Gwyneth Paltrow revealed the simple, sweet reason she named her daughter Apple. The actress and Goop founder responded to a fan on Instagram, who asked for the name’s origin story. “Her dad [Chris Martin] came up with the name and I fell in love with it, can i switch from effexor to lexapro ” Paltrow wrote, per PEOPLE. “I thought […]

Three science writers in Medical Public Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for writing excellence at the organization’s Group on Institutional Advancement’s annual meeting April 4-7 in Chicago. The awards recognize the most creative and effective approaches to promoting academic medicine. Julia Evangelou Strait won a […]

Women who were pregnant during the recent Omicron surge were diagnosed with COVID-19 at a much higher rate than during previous phases of the pandemic, but were less likely to develop severe illness, a study by UT Southwestern and Parkland Health scientists found. The research, reported in JAMA, is the first published evidence documenting how the boom in COVID-19 cases […]

Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world, with 250 out of every 100,000 people affected. MS is an autoimmune disease in which elements of the immune system that are designed to protect us—white blood cells and antibodies—instead begin to damage the brain and spinal cord. This causes acute attacks—also known as relapses—of neurologic […]

A team of researchers from Genetch, Inc., the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, has found that cancerous tumor cells are able to survive attacks by repairing holes in their membranes caused by a protein released from T cells. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes how they used high resolution imaging […]

Shaunti Meyer, a certified nurse-midwife and medical director at STRIDE Community Health Center in Colorado, doesn't usually disclose her sexual orientation to patients. But at times it feels appropriate. After telling a transgender patient that she is a lesbian, Meyer learned the woman had recently taken four other trans women, all estranged from their birth families, under her wing. They […]

Liver Disease: Expert discusses risks and symptoms We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease describes a variety of conditions that have one thing […]

Access to an online program that provides easily accessible, interactive, tailored healthy lifestyle and behavior change techniques is associated with better health-related quality of life among adult stroke survivors, according to new research from the University of Newcastle and Flinders University. The online program had a positive effect on self-reported health and well-being. Image Credit: Flinders University Stroke can lead […]

COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches like combination shots or nasal drops can keep up with a mutating coronavirus—even though it’s not clear if changes are needed. Already there’s public confusion about who should get a second booster now and who can wait. There’s also debate about whether pretty much everyone might need […]

It's been the case for decades -; high numbers of U.S. women who give birth lose or face changes to their health insurance afterward. And those with Medicaid benefits are most likely to lose coverage, because pregnancy-related Medicaid ends after 60 days postpartum, and eligibility for parents is much more restrictive. However, klonopin taken as needed significantly fewer people lost […]