Cart is empty New research highlights potential safety concerns around women taking romosozumab, a new anti-osteoporosis drug available on the NHS. The University of Bristol-led study, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, analyzed genetic data on nearly 34,000 people.
US approves world’s first vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus
The United States said Wednesday it had approved GSK’s Arexy vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which can cause severe symptoms in infants and the elderly, for people aged 60 and older.
Among kids with autism, girls are more prone to anxiety disorders than boys
Boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls are, but girls may be more likely to experience anxiety alongside the disorder than boys, new research reveals.
Vermont opens its assisted suicide laws to out-of-state residents
People seeking medically assisted suicide from any state can now get it in Vermont.
Can childhood trauma cause insomnia in adults?
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are negative experiences such as emotional or physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, exposure to parental substance abuse, mental illness, or criminal behavior. These experiences, especially if they occur multiple times, have a devastating effect on the adult’s emotional functioning, increasing the risk of depression, anxiety, addiction, or suicidality.
U.S. deaths due to fentanyl nearly quadrupled in 5 years
Overdose deaths in the United States tied to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl soared 279% from 2016 to 2021, health officials reported Wednesday.
Researchers develop formula to convert qualitative embryo grading to a quantitative ranking
Roughly one in six couples in Canada experiences infertility, a figure that has doubled since the 1980s. Many of these couples are turning to assisted reproduction technology (ART) for help with conceiving.
How a self-care expert takes care of herself
Self-care means many things to many people. To Dr. Beth Frates, director of lifestyle medicine and wellness in the department of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, it boils down to “caring for your body, mind and soul.”
Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss: Visual communication before cochlear implant use does not harm deaf children
Humans have five senses to perceive their environment: Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. If a person loses one of these, the remaining senses partially compensate for the loss. People born deaf then have enhanced visual abilities. “Cross-modal plasticity” is what science calls the brain’s ability to turn to another sensory system when one is lost.
More children and adolescents in mental health crisis since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, finds Australian study
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a spike in the number of Australian children and adolescents presenting to hospital with mental health issues, according to a new study from UNSW Sydney researchers. The number of emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient admissions declined slightly after COVID-19 restrictions eased, but remained higher than pre-pandemic levels.