Facebook and Instagram have begun removing posts and temporarily banning users that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade. After the decision was overturned on Friday, social media posts exploded across platforms during the weekend, explaining how women could legally obtain abortion pills in the mail. […]

As of June 15, 2022, 296 patients met the criteria in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health advisory for children aged <10 years with onset of hepatitis of unknown etiology on or after Oct. 1, 2021, according to research published in the June 24 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and […]

Results from the NRG Oncology phase III clinical trial NRG GOG-0212 indicated that treating women who received complete clinical response (CCR) after first-line platinum-taxane therapy for advanced ovarian, peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer with single-agent taxane maintenance therapy only slightly improved progression-free survival (PFS) but did not improve overall survival (OS) and lead to significant gastrointestinal and neurologic adverse events […]

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand for decades how the human brain changes over the lifespan. This could ultimately help to devise more effective treatments for neurological and cognitive disorders primarily observed in the elderly. Researchers at Drexel University and Villanova University have recently carried out a study investigating the relationship between age and the functional coupling between specific neural […]

As psychiatry, which uses medical and biological methods to treat mental disorders, has largely overtaken psychotherapy, which relies on non-biological approaches such as conversation and counseling, psychotherapists have sought alternative challenges. One common approach is to focus on enhancing the happiness of mentally healthy people, rather than relieving the mental pain and trauma of those who are suffering. This is […]

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are studying new ways to predict to prevent suicidality. The team recently published findings about the effectiveness of a new risk assessment tool in the Springer Nature journal Discover Mental Health. “One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds worldwide, but suicides are preventable tragedies,” said Alexander Niculescu, MD, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry […]

Low carb diets have been used as a weight loss tool and a way to manage chronic metabolic conditions for many years. However, keto, paleo, Atkins and other similar dietary approaches have as many staunch fans as they have passionate opponents. Hotly debated in the scientific community and among regular dieters, low-carb diets have generated controversy – and misinformation. So […]

A study of studies brings together previous research in a comprehensive view of the effects of climate change on children. Among the study’s conclusions is that children in poor-to-moderate-income countries are likely to be most affected by climate change. Understanding the new risks climate change poses to children will be critical in helping mitigate the effects. The effects of climate […]

Statins: How the drug prevents heart attacks and strokes 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 The NHS says like all medicines, statins can cause side effects, […]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New data from rhabdomyosarcoma patients confirm poorer outcomes in adolescents and young adults compared with those in children, despite similar treatment, suggesting that a “tailored and intensive” treatment strategy might be warranted in adolescents and young adults, researchers say. While rare, rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents, Dr. Andrea Ferrari […]