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A disturbing undercover investigation at a Michigan lab has revealed three dozen beagles have been force-fed fungicides as part of a year-long experiment that will ultimately end in their deaths, the Humane Society of the United States said. The goal of the study, which is being conducted at Charles River Laboratories in Mattawan, is to examine […]
This week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that testing confirmed the presence of asbestos in three Claire's cosmetics products, according to a statement released by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Susan Mayne, Ph.D., director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Here's what you need to know about the results […]
Everyone knows that parents lose out on sleep when they have a new baby. For months, you’re a zombie, lucky to clock three hours in a row. After that you limp along, your thoughts constantly consumed by how tired you are, cursing the old pre-baby you for not realizing how good you had it. But […]
There is no reason to delay having another baby after a stillbirth, research in the Lancet suggests. Although women are often told to wait for a year before getting pregnant again, there is little evidence to back up this advice. This international study of 14,000 births found no increased risk of problems if conception happened […]
(Reuters Health) – Youth 12 to 14 years old who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) are much more likely to die by suicide than their heterosexual peers, a disparity that persists but becomes less pronounced by early adulthood, a U.S. study suggests. While 24 percent of the suicide deaths in the 12 […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A 4-year-old boy in a Washington state apartment found a loaded gun under a mattress and used it to shoot his pregnant mother in the face, authorities said Sunday. The 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend were watching television in bed Saturday when their son found the gun between the mattress and box […]
None of the three main health screening programmes in England – bowel, breast or cervical – met their targets last year, according to a report by the National Audit Office. There were also delays in cervical screening results reaching half of women tested, with a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples. Bowel screening performed best, narrowly […]
Here’s more evidence that plastic waste is pervasive in our oceans. Researchers studying plastic debris discovered inside the bodies of dozens of dead whales, dolphins and seals say the majority of the items found were not plastic bags or drinking straws, but synthetic fibers from clothing. Released Thursday by the University of Exeter, the study […]
Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer in England are improving, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer, says a report by Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England. But it found young patients living in poorer areas had lower chances of survival. Understanding why this happens should be a priority, the […]
Car parking prices have risen at more than four in 10 NHS hospitals in England in a year, data suggests. A total of 124 of the 152 trusts running hospitals responded to Freedom of Information requests by the Press Association, with 53 saying prices were up for visitors or staff, or both. Some trusts had […]
One in three children in England does fewer than 30 minutes of physical activity a day – half the amount recommended by government guidelines, a report by Sport England suggests. Girls are less likely to be as active as boys, with 13 to 16-year-olds the least active age group. The online survey of 130,000 five […]
A new national survey released Thursday shows substantial support for greater access to medication abortion among women in America. Currently, a woman who wants to take the abortion pill — actually a combination of two drugs — must go to a medical facility where she takes the first medicine, mifepristone, in front of a clinician, and […]
Significant numbers of patients requiring serious surgery are having operations postponed, a study suggests. Research led by the Royal College of Anaesthesia and University College London looked at more than 26,000 cases in a seven-day period in March last year, across 245 UK hospitals. They found one in seven operations were cancelled on the day […]
Love is (literally) in the air. A new survey says sparks are flying on planes more often than you might think — and we’re not talking about cell phones catching fire. According to the HSBC survey, which asked more than 5,000 travelers across the globe about their flight experiences and the onboard connections they’ve made, […]
(Reuters Health) – Sexual minorities are less likely to be employed or to have health insurance than their straight peers, a new U.S. study suggests. They are also more likely to report being in poorer health and having a lower quality of life, according to the results published in the online journal BMJ Open. The […]