Study: Faulty BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers
Faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well known to increase the risk of breast cancer in men and women, and in ovarian cancer. Now BRCA1...
Study finds blind people less bigoted than sighted people
Blind people are slower to identify a person’s race and slower to form stereotypical assumptions about a person based on their race. This is the conclusion of a...
Study found that patient out-of-pocket spending increased for hepatitis B medication
Recently published in JAMA Network Open, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers found that patient out-of-pocket spending increased for hepatitis B medication, entecavir.
The research team found that between...
Physical link discovered between creativity and neuroticism
People that are neurotic are also on average very creative. The same chemical and physical mechanisms that produce superior creativity have been found to produce neurotic behaviors that...
Study: Computational models reveal effects of pregnancy on kidneys
Researchers are using computer simulations to better understand the impacts pregnancy can have on kidneys.
The new research will help medical practitioners better understand the physiology of the kidneys...
Early blood tests key to identifying whooping cough in infants
A study reports that taking early and repeated white blood cell counts is critical to diagnosing pertussis – also known as whooping cough -- in infants. According to...
New study illuminates how melanoma readies lymph nodes for tumor spread
Melanoma cells release small extracellular packages containing the protein nerve growth factor receptor, which primes nearby lymph nodes for tumor metastases, according to a new study by Weill...
Age of mom at time of birth linked to longer life
There appears to be yet another reason to wait to have children later in life. A new study published by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine...
Study: Imaging collagen – a new technique for therapeutics?
Myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, affects over 800,000 people in the U.S. every year. Following a heart attack, a scar forms on the heart, leading to poorer...
Study: Stem cells used to regenerate damaged heart tissue after heart...
Doctors at Stony Brook University Hospital are working on a study involving the infusion of 10 million stem cells harvested from bone marrow in the hip directly into...
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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...