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Celebrity favorite keto diet may stop one type of cancer in its tracks by cutting off its sugar fuel, study finds Keto has been touted as effective at controlling cancer in previous mouse studies But it wasn’t clear what cancer and whether it translated to humans Researchers at the University of Texas found the diet

The maturation of skin microbial communities during childhood is important for the skin health of children and development of the immune system into adulthood, but only a few studies have analyzed the microbiota in young children. In a new study, investigators in China found that bacterial genera in children were more similar to those of

Stop focusing on concussions: ANY head hits to football players can severely damage the brain and lead to CTE – whether they are concussed or not, study finds Researchers examined 38 college football players, only two of whom had concussions during the course of the season  They found damage to the midbrain’s white matter even

A new report looks at cancer in adults 85 and older and finds incidence and mortality trends are generally similar to those in people 65 to 84, but screening is unexpectedly high and survival is poorer. The report appears in the American Cancer Society journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Adults aged 85 years

The human liver is a vital organ involved in multiple functions. Because susceptibility to liver diseases is highly variable among patients, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have engineered a model liver system that can be personalized for disease modeling and drug discovery. In a study

A sports bra is a crucial piece of fitness kit – as anyone who has breasts will tell you. Boobs can be a serious hindrance to getting the most of a workout if they’re not securely strapped in. Too much bounce can be distracting, uncomfortable, painful and it can even cause long-term damage to breast

A group of Illinois parents has been in the news recently for taking advantage of a legal loophole in order to get their kids college financial aid: The parents are giving up custody of their kids in order to game the system. As a mom who’s currently engaged in a difficult custody battle of my

In the recent movie Wine Country, which is about a group of 50-something friends traveling to Napa Valley, Amy Poehler’s character, Abby, straps on a mask every night before going to sleep. It covers her whole face and has a long tube coming out the front. She looks like a fighter pilot about to hit

It’s a big, scary world out there, and as parents, we try to do everything we can to keep our kiddos safe. After all, accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. But according to a new study, the most common causes of traumatic brain injuries in children are hidden in plain sight, and

Mother’s warning after her three-year-old caught the herpes virus ‘when he was kissed by a relative’ and was left covered in a rash Hayley Etheridge had no idea children could get the virus from adults Her son, Baylie-Grey, had blistering skin on his face and was lethargic Herpes simplex virus is passed on through skin

Pregnant women with type 2 diabetes ‘are up to FIVE TIMES more likely to suffer the heartbreak of a stillbirth’ Women with diabetes are more than four times as likely to have a stillbirth Type 2 diabetes is a bigger risk for unborn babies than type 1, a study found Around four million people in

Among kids back-to-school season can get a bad rap — after all, summer is a hard act to follow — but it’s an undeserved one. Really, it’s an exciting period for both parents and their children. It’s not only a time for kids to think about whether they want to play soccer, take dance classes,

Getting up close—and a little dirty—with farm animals just might help us fend off illness, say researchers who’ve further demonstrated the benefits of early exposure to a wide variety of environmental bacteria. Scientists from The Ohio State University found that bacteria and other microbes from rural Amish babies was far more diverse—in a beneficial way—than

Kourtney Kardashian shared a recipe for a keto-friendly cheesecake on her lifestyle site, Poosh. The keto cheesecake recipe includes monk fruit sweetener and fresh berries as topping. The reality star is back to following the keto diet, but she does allow herself cheat days. Kourtney Kardashian, 40, is back on the keto bandwagon. (It’s the

Needing to ride in a wheelchair can put the brakes on myriad opportunities—some less obvious than one might think. New research from Michigan State University sheds light on the bias people have toward people with disabilities, known as “ableism,” and how it shifts over time. Contrary to popular belief, the findings suggest that biases toward

Leukemia stem cells protect themselves against the immune defense by suppressing a target molecule for killer cells. This protective mechanism can be tricked with drugs. In the journal Nature, scientists from Basel, Tübingen and Heidelberg describe the new therapeutic approaches that can possibly be derived from these results. Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) often

Next stop, parenthood! Shay Mitchell and her boyfriend, Matte Babel, are gearing up for their baby girl’s arrival in Almost Ready. The Pretty Little Liars alum, 32, kept her pregnancy private for the first two trimesters, finally announcing the news in June on Instagram. “Does this mean I’m allowed to drive in the car pool

Is the brain capable of distinguishing a voice from the specific sounds it utters? In an attempt to answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, – in collaboration with the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands—devised pseudo-words (words without meaning) spoken by three voices with different pitches. Their aim? To observe how

Would hospitals lie? It’s an important question for patients, certainly, but also for insurers, regulators, and policymakers interested in containing medical costs. Mohsen Bayati of Stanford Graduate School of Business has examined a version of that question in recent research on how hospitals report infections for Medicare patients. “Before starting this project, I was reading

The Amazon Prime Day sale includes a huge discount on the Dyson Pure Cool Link Air Purifier. The Dyson air purifier is $299 compared to the regular price of $499. The air purifier has an intelligent design that tracks air quality and reacts automatically. Just like the summer, Amazon Prime Day is seriously heating up.