Since our ancestors infected themselves with retroviruses millions of years ago, we have carried elements of these viruses in our genes—known as human endogenous retroviruses, or HERVs for short. These viral elements have lost their ability to replicate and infect during evolution, but are an integral part of our genetic makeup. In fact, humans possess
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado bill aims to improve healthcare for pregnant women, including those who are incarcerated, less than three years since a woman filed a federal lawsuit after giving birth in a Denver jail cell with no medical care. Diana Sanchez gave birth alone in her jail cell in July 2018 after deputies
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to rage in many countries over a year after it first emerged in Wuhan, China. New and more infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants are emerging, with concern mounting over their natural and vaccine-induced immunity evasion potential. Rapid development and deployment of non-invasive therapeutic measures
Young children who practice visual working memory and reasoning tasks improve their math skills more than children who focus on spatial rotation exercises, according to a large study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings support the notion that training spatial cognition can enhance academic performance and that when it comes to math,
Photo: Southwest General Health Center The National Cancer Institute predicts nearly 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes. Ohio’s Southwest General Health Center is working to revolutionize cancer care through improved chemotherapy infusion efficiency, after transitioning from paper records to Cerner’s electronic health record technology. THE PROBLEM “The biggest
If you are a hiker or camper and often have to consider how to keep your food and supplies (and self) safe from bears, then dreaming about bears could simply be a reflection of your anxieties and experiences of your everyday life, much like a student dreaming about failing a test. After all, bears are
A team of scientists from Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine have discovered a critical component for renewing the heart's molecular motor, which breaks down in heart failure. Approximately 6.2 million Americans have heart failure, an often fatal condition characterized by the heart's inability to pump enough blood and oxygen throughout the body. This
I’m going to be honest: I love to cook, but dinner is a drag. I’m totally capable of scanning Pinterest for recipes. I know my way around the stove, but after figuring out what to eat, picking up ingredients I may never use again and having to put it all together, I lose my mojo.
As a dietitian, I get a lot of questions about blood sugar; especially about what’s normal, and how to lower it. First, it helps to know what blood sugar is and why it’s not good to have it be elevated. Blood sugar is a measure of glucose (“sugar”) in our blood. A bit about glucose:
Mucormycosis, an infection of a rare “black fungus” that is difficult to treat and has an incredibly poor prognosis, with an overall all-cause mortality rate of 54%, has emerged in India amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that remains out of control in the country. As of May, more than 300 cases have been reported in just
If you want to lose weight, it’s time to put an end to all the fad diets. It’s time to toss out the tasteless prepackaged meals. It’s time to return to sanity—and the way to do that is to put your grade-school counting abilities to the test. It’s time to start keeping track of your
Dreaming about a situation as chaotic as a plane crash will likely make you ponder your mental state at the time of the dream. Despite their scary and chaotic nature, nightmares do not often reveal anything sinister about your mental health, aside from the fact that they might point to the fact that you are
Fox News Flash top headlines for May 19 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced $3 billion in funding for states, tribes and territories to address mental health and substance use challenges relating to the pandemic. The American Rescue
Taking probiotics for your gut health is one thing. (Who’s gonna say no to fewer stomach issues and more bathroom regularity? No one—that’s who.) But can these teeny-tiny bacteria—found in dietary supplements and fermented foods—help you lose weight, too? They do live in your stomach, after all. Probiotics are live microorganisms that naturally live in
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New research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows the huge pressure that anaesthesia and critical care staff in the UK have been under throughout the winter wave of COVID-19, as the number of newly admitted infected patients surged and most planned surgeries, including a substantial number of critical cancer operations,
In what seems to be a very 2021 news story, a scourge of syphilis is on the loose. The sexually transmitted infection has spread with alarming speed through Melbourne and now, health officials are struggling to contain it. As reported by the Victorian Department of Health, there’s been a large spike in syphilis among Melbourne’s
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After 13-year-old Sahil Shah lost his sense of smell to COVID-19 in November, his parents looked everywhere for help.Slideshow ( 5 images )“We met with neurologists, neurosurgeons, ENT specialists, and all of them said if it was supposed to come back, it would have come back by now,” said Sahil’s father,
After a big, delicious dinner, there is no doubt that you’ll probably end up with some leftovers (as we do, almost every time). It can be easy to overestimate just how much food people are going to eat and then you’re stuck with a bunch of leftovers you have absolutely no idea what to do
An expert panel convened by the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) provides guidance on best practices for the design of early drug trials for Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), and other neurodegenerative dementias. Their guidance was published in the May 18, 2021 issue of Neurology, the medical journal