Day February 2, 2017

SALT LAKE CITY –  A Utah midwife convicted in the death of a premature twin baby marks a rare criminal case that comes as out-of-hospital births grow in popularity in the U.S. and more states move to license midwives. Vickie Sorensen, 57,…

A Linfield College student who claims he lost his eye in a hazing incident has filed an $8.3 million lawsuit against his school and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Kellen Johansen claims he participated in a hazing ritual last February…

Bookmakers have long factored home-field advantage into a baseball team’s odds of winning, but a new study suggests that jet lag could wipe it out. Researchers analyzed more than 46,000 Major League Baseball games played over the course of 20…

Merck Co Inc (MRK.N), faced with patent expirations and increasing development costs for its high-profile Keytruda cancer immunotherapy, reassured investors on Thursday with a 2017 profit forecast roughly in line with Wall Street expectations. Shares of Merck were up nearly…

Health insurer Cigna Corp on Thursday added to growing public pressure on Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration to stabilize the Obamacare individual market or risk insurers pulling out. Cigna Chief Executive Officer David Cordani described the three-year-old market as…

(Reuters Health) – Not only does bullying at school affect students’ emotional and social lives, it also directly affects their schoolwork and engagement in the classroom, suggests a U.S. study. Students who faced bullying for much of their time in…

When it comes to solar power, storing electricity as fuel would let that energy work on dark or stormy days. The challenge is creating a catalyst that can push the reactions to produce a fuel, such as hydrogen, and later…

Sign up for Women’s Health’s newsletter, So This Happened, to get the day’s trending stories sent straight to your inbox.  Ashley’s snake’s name is Bart, BTW, and she tells CNN that Bart decided to go through her earlobe when they…

“My best anti-aging tip is the ability to say no, no, and hell, no. We run ourselves ragged saying yes to every freaking thing, whether it’s to our family, spouses, or careers. I sleep eight hours a day and don’t…

Actress Gabrielle Union sat down with Women’s Health for the March issue and spilled the beans on everything in her life. One of her fav things? Food. Union dished on what’s on her plate, and here are the highlights: “My…

All over the world, people say they make friends by “breaking bread together.” Social science research explores why sitting down to eat together makes people feel closer.

Under the old rules, the CDC’s authority was primarily limited to detaining travelers entering the U.S. or crossing state lines. With the new rules, the CDC would be able to detain people anywhere in the country, without getting approval from…

The first period of nicotine abstinence proceeded as expected. The surprise came after three months when the lab rats suddenly became fearless and sought out well-lighted areas that prey animals normally avoid. At the same time, signaling in the brain’s…

Many Americans, with the start of the New Year, will resolve to cut back on fast food to avoid an overload of fat and calories. Yet, there is another reason to resist the temptation to indulge in fast food. The…

EXASOL, a high-performance in-memory analytic database developer, and PATH, an international nonprofit organization and global leader in health and innovation, today announced a partnership to support the Zambian government’s ambitious campaign to eliminate malaria by 2020. “Data analytics is often…

A Royal Society of Medicine Meeting Review by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab) As a society, we may be more obsessed with food than we’ve ever been. The alarming levels of obesity along with the rise of clean eating and orthorexia…

Study involving Intensivists from 90 ICUs in northwest Europe confirms significant variability in glycaemic control practices Sphere Medical, an innovative company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has recently presented at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art…

Low socioeconomic status is linked to significant reductions in life expectancy and should be considered a major risk factor for ill health and early death in national and global health policies, according to a study of 1.7 million people published…

By Sally Robertson, BSc A brain?computer interface has enabled people with “locked-in” syndrome to communicate, according to trial results published in PLOS Biology. The device was able to decipher the thoughts of four patients who were unable to speak, move…

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Menopause has given me curves at last Susie Mason, 49, is a life model and lives in Surrey with her husband Anthony, 53, who works in property, and their twin 15-year-old sons. Having spent 20 years hating my skinny body…

Researchers analysed the genes of more than 500,000 people worldwide They found a host of genes that can make a big difference to our stature One in 1,000 people carries the STC2 gene variant which adds 2cm (1in) The researchers…

An international study led by Loyola University Chicago is providing compelling new evidence that exercise is not the key to controlling weight. Researchers who studied young adults of African descent from the United States and four other countries found that…

AF is a common cardiac rhythm disturbance that can lead to severe consequences such as stroke and heart failure. AF can be triggered by various stressful conditions and about 30% of patients undergoing cardiac operations suffer from post-operative AF. Harri…

Neutron analysis at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping researchers better understand a key enzyme found in a bacterium known to cause stomach cancer. Understanding the details of this enzyme, and thus the Helicobacter pylori bacteria’s…

Widely used pain relievers may increase the risk of a heart attack when used during a cold or flu-like illness, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The findings suggest physicians and patients should use…

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can greatly reduce the compulsion to use heroin in standard rat models of addiction. Rats that were used to taking heroin, and normally would have self-administered…

Scientists have identified new ways to provide vaccines against polio, which do not require the growth of live virus for their manufacture. Despite the success of vaccines produced from ‘virus-like particles’ (VLPs) for hepatitis B and human papilloma viruses, poliovirus…

As the number of grandparents caring for grandchildren full-time continues to swell, so do the stress-induced health risks associated with such a demanding responsibility. Now, a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow researchers at…

Placentophagy–maternal consumption of the placenta–has become increasingly prevalent in the past decade among women seeking to promote health and healing during the postpartum period. But how much do clinicians or patients really know about the potential positive and negative health…

“The Oprah Winfrey Show was number one in our spot for 21 years, and I have to tell you, I became pretty comfortable with that level of success. But a couple of years ago, I decided, as you will at…

And, when you’re drinking, you’re not making great choices, so I had some less than ideal lovers in a pretty big way. I had a very extensive education, and my friends never understood my choice in men, like musicians, guys…

A study published in JAMA Cardiology has added to growing evidence that electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are not harmless. “Studies like this give further confirmation that e-cigarettes are not harmless,” said European Society of Cardiology cardiovascular prevention spokesperson Professor Joep Perk.…

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Research on mice The unpleasant sensation sparked by the nervous system when confronted with a harmful stimulus can be alleviated by blocking a genetic marker that switches off the activity of the neurons involved. Jose Vicente Torres Pérez, a Spanish…

Preliminary computerized imaging reveals the shape of the prostate and a compartment within the gland–called the transitional zone–consistently differ in men with prostate cancer than those without the disease, according to new research led by Case Western Reserve University. The…

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Virtual reality could hold the key to unlocking an affordable, reliable and effective device to provide early diagnosis and management of schizophrenia. A pioneering new study, led by experts from the University of Exeter in collaboration with partners from the…

Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered an important way that the immune system can learn to recognise and fight cancers. The team, led by Professor Aymen Al-Shamkhani and funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown that a protein…

In a recent study published in “Scientific Reports”, an international team of researchers led by MedUni Vienna report that an oxytocin-like neuropeptide (“inotocin”) exhibited a specific pharmacological profile for the human receptors of oxytocin (known as the “love hormone”) and…