Gone in an Instant: The Tragedy of Child Drownings
On a summer morning in 2013, Jeffrey Brown dropped off his 6-year-old son, Grant, at a local summer camp in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The family had just come into…
How We Treat Acute Pain Could Be Wrong
June 17, 2022 — In a surprising discovery that flies in the face of conventional medicine, McGill University researchers report that treating pain with anti-inflammatory medication, like ibuprofen or aspirin,…
Plant-Based Diet May Help Keep Breast Cancer Away
By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women who follow a healthy plant-based diet after menopause appear to face a substantially lower risk for breast cancer,…
Beer Might Do a Man’s ‘Microbiome’ Good
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Putting a new spin on the term “beer gut,” a small study suggests that a bottle a day may…
California may require labels on pot products to warn of mental health risks
Enlarge this image Liz Kirkaldie says her grandson’s marijuana use led to his schizophrenia diagnosis. She says she’s skeptical the labels will work, “But if it helps even one person?…
Omicron poses about half the risk of long COVID as delta, new research finds
Enlarge this image The omicron variant, though much more contagious than the delta strain, is still prevalent in the U.S. but is less likely than delta to cause long COVID,…
Robot Finger With Living Skin Points To A New Future
A moist, disembodied finger floating in a petri dish is the latest biohybrid advance, a technology that fuses biological and non-biological materials together. University of Tokyo scientists debuted the artificial…
Robot Finger With Living Skin Points To A New Future
A moist, disembodied finger floating in a petri dish is the latest biohybrid advance, a technology that fuses biological and non-biological materials together. University of Tokyo scientists debuted the artificial…
Past COVID-19 Infection Could Play Role In Child Hepatitis
June 16, 2022 – There may be a link between the recent unexplained cases of hepatitis in children and prior coronavirus infections, according to new research from Israel. A new…
Past COVID-19 Infection Could Play Role In Child Hepatitis
June 16, 2022 – There may be a link between the recent unexplained cases of hepatitis in children and prior coronavirus infections, according to new research from Israel. A new…