Five ways to help fix your bad posture
Got bad posture? Physios share five simple ways to drastically improve it… including one you can do IN your chair Bad posture affects your breathing and gives you joint pain, experts say Adults sit down for nine hours a day…
Read MoreStudying gut bacteria's role in muscle regeneration and recover
The human immune system is incredibly versatile. Among its most skilled multitaskers are T cells, known for their role in fighting infection, reining in inflammation, and killing nascent tumors. In a surprising discovery, Harvard Medical School researchers have found that…
Read MoreThis Dental Device Was Sold to Fix Patients Jaws; Lawsuits Ensued
Boja Kragulj, an accomplished clarinetist who once performed with orchestras in New York, Philadelphia, and Jacksonville, Florida, has already lost four teeth. And she expects to lose at least a dozen more. Clarinetist Boja Kragulj says she used the AGGA…
Read MoreCongenital Syphilis Cases Are 'Skyrocketing': What Parents Need to Know
Doctors refer to congenital syphilis as a “never event” because it is 100 percent preventable, yet cases have “skyrocketed” among newborns nationwide. Here’s what new and prospective parents need to know about this emerging health crisis. As CNN reported, numerous…
Read MoreGenetic test could guide use of cancer chemotherapy
Researchers from Imperial College London, the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute, found that the test can predict whether a bowel cancer patient will benefit from chemotherapy. It is thought that this could spare patients who…
Read MoreHeart disease: 500 extra steps a day may lower risk by 14%
For older people, every additional 500 steps walked during a day reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by 14%, according to a new study. The health benefits from walking begin at about 3,000 daily steps, the researchers found. Five hundred…
Read MoreChina reports TWO human cases of bird flu
Now China reports TWO human cases of bird flu in middle-aged man and woman hundreds of miles apart — amid fears of zoonotic outbreak A 53-year-old woman in eastern China tested positive with H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b This clade is currently…
Read MoreMotherhood Was the Push I Needed to Follow My Dreams
Related story Katherine Heigl Opens up About Heartbreaking Reality of Being a Working Parent: ‘I Never Saw That Baby’ I was incredibly lucky that certain things worked out financially for me at the time. We were able to drop down…
Read MoreExisting chest scans offer new opportunities for predicting surgical risks
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Read MoreSleeping too little or too much may increase the risk of infection
A good night's sleep can solve all sorts of problems – but scientists have now discovered new evidence that sleeping well may make you less vulnerable to infection. Scientists at the University of Bergen recruited medical students working in doctors'…
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