Fox News Flash top headlines for May 27 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday granted emergency use authorization to a monoclonal antibody therapy to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients ages 12 and older who are considered at high risk for progression to […]
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The opioid epidemic is taking a deadly toll on people in disproportionate clusters from Cape Cod to San Diego, according to a new study by the University of Cincinnati. Fatal opiate overdoses are most prevalent among six states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. But researchers identified 25 hot spots of fatal opioid overdoses nationwide using data from […]
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While colorectal cancer may be the most common and deadly gastrointestinal malignancy, liver and gastric cancers account for some of the most consistent racial and ethnic disparities, a recent retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of U.S. data suggested. Liver and gastric cancer incidence and mortality were significantly higher for all racial and ethnic minority groups in the study, compared with non-Hispanic Whites, […]
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José Mendoza’s snoring was bad — but the silence when he stopped breathing was even worse for his wife, Nancy. The sudden quiet would wake her and she waited anxiously for him to take another breath. If too many seconds ticked by, she pushed him hard so that he moved and started breathing again. This happened several times a week. […]
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Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new biomaterial made entirely from discarded bullfrog skin and fish scales that could help in bone repair. The porous biomaterial, which contains the same compounds that are predominant in bones, acts as a scaffold for bone-forming cells to adhere to and multiply, leading to the formation of new bone. […]
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FILE PHOTO: An essential worker walks past a ‘Please Stay Home’ sign on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/File PhotoSYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria will enter a one-week COVID-19 lockdown, forcing its […]
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Dollar General is a pretty good place to buy some of your household staples, though not others. While it’s kind of annoying that their name, unlike Dollar Tree’s, is not necessarily an apt descriptor of their prices, you can still be pretty sure that a shopping trip to any store with “Dollar” in the name isn’t going to be too much […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. For the first time since March 2020, Veterans Affairs officials reported no new COVID-19 deaths on Monday among its patients across the country, according to Military Times . The milestone offered a sign of hope after a year when more than 12,000 VA patients and 140 […]
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Although there’s a strong temptation to look back on your childhood with rose-colored glasses, everyone has an amalgamation of happy and sad memories. For some, the latter might include things bee stings, bicycle blunders, or embarrassing moments. For others, especially females and racial and ethnic minorities, the memories can have a much darker hue and far more powerful, lifelong impact, […]
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Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body. It accounts for 30 to 40% of body weight and is responsible for multiple functions such as energy metabolism and heat production. However, skeletal muscle mass is reduced in some diabetics, and that muscle loss correlates with mortality. It has been reported that the differentiation of myoblasts, which are the muscle […]
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