Men now have one more compelling reason to get a COVID-19 vaccine—doctors suspect the new coronavirus could make it hard to perform in the bedroom. How? Coronavirus infection is already known to damage blood vessels, and vessels that supply blood to the penis appear to be no exception. Researchers armed […]
Besides being underweight, babies born to women whose diet lacked sufficient protein during pregnancy tend to have kidney problems resulting from alterations that occurred while their organs were forming during the embryonic stage of their development. In a study published in PLOS ONE, researchers affiliated with the University of Campinas […]
Africa is “watching with total disbelief” as India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the continent’s top public health official said Thursday, as African officials worry about delays in vaccine deliveries caused by India’s crisis. The African continent, with roughly the same population as India and fragile health […]
Consistent cigarette smoking has a small but significant effect on pulse pressure, according to research that suggests a possible new link between smoking and cardiovascular disease, especially among Black and white women. Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic blood pressure, the top number in a reading, and diastolic blood […]
Psoriasis incidence in the United States is steady, but increases with age and is higher among Whites, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Joshua Burshtein, from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New […]
When you shop at Walmart, you’ve probably noticed that not every item ends in .99 (think $14.99 or $2.99). In fact, you might find some items that have odd numbers at the end of the price tag, like $9.97 or $5.95. Is it just random numbers, or is there something […]
New research has found that childhood adversity, such as parental conflict, death of a close family member or serious injury, before the age of nine was associated with mental health problems in late adolescence. However, the research also shows that improving the relationship between parents and children could prevent subsequent […]
Computer gaming technology is being used to develop and pilot two low cost, next-generation screening tools for ‘lazy eye’ in children. NHS Forth Valley Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr. Iain Livingstone and Dr. Mario Giardini, senior lecturer in the University of Strathclyde’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, have developed two prototype devices to […]
A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Columbia University and Duke University has found that over the past several generations, child BMI has been slowly creeping upward in the U.S. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group […]
Suicide rates in England did not rise following the first national lockdown in 2020 despite higher levels of greater distress, University of Manchester researchers have found. However, they stress the need to continue monitoring figures and to maintain suicide prevention measures. The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe today, […]