Founder of Mental Health Mates, writer and podcast host Bryony Gordon shares her thoughts about working on wellness, understanding your inner voice, and building personal resilience Chatting with Bryony Gordon is like picking up a conversation you put on hold to answer the door. It feels familiar, every day, and easy. She has a knack
Month: January 2021
If you are in the I-hate-going-to-the-dentist’s camp because you have sensitive teeth, please let us make this suggestion: You can make those visits easier by simply taking care of our own oral health. And that starts with brushing your teeth twice a day, with the best toothpaste to serve your regular brushing needs. But getting
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The federal government has issued a directive that aims to bolster the COVID-19 vaccination workforce, by letting physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals return to work even if their license has expired, as long as it expired within the past
The CDC statistics are alarming. More than one-third of adults in the U.S. are obese. You likely know that obesity can increase your risk of diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attack. But you might not know that it also increases your risk of a condition called obesity hypoventilation syndrome, or OHS.
They say that the most romantic meal is the one you cook at home. So for this Valentine’s Day, we put together this 5-course meal for you and your partner. If you stick with one serving from each of these recipes, you’d only consume about 20g of net carbs for the entire meal. And yes,
A new report combining forecasting and expert prediction data, predicts that 125,000 lives could be saved by the end of 2021 if 50% or more of the U.S. population initiated COVID vaccination by March 1, 2021. “Meta and consensus forecast of COVID-19 targets,” developed by Thomas McAndrew, a computational scientist and faculty member at Lehigh
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan holds a press conference to address COVID-19 concerns in Annapolis, MD on November 17. Bill O’Leary | The Washington Post | Getty Images Maryland has reported a case of the new, highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first found in South Africa, marking the third case to be detected in the U.S., Gov.
A study led by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows that Black children are 18% less likely to get imaging tests as part of their emergency department visit compared to White children. Hispanic children are 13% less likely to have imaging done than Whites. The researchers suggest
Patients with progressive mesothelioma obtained a first-ever survival improvement with nivolumab (Opdivo) as second-line therapy, a randomized trial showed. Median overall survival (OS) increased by almost 40%, and the progress-free interval also improved significantly with the immune checkpoint inhibitor as compared with placebo. In particular, a significant clinical benefit was evidence in patients with epithelioid
Following on from a challenging year, many of us want to focus on our mental wellbeing this year After experiencing the bulk of 2020 in disarray following the coronavirus outbreak, many of us have realised the importance of looking after our mental health. There have been so many challenges, from having to change our daily
Experts are warning that another public health crisis is brewing in this country. Fewer children have been receiving their routine vaccines in 2020, enough so that a possible outbreak, namely of measles, could result. “What we fear is having an epidemic within the pandemic,” explained Angela Shen, ScD, MPH, “you don’t want to have a micro-epidemic
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. New data on COVID-19 vaccines should serve as a “wake-up call” about the need to stop the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among people and thus deprive it of opportunities to evolve its defenses, the top federal expert on infectious diseases
Stuck in a food rut, cooking the same old meals over and over again? Here, mindfulness teacher Adamantia Velonis explains how to put wellbeing firmly on the menu You may have heard of ‘mindful eating’ – taking the time to tune-in to the smells, flavours, and textures of our food – but have you considered
Obfuscating the truth, or flat-out lying, is a well-known Oval Office fall back; think Reagan and the Contras, LBJ and the Bay of Tonkin; FDR with his personal, physical hell. Hiding, or even attempting to hide, personal shortcomings is another forte of elected presidents. Kennedy, for example, had his pain medications. Eisenhower’s temper was the
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. More people with fever and body aches are turning to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to ease symptoms, but the drugs have come under new scrutiny as investigators work to determine whether they are a safe way to relieve the pain of
Anyone who lives with diabetes knows that a hangover can wreak havoc not only on productivity and sense of well-being but also on your blood sugars, leaving them unpredictable for hours and even days. When you’ve had too much to drink and you’re feeling hungover, what can you do? This article will touch upon the
29 January 2021 — AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted a conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) in the European Union (EU) for active immunisation to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, in individuals 18 years of age and older. Following review of the application, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines
Treatment for Migraine Impel NeuroPharma Announces U.S. Food & Drug Administration Acceptance of New Drug Application for INP104 for the Acute Treatment of Migraine SEATTLE, January 20, 2021 — Impel NeuroPharma, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the company’s 5O5(b)(2) New Drug Application
Johnson & Johnson board member Dr. Mark McClellan told CNBC Friday that there could be enough vaccinations for the entire U.S. adult population by the summer. “Assuming all of the close review of the J&J data all pans out, we’re going to have the capacity between Moderna, Pfizer, J&J, to have enough vaccines available by
School closures during COVID-19 have decreased access to school meals, which is likely to increase the risk for food insecurity among children in Maryland, according to a new report issued by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The number of meals served to school-age children during the first three months of
Lung cancer diagnoses declined and outcomes deteriorated during the first 6 months of 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a retrospective cohort study from Spain. The number of new lung cancer cases decreased by 38% from January to June 2020 as compared with the same period a year earlier. The 30-day mortality almost
As mental health conditions in children rise by 50%, the government faces fresh calls for statutory funded school counselling services Across the UK, children and young people’s mental health is at risk in ways we haven’t seen before. It’s a topic highlighted by the Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield in her report for 2020/21, where she
After alarming testing results, the FDA has taken unprecedented action against importing hand sanitizers from Mexico. A new import alert, the first ever category-wide alert issued for an entire country, places all hand sanitizers coming from Mexico under increased scrutiny and FDA entry reviews. This news comes hot on the heels of a rubbing alcohol
Prescription drug prices in the United States are more than 250% times higher overall than those in 32 other countries, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. The gap between prices was even higher for brand-name drugs, with US prices 3.44 times more than those in the other countries. Meanwhile, prices for generic
Oral health is important to whole body health, but can healthy teeth be yellow? And what causes yellow teeth? Many studies have shown your smile plays a direct role in how others perceive and accept you, especially during childhood and adolescence. Your smile affects your self esteem. While there is no universal perfect smile, research
Cancer doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The factors that determine which groups in society face the greatest burden also have a role to play in who’s most likely to get cancer, and to die from it. These factors are complex, they are deeply woven into the fabric of our society – and they can’t be
For years, Daniella experienced unexplained chronic pain. But when she stumbled across some information on the mind-body connection, things started to make sense About a year ago, I couldn’t sit up in a chair, walk more than a couple of steps, or get a good night’s sleep. I was in so much pain 24/7 that
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