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 […]

The chemical imbalance theory of depression is well and truly dead. A paper by Joanna Moncrieff and colleagues, long-time critics of the effectiveness of antidepressants, has caused a splash. The paper provides a summary of other summaries that confirm there is no evidence to support the idea that depression is caused by disturbance of the brain’s serotonin system. They have […]

Being a smoker makes it more likely for a person to have severe COVID-19 symptoms, require hospitalization or die, which may explain a sharp decrease in smoking behavior among the Danish population during the pandemic, according to new research. The study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management. reveals that cigarette purchases among regular smokers decreased […]

Being a smoker makes it more likely for a person to have severe COVID-19 symptoms, require hospitalization or die, which may explain a sharp decrease in smoking behavior among the Danish population during the pandemic, according to new research. The study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management. reveals that cigarette purchases among regular smokers decreased […]

To investigate the long-term benefit of hormone-lowering treatment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have done a 20-year follow-up of premenopausal women with breast cancer. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, indicates that the treatment provides protection even after a longer period of time and that different patients seem to benefit from different hormonal treatments. Hormonal treatments, also called […]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. You might already be aware that you need to avoid certain foods when you’re pregnant, but it’s much less known what ingredients you need to be avoiding when it comes to topical treatments. If you’re a skincare junkie, your […]

Here we are in the grip of yet another covid-19 surge, yet most people I see out and about are behaving as if the pandemic is over. And I live in Los Angeles County, whose public health department is arguably one of the most vigilant and proactive in the U.S. We all have pandemic fatigue. Even people who should know […]

Checkpoint inhibitor drugs have been a gamechanger for many cancer patients. Yet about 70% don’t respond to these medications, which work by removing the “brakes” on the immune system’s response to a tumor. Researchers have found that in some of these non-responders, the immune system’s killer T cells, which normally act to eliminate cancerous cells, cannot penetrate tumor boundaries. In […]

Despite prioritizing Indigenous populations for SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations, vaccine uptake was low among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Toronto and London, Ontario, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). As more than half of Indigenous Peoples in Canada live in urban areas, it is critical to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which exacerbated […]

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) today announced the winners of its 2022 Klerman and Freedman Prizes, recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness. The prizes are awarded annually to honor the work of outstanding scientists who have been supported by the Foundation's Young Investigator Grants Program. The Klerman and Freedman prizes recognize innovative thinking and outstanding […]