Physios, osteopaths and PTs reveal the most common home workout injuries – and how to avoid them. While it’s great that home workouts have made fitness more accessible, it does not come without its risks. The main one being: the possibility of injury. Without observation from a qualified fitness professional who can oversee our form, correct our alignment and answer […]
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Rich nations should not engage in "vaccine nationalism" and keep the COVID-19 vaccine to themselves when poorer nations need them, according to Nicole Hassoun, professor of philosophy at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Hassoun's paper, "Against Vaccine Nationalism," was published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. While rich countries like the US and UK are starting to vaccinate […]
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Gliomas are common brain tumors that comprise about one third of all cancers of the nervous system. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers tested a novel combination treatment approach on mice with tumors with characteristics similar to human astrocytomas–a type of slow-growing glioma–and found tumor regression in 60 percent of the mice treated. These […]
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Sarah Ferguson has had a makeover and it’s safe to say her glow is so good that she’s looking absolutely fabulous. Given the Duchess of York has been open about her use of Botox and laser face-lifts (via PEOPLE) in the past, after seeing her star in her Story Time with Fergie & Friends YouTube series this month, we had […]
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(HealthDay)—U.S. nursing homes have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the toll on Black and Hispanic residents has been especially harsh, a new study confirms. Researchers found that COVID-19 death rates were more than three times higher at U.S. nursing homes with the highest proportions of Black and Hispanic residents, compared to those with mostly white residents. The study, […]
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Students at the University of California, Berkeley are able to leave their dorm rooms for outdoor activities for the first time since Feb. 1, after a major outbreak of COVID-19 sent the campus into an intensive lockdown. As of Tuesday, the 2,000 students living in residence halls "may now leave their rooms to recreate or exercise outdoors between the hours […]
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Slideshow ( 3 images )(Reuters) – Moderna Inc said on Tuesday the release of some of its COVID-19 vaccine doses to the U.S. government have lagged recently because of “short-term delays” in the final stages of production at its contractor Catalent Inc. The delays are expected to be resolved soon and will not impact monthly delivery targets, the company said, […]
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Liver disease: NHS Doctor talks about link with alcohol When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. Fatty liver disease whereby fat builds up […]
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Shockwave Medical’s Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) system has received premarket approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat severely calcified coronary artery disease, the company announced today. The Shockwave IVL system with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter is indicated for lithotripsy-enabled, low-pressure balloon dilatation of severely calcified, stenotic de novo coronary arteries prior to stenting. The coronary IVL system […]
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Dr. Tanuj Gupta, vice president at Cerner Intelligence, is an expert in healthcare artificial intelligence and machine learning. Part of his job is explaining, from his expert point of view, what he considers misconceptions with AI, especially misconceptions in healthcare. In this interview with Healthcare IT News, Gupta discusses what he says are popular misconceptions with gender and racial bias […]
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