Hear us out: hula hooping can actually be a good way to get a cardio workout. According to the Mayo Clinic, men can burn about 200 calories in 30 minutes of hula hooping. “The smaller and lighter the hoop, the more energy it takes to keep the hoop going,” writes Mayo Clinic doctor Edward R. Laskowski, M.D. “But the bigger […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Even amid the expanding use of COVID-19 vaccines, clinicians can expect a steady stream of news in the months ahead about efforts to repurpose approved drugs as treatments for SARS-CoV-2 infections. But experts who spoke to Medscape Medical News caution that physicians and patients facing a […]
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An experimental antibody therapy may help ease skin symptoms from the autoimmune disease lupus, a small preliminary trial suggests. Researchers found that a higher-dose version of the drug spurred a “clinically meaningful” symptom improvement for 87% of patients after one month. But they also stressed that the findings are based on a small “phase 1” trial—a type of study designed […]
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Online first in Vascular Medicine, researchers from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular Testing division report findings of their multi-centered study of duplex ultrasound for diagnosis of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. The study was developed in response to wide variability in the diagnostic criteria used to classify severity of ICA stenosis across vascular laboratories nationwide and following a survey […]
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Laying down the law! One year after shutting down son Mason’s TikTok and Instagram accounts, Kourtney Kardashian is opening up about his viral videos. See Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick’s Son Mason Through the Years “Mason started some secret accounts during [the coronavirus] quarantine,” the Poosh creator, 42, told Miranda Kerr of the 11-year-old during a Thursday, May 27, Vogue Paris […]
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Drinking one cup of coffee each day lowered individual risk for developing type 2 diabetes 4%–6%, according to data from a pair of large, population-based cohorts. Coffee had previously been associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, said Carolina Ochoa-Rosales, PhD, of Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. However, the potential impact of coffee consumption on the subclinical inflammation […]
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Massey University professor of infectious disease ecology, Professor David Hayman, has been a part of a team that has identified areas of the world that are at risk for new SARS-related coronavirus outbreaks. Professor Hayman worked alongside academics from the Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) and University of California, Berkeley. He has previously worked with the team before […]
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The popularity of using donor breast milk is back on the rise thanks to many studies touting the “liquid gold” for its nutritional benefits. Which is why some women start looking for donors before their babies are even born. And while the practice isn’t for everyone, a lot of new moms have found themselves turning to hospitals, local mom groups […]
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Two clusters of brain cells compete to promote either the persistence or disappearance of traumatic memories, according to a new study conducted in mice. The findings could provide important insights into human conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, and associated problems such as alcohol use disorder (AUD) that can arise from the persistence of traumatic memories. The […]
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A new idea for treating Alzheimer’s disease could eradicate the toxic proteins most closely linked to cognitive decline in the places where they do the most damage, a study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests. The study was published online in Science Translational Medicine on May 26. Early in Alzheimer’s disease, toxic tau proteins […]
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