Instagram has become a powerful platform when it comes to creating an online community of like-minded souls. When it comes to sex, sex-positive influencers have challenged the stigma and, in some instances, shame around female sexuality and looked to empower women to think freely of pleasure and arousal. For some women though, sex isn’t something that can be enjoyed but […]
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging healthcare providers to immediately stop use of and discard all Eco-Med ultrasound gels and lotions because of risk for bacterial contamination with Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc). Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA announced an outbreak of at least 15 Bcc infections associated with contaminated ultrasound […]
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The decades-long search for a safe, effective adjuvant therapy for patients with resected kidney cancer at high risk of recurrence appears to have taken a big step in the right direction, according to expert opinion. The high hopes have been generated by results from the randomized phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 trial, showing that monotherapy with pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) was associated with […]
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Wearable health technologies are vastly popular with people wanting to improve their physical and mental health. Everything from exercise, sleep patterns, calories consumed and heart rhythms can be tracked by a wearable device. But timely and accurate data is also especially valuable for doctors treating patients with complicated health conditions using virtual care. A new study from the Southern Medical […]
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Gunnar Peterson is happy to talk about his experiences as a trainer to some of the biggest names in TV, movies, and pro sports—just as long as you don’t mind that he’ll probably be finishing up his workout while he’s holding court. With clients to train, a gym to run, and a busy family life to boot, he’s more than […]
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A recent study reveals that some prostate cancer survivors have a persistent fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) even many years after diagnosis and treatment. Level of education, years since prostate removal, signs of cancer recurrence, and current therapies were predictors of FCR. The findings are published by Wiley early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. […]
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The pandemic has urged some city dwellers to leave urbanity in favor of locales with more space, including rural areas. But a new University of Chicago study may have folks rethinking making moves. Marc Berman, associate professor in the department of psychology, co-authored the work that cites cities predict lower depression rates among people, due to the social, socioeconomic and […]
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will purchase an additional 12 million doses of Sinovac’s coronavirus vaccine to try to expedite its rollout, a senior official said on Tuesday, despite concerns over its efficacy against the Delta variant of COVID-19. Thailand’s strategy had planned to use mainly locally produced AstraZeneca vaccines but with supply short of the government’s target, Sinovac shots are […]
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The first wave of COVID-19 in India—in the summer of 2020—was efficiently flattened by a rapid country-wide lockdown. A consistent drop in case numbers from September 2020 to February 2021 allowed a cautious but smooth return to what was almost normal life. But the ensuing second wave—starting in March 2021—proved catastrophic, with over 400,000 cases reported each day during its […]
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A new phase I clinical study shows, for the first time, how treatment with a type of stem cell called mesenchymal stromal cells is able to regulate important factors driving inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for a period for time. The study, whose results were released in Stem Cells Translational Medicine, provides insights that may aid […]
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