The announcement of a cancer diagnosis abruptly and durably alters the course of daily life – not just for the person receiving it, but also for their family. New research [to be] presented at the ESMO Congress 2021 suggests that adequate communication and support for children of cancer patients still represents a significant unmet need
A new COVID-19 variant is on its way to becoming ubiquitous in the U.S. as it has now penetrated almost all states, according to the latest data from experts. And even though this new strain, called the mu variant, has the hallmarks of being vaccine-resistant, experts are not worried about it yet. What WHO Is
DENVER — Measures of greater food insecurity, including increasing prevalence of seniors with poor access to grocery stores and scarcity of grocery stores in general, are independently associated with higher heart failure (HF) mortality in the United States. That assessment comes from a county-level analysis comparing HF mortality to socioeconomic data and measures of food
People queue to undergo nucleic acid testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus in the city of Ruili which borders Myanmar, in China’s southwestern Yunnan province on July 5, 2021. STR | AFP | Getty Images China’s zero-Covid approach could worsen the debt situation of the country’s companies, some of which are already in financial distress, says
Built in Brazil’s citrus-growing region – giving Cargill ready access to fresh fruit peels, the raw material required for pectin production – the plant makes Cargill the world’s second largest pectin producer, opening up production on two continents: South America and Europe (it currently operates plants in France, Germany, and Italy). “Demand for pectin is
The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in the loss of 2,753 people in the Twin Towers and surrounding area. After the attack, more than 100,000 responders and recovery workers from every U.S. state – along with some 400,000 residents and other workers around ground zero – were exposed
El 11-S tuvo numerosas consecuencias políticas y militares a nivel global, más allá de su devastador coste en términos humanos. Sin embargo, pese a lo que pueda pensarse inicialmente, sus efectos económicos no fueron excesivamente graves en comparación con los vividos tras la crisis financiera del 2008 o el estallido de la pandemia de covid-19.
It’s the phone call we all dread – letting your employer know you need a day off sick. But when your body is telling you it needs a break, it’s time to listen. So, how do we get past the guilt, to get the rest we need to recuperate? We all know the feeling; you’ve
The virtual clinical exams to certify physiotherapy graduates in Canada experienced difficulties again this week, leaving many applicants unable to finish the test. It’s the latest chapter in what has been an 18-month saga of the failure of the Canada Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators [CAPR] to offer the clinical exam, creating a backlog of thousands of
The more comorbidities a father has before his child’s conception, the higher the risk that the child will require an emergency department visit or inpatient care in the first 2 years of life, new data indicate. It is not clear whether the association is related to biology, lifestyle, or both, but the findings represent an opportunity
Scientists in Japan have identified metabolic compounds within the blood that are associated with dementia. The study revealed that the levels of 33 metabolites differed in patients with dementia, compared to elderly people with no existing health conditions. Their findings, published this week in PNAS, could one day aid diagnosis and treatment of dementia. “Metabolites
Cardiology leaders complained that heart failure specialists may know how to treat their patients and to employ the latest therapies, but their actual reach is stunted by poor implementation within the wasteful U.S. healthcare system. It sounds like a tale of two cities: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm patients and healthcare workers across the
Introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports in the UK could see people who are willing to get vaccinated do so more quickly, but have the converse effect upon those who have concerns, especially when passports cover domestic activities, suggests a new study published in EClinicalMedicine. Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and
Posted on September 10, 2021 by Admin Ruth, Edith, and Lorraine, the centenarian “Golden Girls” of Atria West 86 in the Upper West Side of New York, have received a lot of media attention since celebrating their 100th birthdays together. Featured in People, ABC News, the New York Post, and other major outlets, the three friends raised three glasses of champagne together
Counsellor Naomi Watkins-Ligudzinska answers your questions on suicide Q: How can I support someone experiencing suicidal thoughts? A: It’s best to stay calm and collected, and remember they are talking to you for a reason. It is really important that we react with empathy, not shock or panic, and do not close the conversation down.
More than 3 million women of birthing age in the U.S. and 60 million in the world have diabetes-;a disease that occurs when blood sugar is too high. Even when controlled with insulin, and blood sugar levels are kept mostly in check, maternal diabetes can cause permanent damage to the fetus. About 300,000 to 400,000
Flu season is expected to commence in late September, so everyone is encouraged to get their flu shots as early as this week. However, the FDA is also scheduled to announce its guidance on the rollout of the COVID-19 booster shots in the country in the middle of this month. With this comes the struggle to choose which
New data on the use of immunotherapy in early stages of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have sparked a debate on which patients benefit most. Previous results have already shown that patients with early-stage NSCLC who receive atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Genentech) in addition to chemotherapy after resection have better disease-free survival (DFS) compared with chemotherapy with
The company, best known for co-inventing the ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccine with the University of Oxford (now licenced to AstraZeneca), will relocate its headquarters to the site in spring 2022. Vaccitech’s new facility will take over half of the newly constructed Zeus building at the campus, which is located just out of Oxford. Accommodating a growing
FILE – In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a helicopter flies over the Pentagon in Washington as smoke billows over the building. Partial remains of several 9/11 victims were incinerated by a military contractor and sent to a landfill, a government report said Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, in the latest of a series of
Kraft revealed that it has increased prices for about two-thirds of its portfolio, representing about 4-5% net pricing, “but that is not the only thing we are doing,” said Carlos Abrams-Rivera, US zone president. He explained that the company is “using the full revenue management system,” including strategies such as price-pack architecture, and instituting “a design
Many people have been putting off regular medical checkups during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to concerns about contracting the virus. Unfortunately, doing so could have disastrous results. A U.S. Senator is using her breast cancer diagnosis to remind people to keep being vigilant and to schedule important screenings. Thursday, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar announced that