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Most everyone has experienced itchy skin on their legs at some point in their lives. It’s uncomfortable and annoying, and can make you feel self-conscious. Most of the time, itchy legs aren’t a cause for concern, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore them. The simplest explanations include dry skin (hello, endless months of winter!), a

The vast majority of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 clear the virus, but those with compromised immunity—such as individuals receiving immune-suppressive drugs for autoimmune diseases—can become chronically infected. As a result, their weakened immune defenses continue to attack the virus without being able to eradicate it fully. This physiological tug-of-war between human host and pathogen offers

At least 80% of Australians aged over 70 years are at high risk of serious illness or death if they contract COVID-19, according to a new study led by the University of South Australia. People with high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and cancer are more vulnerable to poor outcomes if they contract COVID-19 and

Stomach cramps can happen for a multitude of reasons, but they can be debilitating no matter the cause. According to Healthline, the pain often revolves around a muscle strain, indigestion, gas retention, or dehydration. While they can be incredibly uncomfortable, most cramps aren’t cause for alarm. It helps to diagnose the source of your discomfort before

Mixed messages. Christine Quinn received supportive comments for her pregnancy news from some Selling Sunset costars — and silence from others. Us Weekly confirmed in February that the reality star, 32, is expecting her first child with husband Christian Richard. “Christine is so excited to be a mother and her friends are so excited for

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Keeping Natalia close to home! Vanessa Bryant reacted to her 18-year-old daughter’s latest college acceptance. Vanessa Bryant’s Sweetest Motherhood Moments After Kobe’s Death: Pics “So glad you got accepted but too far. JK,” the California native, 38, captioned a Thursday, March 11, Instagram Story photo of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Last month, the

French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi on Friday announced the launch of human trials of its second COVID-19 vaccine, with its first still in the testing phase after having fallen behind in development. Sanofi and US company Translate Bio are developing the vaccine based on messenger RNA technology. The phase 1 and 2 trials aim to verify

Planning ahead! Meghan Markle bought a gift to pass down to her daughter before she met Prince Harry. Harry and Meghan’s Best Quotes About Wanting Kids “I’ve always coveted the Cartier French Tank watch,” the Suits alum, 39, told Hello! magazine in 2015. “When I found out Suits had been picked up for our third

Europe’s medicines watchdog said Wednesday a preliminary probe showed that a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines used in Austria was likely not to blame for the death of a nurse who received a jab. Austria on Monday announced it would stop using doses from the batch, made by the British-Swedish firm with Oxford University, after the

Researchers from the Quadram Institute have carried out a meta-analysis of the gut microbiome in Parkinson’s disease, giving the clearest picture to date of the changes associated with the condition. By re-analyzing data from ten different studies, a common pattern of changes in the abundance of bacteria types in Parkinson’s disease emerges, suggesting that the

(HealthDay)—The T-Detect COVID Test, a T cell-based test that helps to identify individuals with recent or prior severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, was granted emergency use authorization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The next-generation sequencing-based test analyzes DNA sequences to identify those with an adaptive T cell immune response

A few weeks ago, a group of Philadelphia scientists reported that they had injected mice with genetic instructions in the form of RNA, prompting the animals’ cells to produce customized proteins. If that seems like no big deal at this point, now that millions have undergone a similar process in being vaccinated against COVID-19, guess

There are very few things as logistically complex as the task that is now getting underway: universal public immunization against COVID-19 to as many as 70-85 percent of the population as quickly as possible, to achieve herd immunity. So what will success look like? As a team of researchers dedicated to investigating how health and

An independent analysis of the medical trials which formed the final basis of approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly suggests the drug bremelanotide has very limited effectiveness as a treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in women, and that trial participants preferred a placebo. The analysis, published today in the

(HealthDay)—Giving homeless COVID-19 patients a free hotel room for their quarantine and recovery pays huge health dividends for the entire community, according to a new study out of San Francisco. Only 4% of homeless folks transferred from Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to a participating hotel wound up back in the hospital with worsened COVID-19

New research shows that current regulations for ventilation in sports facilities do not ensure low aerosol particle concentrations. Meeting the ventilation standards of the Dutch Building Code is no guarantee that the air in buildings is sufficiently free of aerosol particles. Even in buildings that comply with this Code, the concentration of aerosol particles can

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows that regular physical activity is a safe diabetes prevention strategy for people residing in relatively polluted regions. The study, which is the first to investigate the combined effects of physical activity and pollution exposure on type 2

(HealthDay)—Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with cognitive impairment among individuals with schizophrenia, according to a review and meta-analysis published online March 3 in JAMA Psychiatry. Katsuhiko Hagi, Ph.D., from Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma in Tokyo, and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the association between risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognition

California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coronavirus and get the state’s economy open more quickly. Two officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration shared details Wednesday on condition of anonymity. The doses will be spread