While everyone has had their eyes glued to the new season of Dancing With the Stars, it seems Drew Scott and his newborn son Parker are ready to do a bit more than watching it. As if Scott and his son haven’t already made our hearts explode from their cuteness overload photos, they decide to
Within the past decade, the vegan lifestyle has been heralded as a cure-all for a number of ailments and issues, both on a global and micro scale. From your gut microbiome to the coral reefs, proponents of a vegan approach can be quick to suggest the narrative that veganism can solve the problem of the
It’s no secret that smoking is harmful for our health. In fact, pictures illustrating the potential consequences are plastered on every packet of cigarettes, along with messages warning us of risk. We’ve come a long way since the indoor smoking ban of 2007, and the government has pledged for England to be smokefree (meaning fewer
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 Simply forgetting emerged as a key reason for 35 percent, while others blamed it on
Strictly Come Dancing: Hamza Yassin on whether he thinks he can win 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 Last September, viewers
People who stay mentally sharp in old age have bigger brain cells than people decades younger than them, study finds They have special neurons larger than those in people 30 years younger The neurons also do not have ‘tau tangles’, a tell-tale sign of Alzheimer’s Researchers cut open postmortem brains of elderly people to compare
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. We usually head to Costco for grocery shopping. There’s the rush to the bakery section to load up on pumpkin pies and other seasonal treats, and then we usually look at the frozen section
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. It can be hard to believe, but fall really is here. And while we love Costco pumpkin pie and Mexican hot chocolate bombs as much as the next person, sometimes we do miss the
The COVID-19 pandemic produced no shortage of somber statistics. But for people who care about women’s health, one number about Hispanic women stood out. Their maternal mortality rate jumped sharply in 2020—up 44% from the year before, according to the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For every 100,000 births,
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers explored the crystalline structure of the monkeypox (MPX) virus (MPXV) and the complex of VP39, a 2′-O-RNA methyltransferase (MTase) and sinefungin, a pan-MTase inhibitor. Study: The structure of monkeypox virus 2’-O-ribose methyltransferase VP39 in complex with sinefungin provides the foundation for inhibitor design. Image
Authors of a new paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual and Developmental Disability in the US,” looked at 2020 death certificate data to examine death patterns
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Switzerland and the U.S. reports evidence that the genetics of longevity are influenced by both gender and age. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study of aging in mice and humans. João Pedro de Magalhães, with the University of Birmingham,
David Fiant says his cystic fibrosis and the arduous therapy it required was so bad he “could no longer tell if I was living to heal myself or healing myself to live”. While waiting for a lung transplant, he was on oxygen therapy and had a six-hour daily care regime, as well as three to
Offering health care services in livestock marts can help to take away the stigma associated with seeking help for physical and mental health issues among members of the agricultural community, research shows. The study shows how farmers, particularly men, can frequently be resistant to seeking support, but putting doctors and nurses in a place where
Pregnant patients treated for gestational diabetes had better birth outcomes if they rapidly improved their blood sugar levels soon after diagnosis rather than having slow or no improvement, according to new research from Kaiser Permanente. The study, published September 29 in JAMA Network Open, found that patients who had slower improvement or did not achieve
In a recent study published in JAMA Oncology, investigators from the University of Bergen, in collaboration with the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study in the U.S., reported epigenetic gene silencing in normal tissue to be a predictive factor for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) as well as high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). These are aggressive tumor
A recent study published in PLOS Computational Biology designed immunogens to induce antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. Study: Design of immunogens for eliciting antibody responses that may protect against SARS-CoV-2 variants. Image Credit: ktsdesign/Shutterstock Background SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are highly effective, yet, several variants have emerged that impact the efficacy of
When it comes to love, do opposites attract or do birds of a feather flock together? Surprisingly, the scientific research on romantic compatibility has produced conflicting results, with some studies suggesting that similarities in personality, demographics and attractiveness predict happily ever after, and others suggesting it’s the differences that sustain a relationship. It’s enough to
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Whenever the world feels too crazy, when we’ve been too busy to do anything fun and relaxing, or to make any of our favorite meals and treats, there’s one place we always head for
An automated process that combines natural language processing and machine learning identified people who inject drugs (PWID) in electronic health records more quickly and accurately than current methods that rely on manual record reviews. Currently, people who inject drugs are identified through International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes that are specified in patients’ electronic health
