“The antidote to loneliness isn’t just being around random people indiscriminately, the antidote to loneliness is emotional security.” ~Benedict Wells Emotional security. The feeling of being at home in the presence of another. Safe to be who you are, good…
April 17, 2023 – Vaginal laser “rejuvenation” does not relieve certain symptoms of menopause or improve sexual function in breast cancer survivors, new research shows, but will it be enough to stop some health care providers from promoting the false promise…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tests done on a Chilean man infected with bird flu showed signs that the virus has partially adapted to spread between mammals. However, the public health risk still…
SOURCES: Yoshiyuki Sankai, PhD, founder and CEO, Cyberdyne, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Hiroki Kimura, chief clinical officer, Cyberdyne, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Tetsu Sugie, senior manager for corporate development, Cyberdyne, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Bob McIver, physical therapist and doctor of physical therapy;…
April 17, 2023 – Americans have flocked to Canada to get the pricey, and very trendy, weight loss drug Ozempic. But Canadians are saying not so fast. British Columbia, a province in Canada, is banning Americans from purchasing the drug,…
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Consistently good sleep is important for everyone, but it is particularly important for patients with schizophrenia, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, along with…
BY MIKE MAGEE All eyes were on Wisconsin – not last week, but in 1847. That’s when Wisconsin newspaperman and editor of the Racine Argus, Marshall Mason Strong, let loose in a speech on the disturbing trend to allow women…
“The problems around us are only compounding. We will need to rediscover our trust in other people, to restore some of our lost faith—all that’s been shaken out of us in recent years. None of it gets done alone. Little…
Health Tech by MATTHEW HOLT Eric Topol has a piece in his excellent newsletter Ground Truth‘s today about AI in medicine. He refers to the paper he and colleagues wrote in Nature about Generalist Medical Artificial Intelligence (the medical version…
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Long periods of immobility can put people at risk of dangerous blood clots — yet hibernating bears lie around for months without any problem. Now scientists think they’ve…
