Youth movements for social justice are growing across the U.S. and worldwide, tackling important issues from climate change, to racial justice, to education access and gun control. In the realm of health care, youth participation can lead to greater patient understanding, engagement in services and enhanced trust in services. It can also promote patient and community empowerment. Recognizing the benefits […]

Written by Billie Bhatia Stylist’s columnist Billie Bhatia answers your questions. Q: “I’m worried I’m a terrible person. Everything seems to be going well in my friends’ lives – interesting jobs, great partners, endless weekends away in cool places… I feel so envious of what they have and find myself envy-scrolling their feeds most nights. When one of them recently got […]

University of Texas at Dallas bioengineers in collaboration with EnLiSense LLC have designed a wearable sensor that can detect two key biomarkers of infection in human sweat, a significant step toward making it possible for users to receive early warnings of infections such as COVID-19 and influenza. The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science researchers' study, published online […]

A new analysis of data collected from more than 82,000 autistic children across seven years reveals significant differences in their health care utilization according to sex, race and ethnicity. Results of the study led by Assistant Professor Amber Angell and its implications were recently published online in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Previous research has shown that autistic children and […]

(Reuters) – Moderna Inc said on Friday it plans to build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Quebec province as part of the COVID-19 vaccine maker’s 10-year partnership with the Canadian government to better prepare for future pandemics. The construction of the facility, which would be able to produce up to 100 million mRNA respiratory vaccine doses annually, is expected […]

Vegetarian children are nearly TWICE as likely to be underweight as those who eat meat, study finds Canadian scientists monitored 9,000 children, including 250 vegetarians They were tracked for about three years each on average up to the year 2019 Vegetarian youngsters had the same height, BMI and nutrition as meat-eaters But they were up to 94 percent more likely […]

Obese men in their 60s have lower sperm counts than slimmer men in the same age group, study suggests Utah University scientists looked at testes cells from eight men in their 60s They also looked at those from four men who were aged between 17 and 22 years Older men who were a healthy weight had only ‘weak’ reductions in […]

Federal guidelines geared toward curbing the overprescription of opioids have modestly reduced their use after medical procedures to implant pacemakers and other heart devices, new research shows. But researchers say more needs to be done in the face of the nation’s continuing opioid crisis. “While we have seen some response, we still need to increase awareness and push harder on […]

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved upadacitinib (Rinvoq) as an oral treatment for active ankylosing spondylitis in adults, its manufacturer AbbVie announced April 29. Upadacitinib, a selective and reversible Janus kinase inhibitor, is the second drug in its class to be FDA-approved for ankylosing spondylitis, after tofacitinib (Xeljanz) in December. Upadacitinib is now indicated for patients with active […]