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(HealthDay)—From 2010 to 2017, there were significant increases in the estimated rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and maternal opioid-related diagnoses (MOD), according to a study published in the Jan. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ashley H. Hirai, Ph.D., from the Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Maryland, […]
Switzerland announced Wednesday it was imposing new restrictions aimed at “drastically” reducing contact between people, fearing a rapid upsurge in COVID-19 cases due to new variants of the coronavirus. The Swiss had been expected simply to extend the closure of bars and restaurants until the end of February. But the government went much further, imposing […]
I was standing outside the fence at my son’s one and only swimming meet—watching through the wrought-iron bars as the swimmers raced two at a time with an open lane between them—when I heard that University of Wisconsin Hospital was seeking volunteers to test the AstraZeneca Vaccine (AZD1222). It was a few days before school […]
A major moment! Yolanda Hadid looked back at her daughter Gigi Hadid’s pregnancy with a Monday, December 14, throwback photo. See Celeb Moms’ Most Creative Gender Reveals: Pics “This PINK baby news was the highlight of our year 2020,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 56, captioned an Instagram slideshow from Gigi, 25, and […]
Five months after coming down with COVID-19, Alyssa Milano is opening up about a multitude of symptoms and side effects she’s still continuing to experience. In a new interview on The Dr. Oz Show, the actress told Mehmet Oz, M.D., that she is a COVID “long-hauler.” “I’ve never been sick like that, Dr. Oz,” the […]
A plant-based diet boosts after-meal burn, leads to weight loss, and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight individuals, according to a new randomized control trial published in JAMA Network Open by researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The study randomly assigned participants—who were overweight and had no history of diabetes—to an intervention or […]
If you have ever dreamt of redesigning your kitchen, you’ve probably drooled over pictures of deep-basined, spacious farmhouse sinks. Farmhouse sinks have a rustic, old world feel and they’ve been a trendy kitchen item for several years now, but there are several things to keep in mind before you take the plunge and get one […]
One is a pastry-cook. Another dreams of becoming a bookseller. All have slammed the door on the hospitals where they used to work, exhausted by wave after wave of COVID-19 patients. Nolwenn Le Bonzec, a former nurse who moved from her native Brittany to the Belgian capital Brussels, recounted how she hung up her surgical […]
‘I thought my boyfriend was a gym fanatic – in fact he’s got an eating disorder’: Former model Jodie Kidd opens up on her partner purging any food consumed through furious physical activity Jodie Kidd, 42, says she confronted partner after son began repeating his words Joseph Bates admits to having struggled with an eating […]
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 — For nonelderly patients with depression, augmentation with newer antipsychotics is associated with an increased mortality risk, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in PLOS ONE. Tobias Gerhard, Ph.D., from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues examined all-cause mortality of newer antipsychotic augmentation for adult depression […]