Cart is empty Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might.
Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm—a psychologist explains why gestures don’t always land as intended
A hug from a friend. A squeeze of the hand. A steady arm around your shoulders. Many of us are taught to think of touch as comforting—an instinctive way to offer or receive comfort and express a sense of connection.
Copper Princesses humiliate Zimbabwe
THE free-scoring Copper Princesses have continued their dominance in front of goal at the COSAFA Under-17 Championship in Namibia, beating Zimbabwe 5–1 to reach the final. The win means the team has now scored 18 goals in three games, averaging six goals per match. They began the tournament with a 4–0 win over Mozambique, followed by […]
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The words of health care providers during prenatal care visits can influence how parents see their children
Pregnancy is often a unique experience, marked by anticipation and mental representations of what will happen after a baby’s birth. Understanding how people’s experiences while pregnant influence their parenting skills and how they perceive their children after birth could be highly valuable, as it could help to devise new protocols aimed at better supporting prospective parents.
Closing the women’s health gap will require a better understanding of the vaginal microbiome
Women’s health has long been overlooked in science and medicine—an oversight with serious consequences not just for women, but for public health as a whole. A 2024 McKinsey report found that women spend 25% more time in “poor health” compared to men, due, in part, to diagnostic delays, lack of tailored treatments and historic underinvestment in conditions that primarily or disproportionately affect women.
Study finds Scottish safe staffing act implementation, which specifies minimum nurse ratios, facing challenges
A new study from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR), published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, has revealed that implementing Scotland’s Health and Care Act 2019 is facing significant challenges.
HHS, FDA begin ‘Operation Stork Speed’ to improve quality of infant formula
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have begun to comprehensively review the nutritional value of infant formula, a program the agencies have dubbed Operation Stork Speed.
Plant-based proteins may help lower high blood pressure risk, research indicates
Eating more minimally processed plant-based proteins—such as beans, nuts and lentils—may lower the risk for high blood pressure, according to new research.
Wearable device that mimics CT scans delivers continuous monitoring for heart and lung patients
Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind wearable device capable of continuously scanning the lungs and heart of hospital patients while they rest in bed—offering a revolutionary alternative to CT scans.
How accurate are my medical records? You might be surprised how often errors creep in
Medical records of hundreds of patients at a Sydney hospital’s cancer genetics service have been reviewed following irregularities related to care by a single specialist.