The 2019-2020 flu season in the U.S. was unusual in a number of ways. Cases picked up in August rather than the more typical fall and early winter months, and it hit children particularly hard. It was also dominated early on by a Type B influenza virus instead of one of the much more common Type A viruses like H1N1 […]
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When consumers get a prescription drug from the pharmacy, they assume that it’s been tested and is safe to use. But what if a drug changes in harmful ways as it sits on the shelf or in the body? One dangerous result has been the creation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable carcinogen, in certain drugs. NDMA is found in chlorinated […]
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The group ‘Clinical Epidemiology and Vascular Risk’ at the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville—IBiS/University Hospitals Virgen del Rocío and Macarena/CSIC/University of Seville, also a member of CIBERESP, participated in a project with researchers from CIBER-BBN, in which they developed systems to detect Pneumocystis jirovecii, an atypical fungus responsible for very severe pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients. The results have been published […]
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The release of a series of Covid-19 jabs thought to be capable of lifting the world out of crisis has given the nation hope in a time of struggle. It has, however, plunged as many as one in 10 people living with a phobia of needles into a state of despair. When the dreaded letter comes through the door inviting […]
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Coronavirus pandemic: When will normal life return? Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel answers parents’ questions on whether it’s safe to return to in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 450,000 lives have been lost to the novel coronavirus in the U.S., estimates show. The country reached the grim milestone on Thursday evening, with data from Johns Hopkins […]
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This study is the first randomized control trial to rigorously test a sequential approach to treating comorbid PTSD and major depressive disorder. Findings from a trial of 52 patients undergoing three types of treatment regime—using only Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), using Behavioral Activation Therapy (BA) with some CPT, or CPT with some BA—found that a combined treatment protocol resulted in […]
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A new report finds several leading brands of baby products contain "dangerous levels" of toxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight's subcommittee on economic and consumer policy unveiled the findings of an investigation on Thursday. In 2019, the subcommittee requested internal documents from seven leading baby food manufacturers related to […]
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NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a systematic approach to understand how the human body manages two new psychoactive substances (NPS) by predicting their biological half-lives and measuring their biological activities against cannabinoid receptors. These NPS are synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) abbreviated as 5F-MDMB-PINACA and 4F-MDMB-BINACA. Their findings will help develop guidelines to detect the ingestion of SCs among abusers and better […]
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A retrospective report released this week by the cybersecurity software vendor VMware Carbon Black found that there were 239.4 million attempted cyberattacks targeting its healthcare customers in 2020. The company found an average of 816 attempted attacks per endpoint – an incredible 9,851% increase from 2019. “Amid the pandemic, cybercriminals now have limitless attack methods,” said Rick McElroy, […]
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Thanks for your question. Many people wonder about semen and underwear. Sperm can live outside of the body for a short amount of time, except in very specific conditions. Good news is that sperm won’t survive a normal cycle of a washing machine. So, you do not have to worry about it contaminating other clothes. Semen stains usually come out […]
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