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Veggie satay: Singapore lab cooks up Asian favourites, minus the meat

05/07/2021 Health News

From faux-chicken satay to imitation beef rendang, a high-tech Singapore laboratory is replicating popular Asian dishes with plant-based meat alternatives to feed the region’s growing appetite for sustainable food. Flavour specialists and food scientists in white coats work with plant extracts at the newly opened facility to create vegetarian versions of traditionally meaty dishes that taste like the real thing. […]

How to avoid the the trap of ’all or nothing‘ thinking around fitness and diet

05/07/2021 Health News

All-or-nothing thinking is a common thought trap that sets us up for disappointment and failure. Challenging this mindset can build mental strength and resilience instead. Our Head Strong columnist Kimberley Wilson explains… A few years ago, a friend of mine went on an extreme diet. She paid an eye-watering amount of money to exchange her usual food for pre-packaged shakes […]

Supporting mums’ mental health strengthens their ‘protective’ playmate role with children

05/07/2021 Health News

Helping parents with depression or anxiety could also improve their ability to engage in potentially ‘protective’ forms of play with their children, which can reduce the risk of behavioral problems, new research suggests. The finding comes from a granular analysis of 3,600 five-second clips, which researchers took from recordings of 60 mother-toddler pairs playing together. Mothers with minimal anxiety were […]

New method for qualifying safe drug dosing regimens in pediatrics

05/07/2021 Health News

Determining safe yet effective drug dosages for children is an ongoing challenge for pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors alike. A new drug is usually first tested on adults, and results from these trials are used to select doses for pediatric trials. The underlying assumption is typically that children are like adults, just smaller, which often holds true, but may also […]

The Most Toxic Relationship Traits Of A Pisces

05/06/2021 Health News

Pisces are known as one of the most romantic sun signs, which makes them great marriage material, but they also have several toxic traits that can make a relationship difficult. As the last sign of the zodiac, Pisces season falls from February 19 to March 20 and symbolizes the heart of winter — a sure indication there will be some […]

Kidney cancer risks higher for Hispanic and Native Americans in Arizona

05/06/2021 Health News

Recently published research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows that advanced-stage kidney cancer is more common in Hispanic Americans and Native Americans than in non-Hispanic whites, and that both Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Arizona have an increased risk of mortality from the disease. “We knew from our past research that Hispanic Americans and Native Americans have […]

Should COVID Shots for Teens Go to Developing Countries?

05/06/2021 Health News

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. U.S. officials are poised to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old, while some countries still struggle to vaccinate health care workers risking their lives daily. The move to immunize teenagers has spurred an ethical debate among medical professionals: Should those […]

Real-world studies show Pfizer vaccine shields against COVID-19 variants

05/06/2021 Health News

(HealthDay)—In two real-world studies, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to be standing up well against the challenges posed by more contagious coronavirus variants from Britain and South Africa. The Pfizer mRNA vaccine showed about 90% documented effectiveness in protecting against infection with the British B.1.1.7 variant and 75% effectiveness against the South African B.1.351 variant, according to numbers out of Qatar, […]

Tests of a new antiviral that aims to prevent the deadly Marburg virus from spreading in the body show promise

05/06/2021 Health News

The Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus, causes a serious, often-fatal hemorrhagic fever. Transmitted by the African fruit bat and by direct human-to-human contact, Marburg virus disease currently has no approved vaccine or antivirals to prevent or treat it. A team of researchers is working to change that. In a new paper in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and […]

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