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Once upon a time, if you had a sore stomach, you’d go see your doctor. If you fancied the latest lip gloss, you’d hit up the beauty counter. But now, more and more customers – particularly women – are visiting their local rouge retailer, seeking everything from fertility advice to products that “balance brain chemistry”

Seventy-one percent of the U.S. public report that they would definitely or probably get a COVID-19 vaccine, marking an increase from 63 percent in September, according to the ongoing research project, the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor. The KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor used a combination of surveys and focus groups to track the U.S. public’s attitudes

As COVID-19 cases begin climbing again in the United States, the possibility arises of a grim moral dilemma: Which patients should be prioritized if medical resources are scarce? Researchers from the United States and China asked more than 5,000 people from 11 countries how they would make one version of that ethical decision. Study participants

Prices paid to hospitals nationally during 2018 by privately insured patients averaged 247% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Some states (Arkansas, Michigan and Rhode Island) had relative prices under 200% of Medicare, while other states (Florida, Tennessee, Alaska, West Virginia

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2020 — An expandable artificial heart valve could save children with congenital heart disease from repeated open heart surgeries as they grow up, researchers report. Current artificial heart valves are fixed in size, meaning children need to get larger ones as they grow. Children who receive their first artificial valve before age

Would you put down that bag of chips if you saw it had 170 calories? What if the label said it would take 16 minutes of running to burn off those calories? Health experts for years have pushed for clearer food labeling to empower people to make better choices. In the U.S., a recent regulation

I remember being in the grocery store and overhearing someone speak to a friend who looked to be pretty far along in her pregnancy.  “You look great! Do you know what you’re having, or will it be a surprise?” A child, I thought. The pregnancy will result in a child. “We’re going to be surprised,”

Mother, 25, shares heartwarming photos of her four-year-old son on his first day at school after he nearly died of sepsis Abbey Burns gave birth at 27 weeks; son Roman weighed 2lb 11oz (1.2kg) Roman was born with group B strep, which caused him to develop sepsis Also had a severe bleed on his brain

Would you ask DNA detectives to predict if your child might get cancer? Thousands of families now use gene tests to see what the future holds DNA home-test industry is expected to be worth £17 billion worldwide by 2024 It’s predicted that soon more than 100 million people will have sent off a sample Here,

In a trial of one of the main class of prescription sleeping pills, half the participants slept through a fire alarm as loud as someone vacuuming next to their bed. But a newer alternative preserves the ability to wake in response to danger signals, according to a new research. Published this week in Frontiers in

PinYou probably recognize award-winning chef Aarón Sanchez from his costarring roles on Chopped and Chopped Jr., his showstopping tie with Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef America or his latest role alongside Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Christina Tosi on MasterChef. And while the chef can clearly cook a whole host of mouthwatering cuisines, it’s his

Do you act one way in public and another in private? Whether you think your answer is yes or no, here’s the truth: we all behave differently in private than we do behind closed doors. In a study published by scientists at Newcastle University School of Psychology, researchers found that even hanging up posters with

I’m one of those people who really loves a good walk. I spent most of my adult life in Manhattan, where I walked everywhere. Now, as a travel writer, I find that walking around is really the best way to get to know the ins and outs of a new place. So when I was

There’s no doubt that new mums have a lot on (and in) their hands: a new role, a new baby, and a new lifestyle. So much new-ness can certainly be overwhelming, but thankfully, there are guidebooks, articles, paediatricians—and occasionally unsolicited advice, too—to help answer the most obvious and obscure questions. But if issues arise, when should

(HealthDay)—One in four U.S. high school seniors would try marijuana or use it more often if it was legal, a new survey finds. That rate—the highest in the 43-year history of the Monitoring the Future survey—likely reflects growing pot legalization in the United States, researchers said. Broken down, about 15 percent of 12th graders said

More hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in correctional facilities, a possibility if medication costs were to drop, is essential to controlling the hepatitis C epidemic in the US, according to researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health and Harvard University. In a new paper published in the June 2018 edition of the Infectious Disease

Ultrasound technology for the brain could mean real-time images during surgery, a better idea of which areas get stimulated by certain feelings or actions and, ultimately, an effective way for people to control software and robotics by thinking about it. Medical doctors and scientists have spent decades hoping for such an advance, but it was