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How exercise helps your heart
(HealthDay)—You already know that exercise is good for your health and your heart, both to prevent heart disease and, for
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Mother lost her unborn baby after catching slapped-cheek syndrome
Heartbroken mother, 25, lost her unborn baby after catching slapped-cheek syndrome from the nursery where she worked WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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Third of girls in South Asia miss school during periods: report
More than a third of girls in South Asia miss school during their periods, a report said Tuesday, with a
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Cell types underlying schizophrenia identified
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of North Carolina have identified the cell types underlying schizophrenia in a
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Target for chikungunya treatment
Scientists have identified a molecule found on human cells and some animal cells that could be a useful target for
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Scientist reveals likely cause of childhood leukemia: Landmark paper sets out ‘unified theory’ for cause of childhood leukemia — and finds it is likely to be preventable
A major new analysis reveals for the first time the likely cause of most cases of childhood leukemia, following more
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Eczema drug effective against severe asthma: Dupilumab reduced asthma symptoms, improved lung function
Two new studies of patients with difficult-to-control asthma show that the eczema drug dupilumab alleviates asthma symptoms and improves patients’
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Atomic-level study reveals why rare disorder causes sudden paralysis: A hole in a protein lets ions leak into cells, thereby triggering the profound muscle weakness of hypokalemic periodic paralysis
A rare genetic disorder in which people are suddenly overcome with profound muscle weakness is caused by a hole in
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5 Reasons Why Women Need to Get More Vitamin C
“Drink your orange juice,” my mom used to say. “It’s got vitamin C.” I learned from a young age that
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Obesity linked to increased risk of taking up smoking and smoking frequency: Findings strengthen the idea that obesity influences smoking behavior
Being obese is associated with an increased risk of taking up smoking and smoking frequency (number of cigarettes smoked per
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