Should You Prescribe Bioidentical Hormones for Menopause?
BALTIMORE — The off-label prescribing of compounded, bioidentical hormone therapy — in pills, creams, or pellets — for symptoms of perimenopause or menopause can put physicians at legal risk because the products lack scientific backing, according to an expert at…
Read MoreRunning makes you physically tougher
More gain, no pain: Walking for 4 hours each week ‘can improve your pain threshold’ People plunged their hands into cold water to test their pain tolerance READ MORE: Tech mogul trying to de-age is injected with teenager’s blood Getting more…
Read MoreNamibia Declares Outbreak of Crimean-Congo Fever
WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia has declared an outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) after one person died of the disease in the capital Windhoek, the government said on Tuesday. The patient was suspected of having the virus when he was…
Read MorePeople who live to be 90+ with superior thinking skills found to be resilient to Alzheimers pathology in their brains
A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers has discovered that the oldest-old, those who live to be 90+ and have superior cognitive skills, have similar levels of brain pathology as Alzheimer’s patients, however, they also have less brain pathology…
Read MoreTurkish man 'blessed' with the world's longest nose dies
Man ‘blessed’ with the world’s longest nose dies: Turkish 75-year-old boasted a 3½-inch snout… and claimed it gave him a ‘special’ sense of smell Mehmet Özyürek was awarded the Guinness World Record on three occasions He suffered a heart attack…
Read MoreStudy characterizes how the inflammatory microenvironment of adult mouse prostate changes during aging
A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 9, entitled, "Highly multiplexed immune profiling throughout adulthood reveals kinetics of lymphocyte infiltration in the aging…
Read MoreHeart donors with COVID-19 found to confer higher mortality risk to those receiving new hearts
A team of medical researchers from Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York has found that mortality rates are higher for transplant patients receiving a new heart from a person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
Read MoreNew method can promote regrowth of long bones more affordably and with fewer side effects
Repairing severely damaged bones is a challenge—especially the long bones of the arms and legs. Now, UConn Health scientists describe a new method in the May 22 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that can promote…
Read MoreOregon Trail, Pac-Man & More Games for the Nostalgic Parents
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. A pocketful of quarters and lightning-fast reflexes could get you far as a kid growing up in the ‘80s….
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