No Smoking Day: Simple strategies to quit the unhealthy habit
According to the World Health Organization, the tobacco epidemic is "one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world". It needs no retelling that smoking is…
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Fitness-trainers say roller skating is the full-body workout you never knew you needed
Roller skating is an aerobic workout that increases coordination and balance. This retro pastime doesn’t just look cool, it also leaves your body feeling great. Tiktok is a cauldron of cool. It seems like there’s a new beauty or food…
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“I meditated for 10 minutes every day and found a method that didn’t involve sitting in silence”
When it came to meditating, writer Alice Barraclough was a skeptic, but keen to reap the benefits she kept hearing about. She tried different methods until she found one that did not involve sitting in silence. I have a confession:…
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Spacing COVID-19 vaccine doses has benefits, but longer-term outcomes depend on robust immunity
Delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccines should reduce case numbers in the near term. But the longer-term case burden and the potential for evolution of viral “escape” from immunity will depend on the robustness of immune responses generated by natural…
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U.S. FDA Expands Approval of Pfizer’s Lorbrena as First-Line Treatment for ALK-Positive Metastatic Lung Cancer
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE) March 03, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Lorbrena® (lorlatinib), expanding the indication to include first-line treatment of people with anaplastic lymphoma kinase…
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Aldi Is Slinging Plants You Can Try Not To Kill At Home From Next Week
Somewhere in the late 2010s, millennials seemed to be done with industrial lighting and brick facades that had previously dominated the aesthetic of their decrepit homes, and looked to something else: plants. Ranging from terrariums that hung like abandoned speech…
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Shorter Course of Antibiotics Effective for Kids With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A five-day course high-dose amoxicillin works as well as a standard care 10 day course for previously healthy children with community-acquired pneumonia who do not require hospital admission, according to results of the SAFER trial….
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Detecting hidden circulating tumor cells in non-small cell lung cancer patients
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is the most prevalent form of lung cancer, accounting for more than 80 percent of all lung cancer cases. Despite the aggressive nature of NSCLC, circulating tumor cells that lead to metastases often go undetected…
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Unconscious biases can drive foodborne illness outbreaks, researchers find
In the midst of a pandemic that has claimed more than 2 million lives worldwide and disrupted nearly every facet of society since it appeared more than a year ago, understanding the factors that create and facilitate disease outbreaks is…
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Dad-to-be Wants Say in Birth Plan But Mom Says No
The decision of where to deliver your baby is sometimes difficult. Those celebrity home births look so lovely to some, while others fear all sorts of worst-case scenarios happening far from a hospital. It’s really not something anyone should take…
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