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Half of the Danish population are overweight, while 17 percent live with obesity. Worldwide, almost 40 procent have overweight and 13 procent live with obesity. The condition is associated with increased risk for early death, as well as sequelae such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and infertility. Weight regain after an initial successful […]
Though more than 131 million Americans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to date, public confusion and uncertainty about the importance of second doses and continued public health precautions threaten to delay a U.S. return to normalcy, according to Cornell-led research published April 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine. In […]
As a gastroenterology fellow treating patients with COVID-19, Keerthi Shah was eager to get the coronavirus vaccine. As a woman eight months pregnant with her first child, she was hesitant because there has been little research on how the vaccine affects pregnant people and their babies. “Is something going to happen to the baby? I […]
Scorpios are born between October 23 and November 21, and truly embody the depth, emotion, and passion of their water sign (via Astrology). They are independent, yet connect deeply to those they choose in a way that makes them unforgettable. Somewhat mysterious, Scorpios are alluring, charismatic, intelligent, and very invested in their dreams and pursuits. Their […]
It seems like everywhere you turn, there are fad diets and best practices for losing weight. Some essential weight loss principles seem to stay the same, but other tips seem to contradict what you’ve learned about shedding pounds throughout your life. Interestingly, there is one habit that makes it more likely that you’ll lose weight […]
FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 13, 2021– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval of Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) for use in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer (UC) who have previously received a platinum-containing chemotherapy and either a programmed death receptor-1 […]
Obviously, getting blood to the appropriate places in your body is a vital part of your system’s functioning. Your circulation levels can point to areas that aren’t getting what they need to function properly; as such, checking it is a valuable tool to ensure that things are running smoothly beneath your skin. According to Mindbodygreen, […]
And then there were two. Injections of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine stopped across much of the U.S. on Tuesday, after federal health officials called for a pause in the use of the vaccine, leaving the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines as the remaining inoculation options. The announcement came as the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have shown that psilocybin—the active chemical in “magic mushrooms”— still works its antidepressant-like actions, at least in mice, even when the psychedelic experience is blocked. The new findings suggest that psychedelic drugs work in multiple ways in the brain and it may be possible to deliver the […]
Fresh lockdowns and curfews were imposed on tens of millions of people from India to Argentina on Saturday, as Covid-19 infections surged again and vaccine roll-outs were hampered by shortages and scares over side effects. In India, the worst-hit state of Maharashtra was running out of vaccines as the health system buckled under the weight […]