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(HealthDay)—A majority of patients who undergo repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) do not qualify for screening, according to a study published online in the August issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Kirsten D. Dansey, M.D., from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues used the National Inpatient Sample (2004 […]
Young people are at risk of falling seriously unwell with tuberculosis and spreading the disease. Therefore, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, among others, have mapped key factors that affect the treatment outcomes in 10- to 24-year-olds with tuberculosis in Brazil, where the disease is increasing. To deal with the global tuberculosis epidemic, researchers say […]
Italy, France, and Greece have made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for healthcare workers, and England is making it compulsory for care home workers and consulting on whether to extend this to healthcare workers and other social care staff. Experts debate in The BMJ whether frontline health and social care workers should be compelled to take up […]
While you may do many things to keep your home and everyone in it safe and secure, from keeping doors locked to installing security cameras, there are few things you should always have in your home to ensure your loved ones’ health and wellbeing: smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and a radon detector. Depending on the state, […]
If you have a cat in your household, you likely have a bunch of cat litter stock piled. Cat litter can be the bane of most cat owners’ existence. It’s heavy, takes up room in your cabinets, and every cat owner knows the smell! So, if you don’t have a cat, you probably have no desire […]
Your utility closet always needs a few things: batteries, a hammer, a steamer and other essentials. But, vinegar is the one-stop shop for nearly all of your household cleaning needs. From your laundry room to the kitchen and even your patio, white vinegar can clean just about anything. Plus, it’s all-natural, meaning that you won’t […]
Should the most vulnerable be shielding again – no matter what health chiefs say? The Covid-19 vaccines provide robust protection even to those most vulnerable to the virus, a recent study by Public Health England (PHE) concluded. The report was welcome news to the four million Britons who had been sticking to the strictest shielding […]
For many people, keeping a clean house, especially disinfecting high-traffic areas, has been at the top of the to-do list through the recent pandemic, mainly due to the concern over COVID-19 spreading (via Unicef). As time has passed, perhaps the house cleaning has dropped down the priority list a bit, but if you live with […]
When you’ve got something baked or caked onto your dishes, pots, pans, or baking ware, leaving it in the sink to “soak” serves two purposes: it helps to loosen up what’s stuck, and it also gives us a free “I’ll deal with it later” excuse when we don’t feel like scrubbing at the moment. But as Life […]
People choose to get hypnotized for a number of reasons. According to Penn Medicine, research has shown that the practice can help with sleep problems; anxiety; irritable bowel syndrome; chronic pain; quitting smoking; and weight loss. Researchers have found that, during guided hypnosis, certain areas of the brain that are responsible for controlling your body […]