Patients with cancer can benefit from germline genetic testing, but many patients who live in rural and underserved areas may face problems involving access. A new study found that community oncologists who received peer coaching from genetic experts were more likely to order germline genetic testing for eligible patients with cancer. “This study highlights the fact that education around genetic […]

Researchers have identified two previously unknown genes linked to schizophrenia and newly implicated a third gene as carrying risk for both schizophrenia and autism. Led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the multi-center study further demonstrated that the schizophrenia risk conferred by these rare damaging variants is conserved across ethnicities. The study may also point to new […]

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(Reuters) – Moderna Inc said on Friday it was planning to hire about 2,000 employees globally by 2023-end and set up new offices on the U.S. West Coast, as it aims to scale up development of new products amid declining COVID vaccine sales. The COVID vaccine maker said it will open new offices in California and Seattle, adding that its […]

Health inequities can be detrimental to employees' emotional, psychological and physical health and place a significant economic burden on employers. To improve employee well-being and reduce health inequities nationwide, the American Heart Association-;a global force for longer, healthier lives for all-;introduces the Health Equity in the Workforce initiative in collaboration with the Deloitte Health Equity Institute and the Society for […]

Lacking certain vitamins can be disastrous for your health, especially if the deficiency goes on for a while. Take the case of a vitamin B9 deficiency, for example, which can lead to megaloblastic anaemia. According to experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the texture of the tongue could be a telling sign of a B9 deficiency. A “smooth and tender” tongue […]

In order to achieve good times in their races, many Olympic swimmers wear swimsuits that are low in water resistance. Similarly, spermatozoa, the male reproductive cells, possess a "streamlined" structure to travel more smoothly through the female reproductive tract. Now, researchers in Japan have shed new light on a key protein involved in this process. In a new study published […]

Karen Whybrow lost her husband to cancer a month before his 40th birthday. In a powerful first-person piece for Processing, a Stylist Frame Of Mind series, she reveals how she began to process the grief.  The sun warms my skin through the open patio doors as I feed our youngest daughter. The paramedic, the third to arrive at our house […]

‘I’ve never experienced terror like it’: The tourists who tried Ayahuasca – the psychedelic drug used by Prince Harry to ‘deal with the traumas of his past’ DMT, the active ingredient in ayahuasca, is classified as an illegal drug in the UK People have spoken of their experience on psychedelics since Duke’s revelation  READ MORE: Prince Harry opens up about drug use, […]

Opioid use during pregnancy can cause side effects in the infant as well as cause the baby to go through withdrawal after being born. Providers of pregnant women with opioid use disorder may prescribe medications such as methadone or buprenorphine as treatment. Researchers in Finland recently conducted a review of previously published studies to see how a combination of buprenorphine […]