by Carolyn Chew-Graham, Binita Kane and Tracy Briggs, The Conversation Credit: NadyaEugene/Shutterstock Long COVID is the patient-preferred term used to describe symptoms lasting more than four weeks after a COVID-19 infection. Children and young people can also suffer from long COVIDfollowing even a mild infection with the virus. The latest figures from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics show an estimated 69,000 children...
by Jason Howland, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo Clinic With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes...
A common mosquito species—after detecting a telltale gas that we exhale—flies toward specific colors, including red, orange, black, and cyan. The mosquitoes ignore other colors, such as green, purple, blue, and white. Researchers believe these findings help explain how mosquitoes find hosts, since human skin, regardless of overall pigmentation, emits a strong red-orange “signal” to their...
by Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter Wearing proper gear, watching out for snow and ice hazards, and “walking like a penguin” are just some of the tips that can help prevent winter accidents, one medical expert says. “A variety of injuries can occur during the winter,” cautioned Dr. Mahmood Gharib, a physiatrist at the University of Minnesota...
By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 12:10 EST, 20 December 2022 | UPDATED: 07:26 EST, 21 December 2022 A food dye found in dozens of family favorite snacks may trigger severe bowel diseases, scientists warn. Red 40, also known as Allura red, is in several popular candies, sodas and chips – including Doritos, Skittles, and Pepsi...
By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 13:36 EST, 29 December 2022 | UPDATED: 13:43 EST, 29 December 2022 A global pharmaceutical firm has recalled four lots of blood pressure pills in the US after they were found to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Quinapril is prescribed to around a million Americans each year to treat hypertension and...
By Allyson Chiu March 25, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EDT More people are using melatonin and taking larger doses, research suggests. But some experts say taking melatonin incorrectly could make sleep worse. (iStock)Listen9 minComment218Add to your saved storiesSaveGift ArticleShare By the time sleep-starved people come to Jennifer Martin, a psychologist who specializes in insomnia, many have already...
By Rich Haridy December 28, 2022 A new study has linked nitrate-containing meat with increased rates of cancer in mice Depositphotos Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast are calling for the ban of nitrite-cured meat after a new study found a substantial link with colorectal cancer. The study saw mice fed nitrite-cured meat develop significantly more...
By Katherine Dillinger, CNN | Posted – Dec. 30, 2022 at 12:53 p.m. ATLANTA — The number of people under age 20 with type 2 diabetes in the U.S. may increase nearly 675% by 2060 if trends continue, researchers say, with an increase of up to 65% in young people with type 1 diabetes. Type...
by Jim Wappes, University of Minnesota RNA in situ (RNAscope) detection of SARS-CoV-2 in extrapulmonary tissues. a–h, SARS-CoV-2 virus is localized to the Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum, perinuclear in appearance, in the following organs and cell types (×500 magnifications, scale bars, 2 μm, all panels): thyroid of P19, demonstrating the presence of virus in follicular cells...
