(Ad blockers may need to be disabled to view the above graphic) When the first U.S. case of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, was confirmed on Jan. 21, it appeared to be contained — the patient was a man living near Seattle who had recently returned from Wuhan, China and immediately isolated himself, and the local health department had conducted contact […]
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Paloma Faith has announced she is pregnant with her second child after gruelling and costly IVF treatments. The singer has been candid about her past pregnancy struggles which include miscarriages and postpartum depression. The Voice Kids star shared a picture of herself cradling her bump and proudly said: “This child is so wanted, it’s my sixth round of IVF and […]
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New discoveries about the immune response made against a particular part of the COVID-19 virus in children who have the rare but dangerous multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, may have important implications for the development of vaccines and immune therapies for COVID-19, according to a new commentary from Dr. Steven Zeichner of UVA Children’s and Dr. Andrea Cruz […]
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Losing your hair can be upsetting, especially when it is sudden and happens prematurely. It happens in many forms, but what are the causes? Why is my hair thinning? Express.co.uk chatted to Managing Director of Mane UK Neagle Cathcart and Nicole Petty, Marketing Manager at Milk + Blush to find out why your hair might be thinning. Why is my hair thinning? […]
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A seizure is hard to describe; it’s as if someone has hacked into you – like a computer – and, however much you struggle, has taken full control. You’re in a complete state of inability while your body goes through a turbulent episode. A few days after my eighth birthday, I had my first seizure on holiday at Center Parcs. […]
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Lung cancer signs can include coughing up blood, pain the chest when breathing, loss of appetite and extreme fatigue. There is a lesser-known warning sign which lies in a person’s fingers. Finger clubbing relates to specific changes in the shape of your fingers and fingernails. It is also called digital clubbing or hippocratic fingers. Health experts warn that people with […]
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A drug that is regularly used to treat chronic pelvic pain in women has been found to be no more effective than a placebo, a new study has found. As a result, researchers recommend against routinely prescribing the drug gabapentin for women with the condition. Chronic pelvic pain affects up to 24 percent of women worldwide to varying degrees. It […]
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THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 — Parents and other caregivers need to be more aware of the potentially lethal “Benadryl Challenge” circulating on social media, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. The new internet dare, broadcast widely on teen-friendly TikTok, urges kids to overdose on the over-the-counter antihistamine Benadryl to achieve a hallucinatory state. However, attempts to do so […]
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From the moment in January when she first heard about the new coronavirus, Suzanne Kathro worried about catching it. In mid-August, she did. “That’s when the ghosting started,” said Kathro, 72, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. After she and her husband, Paul, got sick, some of their friends stopped communicating. “Just—poof!” she said. “They are gone. You don’t hear from […]
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Issa Rae serves looks, honey. Admit it, you've screenshotted images of her on Insecure and taken them to your hairstylist. Don't be ashamed, you're in good company. And if you are as obsessed with her hairstyles on and off her Emmy-nominated HBO series, you'll probably be quite interested in this piece of news — the actor is now officially co-owner […]
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