It’s been a landmark few years for mental health visibility and awareness — conveniently just as mental health for so many people amid a global pandemic has been at an all-time-low. That said, when it comes to bridging the gap between awareness and access to resources, we still have a ways to go. Mental health is
As husband, 54, says he began a new relationship before his wife died of the dementia and billionaire Wolfgang Porsche, 79, divorced his wife after her diagnosis, EVE SIMMONS asks whether it’s EVER okay to date again when your partner has dementia? Eric Reeves, 54, saw wife die of early-onset dementia but girlfriend helped him
What's the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? On March 28, 2023, Paul O’Grady died unexpectedly at his home from a sudden cardiac arrhythmia. Aged 67, the entertainer’s heart stopped beating while laying in bed next to his husband, Andre Portasio. A deadly cardiac arrest is caused by a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm
A woman who lost a decade of memories after falling into a coma is looking to recreate her wedding day after falling in love with her husband all over again. Alisha Gerrard nearly died after she suffered a bad reaction to a new type of arthritis medication she was prescribed in February 2021. But when
In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet / SSRN´s First Look* preprint server, researchers explored national surveillance for new diseases in different countries. Study: National Surveillance for Novel Diseases: A Systematic Analysis of 195 Countries. Image Credit: WorldDay/Shutterstock.com *Important notice: Preprints with The Lancet publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and,
HANOI (Reuters) – China is not participating in a United Nations project to survey Asian wet markets and other facilities at high risk of spreading infectious diseases from wild animals to humans, despite long-running talks with Beijing, a UN official told Reuters. China’s hesitancy to join the UN project involving other Asian nations may compound
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. It’s hard to turn on a cooking show or watch some TikTok food videos without noticing that people are kind of obsessed with cast iron pans. From Ina Garten in the Hamptons to Ree
In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers evaluated changes in individual determinants of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) over time. Study: Adherence to Mediterranean Diet: A Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study. Image Credit: MarianWeyo/Shutterstock.com Background The conventional MedDiet comprises a minimal intake of processed foods, increased consumption of plant-based foods (vegetables, fruits, nuts, and
In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers performed a large-scale sequencing study using data gathered over a decade from a previous study, the Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) study. This was undertaken to describe analytic strategies developed in the DDD study to identify and classify thousands of new molecular diagnoses
A new study analyzing data from the 2013—2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has found the number of people who report being in pain is significantly higher among LGBTQ+ adults than straight adults. Western University sociology professor Anna Zajacova said pain has not been studied from a population perspective in the past because it was
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Michigan and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have made a significant contribution to the field of pancreatic cancer research. Their new study presents several crucial themes in the biology of pancreatic cancer that can serve as hallmarks for pancreatic cancer therapy. These
Predictions are becoming more and more a part of our lives, and they are becoming increasingly useful in medical science as the science evolves. Increased understanding of disease and its treatments allows us to use predictions based on predictive biomarker signatures to optimize treatment outcomes for increasingly specific subject groups. Developing prediction-driven decision rules in
Daytime naps longer than a half-hour appear to nearly double a person’s risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, a new study reports. People who nap 30 minutes or more a day have a 90% higher risk of developing the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (a-fib) than those who take shorter naps, according to research presented
In new work published in PNAS, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers found that genetic background and social rank are critical contextual modifiers of aging and lifespan in animal models of social stress. “This is the largest translational study yet on the impact of lifelong social stress on healthspan, aging-associated diseases, epigenome and lifespan. This
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Spring is here and summer is on its way, which means we’re basically daydreaming about trips to the beach and summer barbecues all day long. It also means that we’re craving our favorite summer
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. There’s nothing worse than finding yourself at the end of a busy day, hungry, with no easy dinners on hand. And unfortunately, most of the fast dinner options we do have to choose from,
A team from the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan has uncovered new information about how microglia, the resident immune cells in the brain, colonize the brain during the embryonic stage of development. Although erythromyeloid progenitors (EMPs) were previously thought to divide into either microglia or macrophages, the group found that macrophages that
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