Asking For A Friend is the series where we answer the questions you don’t want to ask. Picture this: you’re 20 minutes into your weekly long run, excited to polish off another week of successfully sticking to your plan. Then it hits you. Your tummy does a somersault and you find yourself racking your brain for the nearest public loo.  […]

Between 14% and 15% of the global population experience migraine. In recent years, several new treatments have emerged for the condition. Medical News Today has produced an overview of pre-existing and emerging treatments for migraine. Migraine is a neurological condition characterized by recurring headaches felt as a throbbing pain on one side of the head. Other symptoms include nausea, dizziness, […]

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In adolescents, sedentary time may increase heart size three times more than moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, a paper published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports concludes. The study was conducted in collaboration between the University of Bristol in the UK, the University of Exeter in the UK, and the University of Eastern Finland. The researchers explored the […]

What is ketamine, and what is it used to treat? How is S-ketamine administered, and how well does it work? At the height of the pandemic, regulations loosened around telemedicine. How has this affected access to ketamine treatment? What have been the consequences of the expansion of ketamine access? In your opinion, what policies should be put in place, if […]

For patients with noncastrate advanced prostate cancer, docetaxel, abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, or darolutamide are each recommended as standards of care with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), and doublet therapy is inferior to triplet therapy, according to a guideline update published online April 3 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Katherine S. Virgo, Ph.D., from the Rollins School of Public Health at […]

It’s officially spring! If you’re anything like us, you’re eager to trade in your snow shovel for a garden shovel. But pet parents should note that while gardens and yards are great spots for relaxation on a spring day, many of our favorite spring flowers and plants may be toxic to our cat and dog companions. This year, whether you’re […]

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Testing the efficacy of a vaccine candidate is typically a long process, with the immune response of an animal model taking around two months. A multi-institution team, led by Matt DeLisa, the William L. Lewis Professor in the Smith School of Chemical Biomolecular Engineering, at Cornell Engineering, is developing a method that is more than an order of magnitude faster. […]

Sugar occurs naturally in foods but can also be added during manufacturing or cooking. Researchers are still working to understand the dangers of consuming too much sugar. A​ recent umbrella review found that sugar consumption is associated with several poor health outcomes, including cardiovascular problems and several types of cancer. People can take steps to limit their intake of added […]