Everything You Need To Know About Adenomyosis: Symptoms, Causes and More
Adenomyosis is frequently written off as endometriosis (and the two often coexist) because it’s difficult to investigate, requiring an ultrasound or MRI to indicate a problem and a biopsy after hysterectomy to be sure. Both diseases cause painful cycles and pain during…
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Low Interferon Levels Drive Weak Response to the Virus
(Reuters) – People who become critically ill with COVID-19 appear to have lower-than-average levels of interferons, and a new study helps explain why low interferon levels would matter. Researchers identified 65 genes that are triggered into action by interferons –…
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What Does It Mean When Your Jaw Always Hurts?
According to Harvard Health Publishing, 30 to 40 percent of people in the United States experience orofacial pain, which includes jaw pain and jaw problems. Medical News Today states that some causes of these discomforts and issues may include injury…
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33% of neighborhoods in largest US cities were ‘pharmacy deserts’
Black and Latino neighborhoods in the 30 most populous U.S. cities had fewer pharmacies than white or diverse neighborhoods in 2007-2015, USC research shows, suggesting that ‘pharmacy deserts’- like so-called food deserts-may be an overlooked contributor to persistent racial and…
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AstraZeneca’s Soriot Defends COVID Vaccine Supply
LONDON (Reuters) – Pascal Soriot, who is under intense fire from the European Union over the delivery of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines, said on Friday the drugmaker he runs had not overpromised on the supply of shots. The European Commission has…
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Short-term exposure to air pollution may impede cognition; aspirin could help
Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. However, these adverse effects were lessened in…
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Delaware Doctor Takes COVID-19 Vaccinations to Doorsteps
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. MINQUADALE, Del. (AP) — Quintina Bolling did a happy dance. “I got my vaccination,” she cheered, waving her white card in the air and sharing the…
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Here’s What The Laundry Guy’s Mall Of America Store Is Really Like
While doing laundry seems like a tedious chore we are all forced to do but never look forward to, there is one man who has made laundry his passion and that passion has led to a new show on Discovery…
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Pfizer Exporting US-Made COVID-19 Vaccines to Mexico, Canada
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Pfizer began exporting COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico last week that were made in its U.S. plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, according to Reuters. Last week’s shipment marks…
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Genetics, not the intrauterine environment, controls abnormal development
Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and placenta—and not the mother’s intrauterine environment. The findings are reported in the April 28 online…
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