How To Do A Self-Exam When You Have Lumpy Breasts
The kind of breasts you have is determined by genetics. Having lumpy or smooth breasts is just like having large or small ones; it’s out of your control and often not a cause for concern. While having breasts that are unique to you is perfectly normal, cancer checks can be harder for people with lumpy […]
Rate of food insecurity skyrockets for Americans with cardiovascular disease: Diet is the greatest contributor to death from cardiovascular disease
The number of Americans with cardiovascular disease who are food insecure — having limited or uncertain access to adequate food — has skyrocketed over the last 20 years, a national study finds. A Michigan Medicine team analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey representing 312 million American adults between 1999 and 2018, […]
Children in Clinical Trials: FDA’s Proposed Rules of Engagement
FDA issued draft guidance on ethical considerations and special safeguards for having children participate in clinical trials. The new statement addresses how to protect children in clinical investigations for drugs, biological products, and medical devices. Some of the fundamental concepts that the new guidance included for consideration by industry, sponsors, and institutional review boards (IRBs) […]
Justin Bieber Gets Candid About Marriage
Justin Bieber recalled having an “emotional breakdown” after realizing marriage wouldn’t be able to fix his problems.
Opinion | Optimize Muslim Patient Health by Learning About Ramadan
When caring for any patient, having a basic understanding of their culture and values can go a long way towards building trust and improving their experience and outcome. This rings true especially during Ramadan, considered the most sacred month of the year in the Muslim calendar. A basic understanding of Ramadan will help promote shared […]
Study questions the role of vitamin D2 in human health but its sibling, vitamin D3, could be important for fighting infections
New research has found significant differences between the two types of vitamin D, with vitamin D2 having a questionable impact on human health. However, the study found that vitamin D3 could balance people’s immune systems and help strengthen defences against viral infections such as Covid-19. In a collaborative study by the Universities of Surrey and […]
Meat, MS and the microbiome: Eating more meat, and changes in the blood, immune system and gut ecology all correlate with worse MS symptoms
Eating more meat, having less of certain bacteria in the gut, and more of certain immune cells in the blood, all link with multiple sclerosis, reports a team of researchers led by UConn Health and Washington University School of Medicine. The work, published in the 27 January issue of EBioMedicine, teased out subtle connections that […]
Opinion | ‘Being Concerned About a Fingernail’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s kind of like having a major auto accident and namely being concerned about a fingernail when you have multiple broken bones.” — Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, on the small risk of vaccine side effects versus the larger risk of COVID. “This is a fight about […]
What Qualifies You as an Alcoholic? Alcoholism Symptoms
Qualifying as an alcoholic means having a mental and physical dependence on alcohol. Here are the symptoms and signs of alcoholism. A person may qualify as an alcoholic if they are mentally and physically dependent on alcohol. Alcoholism is a serious psychological illness due to which a person cannot stop drinking despite potential or actual, […]
7 Signs Of A Nervous Breakdown
By Rosie McCall I’m having a nervous breakdown. You may utter this (or at least think it) when you’re overwrought and ready to snap. But what is a nervous breakdown, exactly? And what should you do when you feel like you’re about to fall apart? Advertisement It turns out “nervous breakdown” isn’t a clinical term. […]