I’m a physiotherapist – these four everyday positions are ruining your back Physiotherapist Sammy Margo reveals the four positions that are hurt your back  They include slumping over your steering wheel and staring down at your phone  You might think it’s harmless to fall asleep on the sofa after an exhausting day at work. But your physiotherapist might disagree. For […]

Researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that mailing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection tests and offering assistance to book in-clinic screening appointments to under-screened, low-income women improved cervical cancer screening nearly two-fold compared to scheduling assistance alone. Scheduling assistance primarily consisted of helping to book an appointment for in-person […]

Tens of millions of Americans use menstrual products, and while manufacturers contend they are safe, most disclose little about the chemicals they contain. Now, amid calls for more disclosure and research into the health effects of these products, some states require more transparency. The manufacture and sale of period and related products is a big business, with revenue expected to […]

Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and tuberculosis are among them. These diseases do not respect human-made or porous borders. So it’s essential that scientists in Africa are able to generate and share critical […]

Most adults in the United States (70%) are anxious or extremely anxious about keeping themselves or their families safe, with 42% very anxious about gun violence, results of a national mental health poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) show. “There is a lot of worry in the world right now about economic uncertainty, about violence, about how we’re […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Thursday lowered its crisis level for COVID-19 and will from June no longer require infected people to quarantine for seven days, dropping one of the country’s few remaining pandemic-related restrictions. Health authorities will still recommend five days of self-isolation for infected people but it will not be mandatory. “I am glad that people will […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. When the federal government’s Public Health Emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scaled back the amount of COVID-related data that it had required hospitals to collect and report during the previous 3 years. The CDC had to do […]

In a recent study published in the Antioxidants Journal, researchers examined the effects of resveratrol-enriched bread on a diabetes model. Study: The Impact of Resveratrol-Enriched Bread on Cardiac Remodeling in a Preclinical Model of Diabetes. Image Credit: DanijelaMaksimovic/Shutterstock.com Background The use of diet is a highly effective non-pharmacological approach to prevent and manage cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Trans-resveratrol (RSV), a natural compound present […]

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is linked to almost a twofold increased risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD), new research shows. Claims data in 55,000 patients with RA and 273,000 age- and sex-matched controls show that those with RA were 1.74 times more likely than controls to be diagnosed with PD. Hyungjin Kim, MD, PhD “If patients with rheumatoid arthritis begin exhibiting motor […]

When 28-year-old Navy veteran Carisma Carter pulled her car up to the front of the Atlanta VA Clinic, her seat was pushed far back from the steering wheel to make room for her big belly. Carter was 8 months pregnant. “I’m having two boys, twins. It’s my first pregnancy,” she said. Carter knows the pregnancy risks she could face as […]