team of scientists at the department of brain and

Written by Amy Beecham Social media influencers are continuing to promote the illegal tanning ingredient melanotan-2, which experts warn is dangerous and could lead to long-term health impacts. A shocking BBC News investigation has identified dozens of social media influencers promoting dangerous tanning products that contain a banned ingredient to their millions of followers. Melanotan-2,