Research team proposes ways to regulate and better manage e-cigarette use
Despite short-term harms and emerging negative long-term effects, the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems—better known as e-cigarettes—among both American adolescents and adults has accelerated and presents public health concerns for tobacco control efforts. Now, a Johns Hopkins Medicine researcher…
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Mexican Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion in Historic Shift
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women’s health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice….
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Research uncovers new mechanism that promotes wound healing in skin
A University of California, Irvine-led study identifies a new molecular pathway that promotes the healing of wounds in the skin. Titled “GRHL3 activates FSCN1 to relax cell-cell adhesions between migrating keratinocytes during wound reepithelialization,” the study was published today in…
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Theranos Founder’s Defense May Turn on State of Mind, Experts Say
(Reuters) – As Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud trial gets underway this week, lawyers for the former Silicon Valley entrepreneur may try to show she was a true believer in the blood-testing technology at her startup Theranos Inc, and never intended to…
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Exclusive: Actress & Mom-preneur Tia Mowry-Hardrict on Sex vs. Red Velvet Cake & More
SheKnows cover star Tia Mowry-Hardrict caught up with us earlier this summer to talk back-to-school plans and much more. While the Netflix series she stars in Family Reunion launched season 4 last month, her 10-year-old son Cree went back to…
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Schools Are Buying High-Tech Air Purifiers. What Should You Know?
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. This is a collaboration between KHN and “Science Friday.” Listen to the conversation between KHN senior correspondent Christina Jewett and Science Friday’s host and executive producer,…
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Dos and don'ts for managing ransomware risk in healthcare
Photo: Akamai By now it should come as no surprise to anyone in the industry that healthcare is the juiciest target for hackers attacking with ransomware. In a nutshell, healthcare has the most valuable data and has not fully deployed…
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Julianne Hough Celebrated The New Moon Looking So Sculpted In A Nude Bikini On Instagram
Julianne Hough shared her new moon ritual in a new Instagram post. The dancer, actress, and Kinrgy founder wore a nude bikini that showed off her seriously sculpted bod and revealed her intentions for the month. Julianne maintains her strong…
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Molecular underpinning of chronic bone infection in patients with mycobacterial disease revealed
About a quarter of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis bacteria, according to the World Health Organization, but only about 5 to 10% of those infected will develop symptoms. These pathogens are mycobacteria, which are everywhere, including in chlorine-treated…
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