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Men are less likely than women to connect personal behavior such as tobacco and alcohol use, unhealthy diet or lack of exercise with increased risk of cancer or chronic disease, according to a recent study by University of Alberta public health researchers. The findings have implications for the way public health education programs and policies […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for September 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Sleeping fewer than seven hours a night can lead to poorer snacking choices, researchers say. In a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the analysis of data […]
Metoprolol, a drug widely used to treat cardiovascular disease, is beneficial when administered to COVID-19 patients. This is the finding of a study by investigators at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). The most severe form of COVID-19 is severe respiratory failure, […]
A diet higher in fatty fish helped frequent migraine sufferers reduce their monthly number of headaches and intensity of pain compared to participants on a diet higher in vegetable-based fats and oils, according to a new study. The findings by a team of researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for March 12 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The Maryland-based biotech Novavax has announced its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has 96.4% efficacy against COVID-19 illness from the original strain, sliding to 86.3% against the U.K. variant and falling to 48.6% in South Africa amid circulation […]
Heavy snowfall slows things down and makes it harder to get from point A to point B. But snow clouds have a silver lining—heavy snow may prevent serious road injuries and even save lives. How? By getting people off bicycles and switching to safer modes of transport. Japanese researchers examined 10 years of police data […]
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus that cause COVID-19 can evade antibodies that work against the original form of the virus that sparked the pandemic. With few exceptions, whether such antibodies were produced in response to vaccination or natural infection, or […]
Jack hammers. Buzz saws. Screaming toddlers. Barking dogs. Horns blaring from incessant traffic jams. Any of these can set nerves on edge, especially if you are subjected to the noise for hours, days or weeks on end. It’s more than aggravating. Studies show noise-generated stress is bad for the heart and brain. But pandemic-induced shutdowns […]
MONDAY, Dec. 14, 2020 — Pregnancy is less likely after prior breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, according to the results of a review presented at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held virtually from Dec. 8 to 11. Eva Blondeaux, M.D., from IRCCS Policlinico San Martino Hospital in Genova, Italy, and colleagues conducted a systematic […]
(HealthDay)—Women physicians in academic medical centers are less likely than men to be promoted to upper faculty ranks, according to a study published in the Nov. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Kimber P. Richter, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, and colleagues merged data […]