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If you’re like us, every year you worry about the worst thing that can possibly happen at Thanksgiving: the turkey is dry. Or the stuffing. Or the mashed potatoes. It’s the kind of meal that can be made or broken by moisture, so our fail-safe way to make sure nothing dries out is to always

Dr Michael Mosley explains the health benefits of press ups 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 With life expectancy declining by

Experts predict that without intervention, the problem of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections could be catastrophic by 2050, killing nearly 10 million people each year. To seek solutions, the National Institutes of Health awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant to Joseph Boll, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at Arlington, to identify and inhibit

This autumn the UK has had between 30,000 and 50,000 new COVID cases each day, and globally cases are rising again after months of steady decline—so much so that many countries are reintroducing measures to curb the virus. Austria is back in lockdown, with other European countries considering similar measures. So like last year, this

When mice rest, individual neurons fire in seconds-long, coordinated cascades, triggering activity across the brain, according to research from Penn State and the National Institutes of Health. Previously, this was thought to be a relatively random process—single neurons firing spontaneously at random times without external stimulations. The finding, published Nov. 18 in the Proceedings of

Significant decreases in CT imaging for cancer persisted even after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, delaying diagnosis and treatment and raising the possibility of more advanced cancers and poorer outcomes for patients in the future, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of

Virus recombination is a typical aspect of sarbecovirus evolution, in which genetic material from two genetically diverse parental lineages isis merged into a viable descendent virus genome. During the evolutionary history of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), genomic investigations reveal recombination events among coronaviruses circulating in non-human species occurred. During the coronavirus disease

Pregnant women at risk of miscarrying to be given hormone therapy on the NHS as research shows it could lead to 8,500 more births every year Women with a history of miscarriage and with vaginal bleeding are eligible These women will be given two doses of the hormone progesterone every day Study suggests it will increase

Even in the prime of our lives, while still healthy and clever, our brains may be secretly developing the deadly plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease. The first sign of trouble is memory loss—and, by then, damage is done. But innovative new blood tests can now detect these hidden signs of disease, years before the

Women whose ovaries were surgically removed before the age of 46 had a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) around 30 years later, compared with those who did not undergo bilateral oophorectomy, according to a population-based linkage study published in JAMA Network Open. The findings suggest that “physicians treating women with premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy

Listen, Brussels Sprouts on their own may not be your idea of a fantastic Thanksgiving vegetable (hello, green bean casserole and sweet potatoes, we still love you!), but you may just change your mind after seeing the recipe Giada De Laurentiis recently posted on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWmCyqsPf-V/     A post shared by Giadzy (@thegiadzy) The

HIV patients have an increased risk of developing skin and mucosal cancers, even though HIV is no longer detectable in their blood due to antiretroviral therapy. A new study by MedUni Vienna’s Department of Dermatology, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD) and the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the

INTEGRA Biosciences’ selection of liquid handling tools provides scientists worldwide with the solutions they need for their PCR workflows. The company offers an array of options for manual, electronic or fully automated pipetting, and volumes ranging between 0.2 µl and 5000 µl. Combined with INTEGRA’s unique GripTip system, which ensures pipette tips never leak or

Padma Lakshmi is celebrating the holidays, or rather “Challah Days” in a special way with Taste the Nation’s Holiday Edition. We sat down exclusively with Lakshmi to discuss the food, festivities and some of her favorite traditions for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Diwali and more. In the 4-part episode holiday edition, Lakshmi learns about the Lunar New

Expanding the use of short-acting opioids in situations where pain is not present, but where methadone or buprenorphine provide inadequate relief, may benefit hospitalized patients suffering from opioid withdrawal symptoms. While current U.S. guidelines do not recommend short-acting opioids for these patients, an expert commentary from the University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School suggests

Monash University researchers have expanded their knowledge of how T cells might recognize infections or disease, providing key insight into how an often-overlooked T cell lineage becomes activated when encountering pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and cancers. T cells communicate with other cells in the body in search of infections or diseases. This crosstalk relies

Thanksgiving is nearly here, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s are next, and Aldi’s shelves are lined with all of the celebratory foods you crave this time of year. Peppermint, chocolate, and gingerbread; warming spices and sticky-sweet caramel: all can be found waiting for you at your favorite discount grocer. Aldi has lots of seasonal items

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. What to know: Most of the currently developed vaccines for COVID-19 have brand names, but the general public, the media, and medical professionals still mostly use the pharmaceutical companies’ names, like “the Pfizer vaccine” or “the Moderna vaccine.“ This is partly

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. What to know: Most of the currently developed vaccines for COVID-19 have brand names, but the general public, the media, and medical professionals still mostly use the pharmaceutical companies’ names, like “the Pfizer vaccine” or “the Moderna vaccine.“ This is partly

For centuries, people all over the world have been using medical plants to fight infections, boost wound healing, and for religious ceremonies. And for centuries, scientists have been trying to identify the active substances in these plants in order to use them in modern-day medicine. Now researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied an