(Reuters Health) – Nearly 10 million screenings for three common cancers were missed in the U.S. because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests. A comparison of monthly screening rates during the spring and summer of 2020 to rates during 2018 and 2019 revealed a 90.8% decline in breast cancer screening, a 79.3% decline in colorectal cancer screening and […]
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India’s health care system crumbling under massive COVID-19 outbreak India is seeing 350,000 coronavirus cases and thousands of deaths per day; Trey Yingst reports on the crisis. India’s daily new coronavirus cases surged to another record high with over 386,400 illnesses reported on Friday. The Health Ministry also reported nearly 3,500 deaths in the last 24 hours, but officials have […]
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Black individuals have higher rates of hypertension compared to Americans of European or Hispanic ancestry. Yet the contributions of genetic ancestry to this ethnic disparity in hypertension risk are not well known. Digna R. Velez Edwards, Ph.D., MS, and colleagues in Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta and Boston conducted trans-ethnic association analyses of ancestry proportions in more than 300,000 participants in the […]
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Scientists have known for a while that SARS-CoV-2’s distinctive “spike” proteins help the virus infect its host by latching on to healthy cells. Now, a major new study shows that they also play a key role in the disease itself. The paper, published on April 30, 2021, in Circulation Research, also shows conclusively that COVID-19 is a vascular disease, demonstrating […]
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Elizabeth Hurley, 55, showed off her toned abs and legs in a new bikini Instagram. The model and actress is all about maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. She doesn’t hit the gym much, but is a fan of found fitness and eating well. Elizabeth Hurley just might be the best advertisement for her swim line, Elizabeth Hurley Beach. After […]
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Three scoring systems used in hospital intensive care units to predict risk of death overestimate it for Hispanic and African Americans, a new study finds. This could potentially affect the care patients receive when resources are scarce, as has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The widely used scoring systems were “imperfect” for all patients and tended to overpredict the risk […]
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My name is Nicki Rose (@rose_vibes19), and I am 33 years old. I live in Atlanta, Georgia, and I’ve been a health care professional for 13 years. I followed the keto diet and cut out sugar and alcohol for weight loss and lost over 60 pounds. I gained a considerable amount of weight after welcoming my second child. And my […]
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FILE PHOTO: A specialist collects a swab sample from a rabbit at a laboratory of the Federal centre for animal health during the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for animals, in Vladimir, Russia December 9, 2020. VETANDLIFE.RU/Handout via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has produced the world’s first batch – 17,000 doses – of COVID-19 vaccines […]
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Blood pressure-lowering medication can prevent serious cardiovascular conditions such as strokes, heart failure and heart attacks even in adults with normal blood pressure, according to new research published in The Lancet. Importantly, the study found the beneficial effects of treatment were similar regardless of the starting blood pressure level, in both people who had previously had a heart attack or […]
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Finding time to strength train isn’t always the easiest thing to do, especially with so much on our plates at the moment. So we asked the experts for their advice on creating (and sticking to!) a workout plan. While exercise has been something of a saving grace for many this year, it has also undoubtedly been far harder to make […]
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