Getting the COVID-19 vaccine feels like a big sigh of relief for many people. But for Lily Hagigat, the long-anticipated moment was shadowed by an overwhelming sense of guilt. "After the second dose, the guilt really kind of hit me,"…
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Robert Downey Jr. Shared the Workout He Used to Train for Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>
It’s been nearly two years since we last saw Robert Downey Jr. play Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it seems he’s already feeling a little nostalgic for his Avenging days. In a post shared…
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New shape-changing 4D materials hold promise for morphodynamic tissue engineering
New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, such as water, could be the next generation of materials used to bioengineer tissues and organs, according to a team of researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago….
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Study brings new direction for treating neurological diseases
A research team from the School of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently discovered that SOX9 protein is an essential regulatory factor of choroid plexus function that ensures the correct composition of cerebrospinal fluid…
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He Wanted to Be a Healthier Role Model for His Kids, So He Ran Off 190 Pounds
Name: Daniel HertelAge: 28Hometown: Buffalo Start Weight: 378 poundsEnd Weight: 188 poundsTime Running: 10 months Before I went on my weight-loss journey, I weighed nearly 400 pounds. Because of this, I was always out of breath and tired—not to mention…
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Risk for rheumatoid arthritis reduced for patients with T2DM
(HealthDay)—Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have a reduced risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which may be due to statin use, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in Rheumatology. Dawit T. Zemedikun, Ph.D., from the University of…
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Effective treatment for insomnia delivered in a few short phone calls
Insomnia—trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or waking up too early—is a common condition in older adults. Sleeplessness can be exacerbated by osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis causing joint pain. While there are effective therapies for treating insomnia in…
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New therapeutic target for Huntington’s treatment
Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the Huntingtin gene (HTT), which appears in adults and features motor, cognitive and psychiatric alterations. The origin of this disease has been associated with the anomalous functioning of the mutated protein mHTT,…
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New drug molecules hold promise for treating fatal child disease
Scientists have identified a way to “rescue” muscle cells that have genetically mutated, paving the way to a possible new treatment for rare childhood illness such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The study, led by the Universities of Exeter and…
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I let surgeons 'kill' me for 40 minutes so I could survive for my sons
I was thrilled when I discovered I was pregnant again. My eldest, Leo, three, had arrived without complications. In fact, my labour lasted only one hour so I was convinced I’d have another speedy birth with my second. Pregnancy went…
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