Day July 10, 2016

RB singer Chaka Khan has entered rehab to fight an addiction to prescription pain medication.  The 63-year-old confirmed the news to The Associated Press on Sunday, saying that she’s been battling an addiction to fentanyl, the same powerful painkiller that…

Nick Phin, Head of Respiratory Diseases at Public Health England said: “The decision to include four-year-olds as part of the national rollout is part of a long term plan to see the vaccine given to all children aged between two…

Despite success in the laboratory, it is the first time the procedure has been shown to work in a human patient. Researchers said the man was “not dancing but absolutely delighted” by the breakthrough. Professor Geoffrey Raisman, whose team at…

US experts who drafted the new guidance said doctors had been “undertreating” patients and that the new advice would mean “more people who would benefit from statins are going to be on them”. But the guidelines have also raised concerns…

A photo posted by Paula Calingasan (@poleng_istar) on Jun 22, 2016 at 6:47am PDT Use Liner Line your lips with a pencil that is close to their natural shade—this will really make the color pop, says Dina Racciatti, a Hoboken,…

Wasting energy not only costs you more money, it leads to more burning of coal and other fossil fuels that contribute to global climate change.  RELATED: What Southerners Taught Us About Keeping Houses Cool It may seem like a waste…

University Hospitals Case Medical Center is among the first in the country – and the first in Ohio – to offer and deploy the Abbott Absorb stent, a completely bioresorbable stent. The Absorb stent works exactly as its traditional metallic…

On June 30, 2016, a team of researchers led by Thomas Buchanan, MD, Michele Kipke PhD and Jonathan Samet, MD, of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) received a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science…

Federal funding will help advance a Purdue University autism technology that helps communication and language development for children and families affected by severe, nonverbal autism and other communicative challenges. SPEAK MODalities, a startup commercializing the autism technology apps SPEAKall!® and…

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It’s the time of year when experts crunch the numbers to see how well the flu shot worked. The result? Better than last year, but still not good enough. “Overall, just shy of 45 to 50 per cent,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski of…

For Devon Serket, trying to find treatment for mental illness was like travelling to hell and back. The toll was very nearly his life. Serket, 24, a Toronto graphic design student who suffers from bipolar disorder, started dealing with mood swings…

I met Chris while I was away for the weekend, and came home to Sean and immediately broke down. I didn’t know how to handle being in love with Sean and simultaneously falling in love with someone else. I felt…

Those involuntary twitches in your arms, legs, or even your whole body are called “sleep starts” or “hypnic jerks,” says Michael Breus, Ph.D., a sleep expert and author of The Power of When. RELATED: 7 Sleep Experts Share What They…

Taste it: Zingy, like a less fishy anchovyEat it: To fend off disease. We’re talking iodine galore, a must-have for immunity.Try it dry: Crumble it and blend with silken tofu, garlic, lime zest, and chili flakes; spread on crackers.Try it…

The material that could be the basic building block for ‘brain-inspired computing’ is lead-zirconium-titanate (PZT): a sandwich of materials with several attractive properties. One of them is that it is ferro-electric: you can switch it to a desired state, this…

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have identified a set of genes, including DNMT3A, that could potentially be used to predict clinical outcomes of patients who suffer from a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s potential running mates said Sunday that women should be the ones to decide whether or not to have abortions. Women “are the ones that have to make the decision because they’re the…ones that…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated by the rising cost of prescription drugs, California health advocates hope sunlight and a dose of shame will discourage drugmakers from raising their prices too quickly or introducing new medications at prices that break the…

In those who had less sleep, the reward centres of the brain were more active when shown pictures of unhealthy food compared to those who had more sleep. When they were shown pictures of healthy food this area of the…

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it could take up to six hours to complete the operation. Around 6,000 ducks at the site were due to be culled by gassing. Their carcasses will then be burnt…

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Sustaining a concussion during adolescence may be more common than previous estimates, according to researchers presenting their study at the American Orhopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO today. “Our team looked…

Cheeky Ruben is just seven and learning to read. But thanks to his new knee-high buddy Charlie robot he can expertly measure his blood sugar and count carbohydrates in a glass of milk. Such skills could be life-savers for the…

Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace has rounded up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. Hoverboards get grounded The hottest toy just got hotter. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) When is a…

Fads, by definition, are short-lived, and fad diets definitely come and go, many in the blink of an eye. Here are 7 fad diets that you may never have heard of. Grapefruit Diet Instead of eating balanced meals, just eat grapefruit. What…

Between “morning” sickness that can last all day, exhaustion and the myriad of aches and pains that can happen during pregnancy, sometimes eating healthy foods, exercise and rest aren’t enough or even doable. Although prenatal vitamins are necessary, supplements may…

Liver disease is often referred to as a “silent” condition, as its various forms can have no symptoms at all. In the most serious cases, liver disease can lead to cirrhosis and cancer. Here’s a look of 10 of the…

Back at work, they will get by without you, and that doesn’t mean you’re getting fired. Especially in a struggling economy, employees may worry that setting up boundaries to preserve the sanctity of the vacation may look bad to a…

The new treatment, intravenous immunoglobulin, contains antibodies from blood donors and is normally used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and serious infections. It is not currently recommended for use in Alzheimer’s but the study by a team at Weill…

It’s the time of year when experts crunch the numbers to see how well the flu shot worked. The result? Better than last year, but still not good enough. “Overall, just shy of 45 to 50 per cent,” said Dr. Danuta Skowronski of…

Professor Nigel Pitts, from King’s College London’s Dental Institute, said: “The way we treat teeth today is not ideal. “When we repair a tooth by putting in a filling, that tooth enters a cycle of drilling and re-filling as, ultimately,…

Research published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology showed that although ingesting less of the drug overall, people taking “staggered overdoses” were about a third more likely to die. They also had a greater chance of liver and brain…

Dr Hilary Kirkbride, head of zoonotic infections at the HPA, said: “With the warmer weather upon us, more people will be planning outdoor activities. “Being active outdoors is great for our health, but as this is also the time of…

The Health Secretary said the NHS needed to learn from other sectors, such as retail, with one in five Christmas presents now bought online, and 500 per cent increase in the number of people who bought Christmas presents on tablets…

Dr Hatem Azim, a medical oncologist at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium followed 333 women who became pregnant after being diagnosed with breast cancer and matched them to 874 women with similar cancers who did not become pregnant.…

It is thought that parents who are divorced may have less time to cook healthy meals and instead rely on processed convenience foods that are less healthy, the researchers said. Children may also turn to comfort eating because of the…

The team, which also included academics from Essex University, York University and University College London, looked at a group of 9,500 white children born in 2000 and 2001, included in a project called the Millennium Cohort Study. As part of…

The Raw Food Rulebook As you probably guessed, the primary rule of the raw food diet is that you can’t eat cooked food. “There are some conflicting recommendations around this, but the general rule seems to be that food shouldn’t…

Check out Women’s Health’s FitGIF Friday every week for fun and challenging new moves to make your sweat sesh really count. Here’s this week’s exercise: Single-arm reverse lunge and press: On its own, the reverse lunge works your hammies, glutes, and…

Eight million U.S. millennials have been diagnosed with arthritis. A surprising cause? Overdoing it on high-impact workouts (think CrossFit and brutal boot camps) that tax your joints, says David T. Neuman, M.D., founder of Pop-Doc.com. Ignoring the pain could lead…