Republican lawmakers in Montana wield a supermajority that gives them the power to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would break the link between abortion rights and the right to privacy in the state's constitution. But so far, they haven't sought to ask voters to make the change, a rewrite that would allow lawmakers to ban or further […]

What are Marburg’s symptoms? Can it spread as quickly as Covid? And how close are we to getting a vaccine? All you need to know about one of world’s deadliest viruses that’s now spreading in Africa The virus has appeared in Equatorial Guinea for the first time, killing nine people  World Health Organization warned vaccines and treatments may take months  […]

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technology to find a link between alterations in the shape of children’s faces and the amount of alcohol their mothers drank, both before becoming pregnant and during pregnancy. The study, which is published today in Human Reproduction, is the first to detect this association in the children of mothers who drank […]

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Diabetes drug already taken by millions of Americans and Brits may lower risk of DEMENTIA by up to a third, study suggests Pioglitazone, sold as Actos, is only available to type 2 diabetes patients Was associated with lower risk of dementia rates in type 2 diabetes patients    READ MORE: Middle-aged diabetics are four times more likely to get dementia A […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The confirmation of more bird flu cases in South America raised alarm bells in Brazil, which remains free of contagion even after its close neighbors Argentina and Uruguay confirmed cases there on Wednesday. In a press conference to discuss the global sanitary hazard, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said Brazil, the world’s biggest chicken exporter, would bolster […]

Robinow Syndrome is the best known of a set of genetic disorders that affect the growth and development of the skeletal system. Patients with these conditions have facial abnormalities, such as cleft palate, and develop short-limb dwarfism by around 18 months. Now, in a study published in Development, scientists from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio, U.S., and the Van Andel […]

Maternal primary antibody immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are tied to increased risk for psychiatric disorders and suicidality in offspring, new research suggests. Results from a cohort study of more than 4.2 million individuals showed that offspring of mothers with PIDs had a 17% increased risk for a psychiatric disorder and a 20% increased risk for suicidal behavior compared with their peers with […]

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary shouldering talc-related lawsuits goes before a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday for the first time since a U.S. appeals court last month nixed the company’s attempt to offload the litigation into Chapter 11 proceedings. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 30 ruled that the J&J subsidiary’s bankruptcy […]

Undocumented immigrants who receive kidney transplants show no significant differences in key outcomes of all-cause graft loss or risk of rejection, compared with US residents, a new study shows. This suggests that the denial of access to patients based on immigration status alone is not warranted, say the authors, led by Natsuki Eguchi, BSc, of the Department of Surgery, University of […]