Late in the evening of March 6, James W. was standing in line at grocery store in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx when gunshots suddenly rang out. His two small eight-year-old dogs, Bailey and Pepper, were with him. He ducked down to protect the dogs, and Bailey yelped. “All l heard was boom, boom, boom,” says James, who […]

Ontario physician Dr Charles Godfrey, who practiced medicine until the age of 102, making him one of the oldest people to ever practice medicine in North America, has died. He was 104 and died at his home in Madoc, Ontario, just weeks shy of his 105th birthday. “He had been quite vigorous up until that point,” his son, Mark Godfrey, […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s COVID-19 winter outbreak fuelled by the new Omicron sub-variants BA.4/5 may have peaked early, Health Minister Mark Butler said on Thursday, as hospitals reported a steady fall in admissions over the past week. Australia is battling one of its worst flare-ups of the coronavirus driven by the fast-moving new Omicron sub-variants, putting severe strain on hospitals […]

The monoclonal antibodies cinpanemab and prasinezumab show almost no benefit for early Parkinson disease, according to two phase 2 trials published in the Aug. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Anthony E. Lang, M.D., from the University of Toronto, and colleagues conducted a 52-week phase 2 trial involving participants with early Parkinson disease who were randomly assigned […]

Vaginal microbiota reflects the regulation of the duration of gestation and the onset of labor. The microbiota may even have a direct effect on them, as indicated by a study conducted at the University of Helsinki and HUS Helsinki University Hospital. According to the study, labor history affects the vaginal microbiota, with the associated mechanisms potentially being immunological. “The vaginal […]

Burt Reynolds reveals the most stand-out moment in his career We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info It was reported shortly after his death that towards the […]

How a woman’s pain really DID come and go: Woman, 34, suffered ‘insidious’ foot pain whenever she orgasmed Canadian woman was blighted with ‘sharp’ pain in her foot when she climaxed Doctors found she had a trapped nerve that caused agony during intercourse  She was given physiotherapy and sexual counselling to relieve the pain  Anyone with chronic pain knows there […]

How a woman’s pain really DID come and go: Woman, 34, suffered ‘insidious’ foot pain whenever she orgasmed Canadian woman was blighted with ‘sharp’ pain in her foot when she climaxed Doctors found she had a trapped nerve that caused agony during intercourse  She was given physiotherapy and sexual counselling to relieve the pain  Anyone with chronic pain knows there […]

A new analysis of people who underwent different types of relationship loss found that these experiences were linked with different patterns of short- and long-term sense of control following the loss. Eva Asselmann of the HMU Health and Medical University in Potsdam, Germany, and Jule Specht of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, present these findings in PLOS ONE on August 3, […]

From a whipped cream bra in the “California Gurls” music video to a giant hamburger at the 2019 Met Gala, Katy Perry knows how to make a fashion statement (and, somehow, always makes us hungry at the same time). It turns out, she passed down her fun sense of style to her 1-year-old daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, whom she shares […]