Health Topic Contributor Los Angeles Times Death rate from cancer down 20% since 1980, but clusters of high mortality remainLos Angeles TimesThe mortality rate due to cancer is falling nationwide, but worrisome pockets of deadly malignancy persist — and in some places have worsened — in regions throughout the country, according to the first-ever county-by-county analysis of cancer … Read more
Live Science Meditation Really Does Lower Body’s Stress SignalsLive ScienceMeditation may help the body respond to stressful situations, according to a new study that took a rigorous look at how the practice affects people’s physiology when they’re under pressure. In the study, people with anxiety disorder took an eight-week …Mindfulness Meditation Update 2017: Anxiety Disorder … Read more
Fox News Healthy babies don’t need apps to monitor vital signsFox NewsSmartphone applications paired with sensors to monitor babies’ vital signs may appeal to parents anxious to make sure infants sleep safely through the night, but there’s no medical evidence proving these products work, a new paper suggests. These apps …Pediatricians Say No to Wearable Smartphone … Read more
Washington Post Trump’s revival of the antiabortion ‘gag rule’ could have a big impact in AfricaWashington PostNAIROBI — One of President Trump’s first foreign policy decisions is set to affect some of the world’s poorest people: women seeking health services in places such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where government hospitals are sometimes scarce.Cecile … Read more
New York Daily News Parents overjoyed a week after formerly conjoined twins’ surgeryNew York Daily NewsA week after successful separation surgery, the parents of formerly conjoined twins took a much-needed sigh of relief — two of them. “Our family does not know how we can we pay everyone for the happiness that we have been … Read more
NPR ‘I’m Intersex,’ A Supermodel Says, Hoping To End StigmaNPRSaying she doesn’t want other kids to suffer the way she did, supermodel Hanne Gaby Odiele has announced that she was born intersex — and she wants to “break the stigma” that can lead to intersex children having surgery to align them with the male or …Vogue … Read more
Fox News Dr. Manny: ‘Crystal powers’ of Gwyneth Paltrow’s jade eggs is fake science newsFox NewsDear Ms. Paltrow, I hate to burst your Goop bubble, but the idea of vaginal weightlifting is nothing new. In fact, we recently covered jade eggs through the lens of a Tantric Yoga program in Thailand that employs the practice … Read more
Pulse Headlines FDA grants priority review for Actemra to treat giant cell arteritisHealioThe FDA has accepted Genentech’s supplemental biologics license application and has granted priority review for Actemra in the treatment of giant cell arteritis, according to a company press release.FDA grants priority review for Roche’s Actemra to treat giant cell arteritisPulse HeadlinesFDA Grants Priority … Read more
(Natural News) For the first time I can remember, we now have a nation led by a President who answers to the people, not the corporate lobbyists and special interests. He’s already clobbered the TPP, for example, and there’s much more to come. “What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether… … Read more
(Natural News) A recently published study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases says wild caught Alaskan salmon may harbor a species of tapeworm previously known to infect only Asian fish. Researchers warn that based on their findings, any salmon caught along the North American Pacific coast may have the parasite. The concern is that if… … Read more