JUNE 16, 2024 by Georgetown University Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA rigorous, comprehensive synthesis of evidence from 62 studies related to the use of oral nicotine pouches by Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists and colleagues provides a much-needed assessment of how these products could lead to potential harmful consequences if used by...
by Sanja Schreiber, Emily Somers, The Conversation Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCael was a typical 15-year-old—until the discovery of an already advanced abnormal curvature of his spine. “I felt like the Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Cael told CBC News, recalling the emotionally draining and gruesome two-year wait for spinal surgery during which his curve progressed to a whopping...
by Lori Solomon There is a significant lack of awareness about the effects of gym lifestyles on male infertility in young adults, according to a study published in the January issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Online. Alice Newman-Sanders, from the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, and...
by Orlando Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If you’ve ever seen a movie or TV show in which a character has a seizure, you probably have a fairly standard mental picture of someone falling to the ground in full body convulsions while foaming at the mouth. But that doesn’t necessarily reflect reality. A new national survey...
By Nicquel Terry Ellis Updated 1:06 PM EDT, Wed September 20, 2023 Noelia Gutierrez, right, with her husband, Cristhian Lopez , and their daughters, aged 15, 8 and 6.Courtesy Noelia GutierrezCNNNoelia Gutierrez was at home having dinner with her mother one evening in March of 2017 when she suddenly felt an agonizing headache. Then her body...
by University of Pennsylvania Credit: University of Pennsylvania Many Americans know of the potential risks to themselves and their families from infection with COVID-19, but growing numbers say they have returned to living their “normal” pre-pandemic lives, according to July 2022 national survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC). Increasing numbers say they...
