BY KIM BELLARD I’m seeing two conflicting yet connected visions about the future. One is when journalist David Wallace-Wells says we might be in for “golden age for medicine,” with CRISPR and mRNA revolutionizing drug development. The second is the…
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June 27, 2023 — When she was in her 60s, Carole E., a retired accountant’s assistant in Albuquerque, NM, started having neck pain. She found out that three of her neck vertebrae were compressed and her whole spinal canal was…
“You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ~Louise Hay When I was growing up, it felt like nothing was good enough for my dad. And all I longed for was…
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When a child unintentionally shoots and kills another child in the United States, they’ve likely been playing around with an unlocked, loaded gun, new research reveals. Analyzing a…
SOURCES: Douglas Gentile, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology, Iowa State University, Ames. Ella Faulhaber, PhD candidate, Iowa State University, Ames. Melissa G. Hunt, PhD, associate director of clinical training, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz, MD, team lead, adolescent inpatient…
June 26, 2023 – The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may now be as critical as ever, though young people are taking the shot in fewer and fewer numbers. An epidemic of sexually transmitted HPV is now swirling around the U.S….
One day, toast changed my life. It was many years ago, when I was working as a personal trainer and nutrition and wellness coach. I spent my days helping people “get fit” and “eat healthy,” so of course I was…
June 15, 2023 – A drug that targets specific genes that help cancer cells thrive, when combined with hormonal therapy, may help women with a specific kind of early-stage breast cancer, new research says. The targeted-therapy drug showed success for…
June 15, 2023 – Sometimes less may be more, and researchers are increasingly looking at ways that cancer therapy can be safely “de-escalated,” making a patient’s care less aggressive without affecting their odds of survival. One new study shows women…
June 19, 2023 – State and local health officials around the country are reporting the first cases of West Nile virus of the season in humans and urging people to take action to protect themselves from the mosquito-borne disease. In…