Study finds delayed ADHD diagnosis hampers school performance
A new study evaluated school performance among children with have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and found that many entered school without being diagnosed; thus, hampering their performance. The findings...
Natural interventions are often effective for back pain
Back pain can be a terribly annoying and at times even debilitating problem. Doctors Health Press reported on Sept. that back pain is not a joke. This problem...
‘Peer effect’ increases hand hygiene among health workers in hospitals
Hand hygiene is one of the most important ways to prevent infections in the hospital. A new study indicates that health workers are more likely to clean their...
Some exercise clothes smell worse than others
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The growing impact of plasma -based medicines
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Stigma prevents many mentally ill people from seeking help
In spite of the availability of effective treatment illness, 40 percent mentally ill people do not receive care and many who begin with an intervention do not finish...
Octopuses are a really tasty and nutritious food
Octopuses have emerged in a search for a new tasty and nutritious food source. Live Science reported that octopuses have the potential to make an ideal mass-produced food...
Mercury content of fish may be higher than noted on the...
Mercury in the form of methylmercury is commonly found in fish. High level of the element are particularly harmful to children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. A new...
Compact and connected street networks linked to better health
Literature associated to the built environment to health outcomes is vast, it glosses over the role that specific street network characteristics play.
Researchers from the University of Colorado –...
Lumizyme approved to prolong life of all patients with Pompe disease
Most readers have probably not heard of Pompe disease, a rare genetic disorder in which prevents the body from producing enough of the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA), used...
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Star Dan Walker quits BBC’s Football Focus after 12 years
Dan Walker has announced he is quitting Football Focus after 12 years presenting show.
The BBC Breakfast star, who has been a staple of the sports show, shared the news on Twitter.
Walker has expressed...
Music icon Cher apologises for George Floyd tweets that sparked backlash
Cher has apologised for a tweet she made about George Floyd on Friday (April 2), in which she suggested she could have prevented his death.
Expressing her feeling that the events leading to Floyd’s death...
Star Britney Spears Says She’s ‘Embarrassed’ by New Documentary
Britney Spears lamented how she is portrayed in the recently released New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears,” admitting that she found it embarrassing.
The documentary which explored her life in detail premiered in February...
Yaphet Kotto, Jewish actor who was first Black Bond villain, dies aged 81
Actor Yaphet Kotto, who is best known for his role in Alien and James Bond villain Mr. Big, has passed away at age 81.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my...
Corinne Masiero: French actress strips for culture during Cesar Awards ceremony
French actress Corinne Masiero protested naked at the César Awards (March 12th) to demand the government do more to support culture during the coronavirus pandemic.
Corinne Masiero, best known for her lead role in the...