I’m a 33–year-old man who has been in a relationship with a woman for the best part of two years. While we have had ups and downs during our relationship, we do still regularly have sex. At the start, the sexual intimacy was good – and we both initiated. But recently I’ve noticed less interest … Read more
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 19, 2024. Staff | Reuters Over the last 12 months, just 11 stocks made up half of the gains that powered the pan-European Stoxx 600 stock index to a record-high close on Friday. Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs … Read more
A decades-old asthma medication may help reduce the severity of allergic reactions for those suffering from food allergies, a new study found. The study, published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine, said that Xolair (also known as omalizumab) helped even the youngest sufferers, aged just one year, with multiple food allergies. After 16 … Read more
Cancer patients in the UK are less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiotherapy than those in comparable countries, research suggests. Some 32 percent of patients were treated with chemotherapy in the UK, compared with 39 percent in Norway and Canada and 42 percent in Australia. One in five received radiotherapy here, compared with 23 percent … Read more
Photo Credit: Rapeepong Puttakumwong / Getty Images SOURCES: American College of Cardiology: “Latest Evidence on Racial Inequities and Biases in Advanced Heart Failure.” American Journal of Preventive Cardiology: “Improving the enrollment of women and racially/ethnically diverse populations in cardiovascular clinical trials: An ASPC practice statement.” CDC: “The Syphilis Study at Tuskegee Timeline.” Circulation: Heart Failure: … Read more
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban by creating limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest was introduced Monday in the GOP-dominated House, as lawmakers wrangle with an issue at the forefront of last year’s campaign for governor. Republican state Rep. Ken Fleming filed the measure on the last … Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hundreds of medical professionals in West Virginia have signed a letter condemning a bill advancing in the House of Delegates that would bar transgender youth at risk for suicide from accessing medical interventions such as hormone therapy. The bill before the full House would completely ban minors’ access to hormone therapy … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he believes provinces voicing plans to opt out of a national pharmacare plan will likely opt in eventually, noting similar sentiments were seen when universal health care became law in Canada. “What happened was provinces had universal health care in some places, and people said, ‘Well, we’re getting our coverage,’ … Read more
Plant-based cheeses contain more salt than dairy versions, as well as high amounts of saturated fat, experts have warned. Campaign group Action on Salt analysed the nutritional content of more than 600 hard-pressed cheeses. Despite often being seen as a healthy alternative, plant-based types had the highest average amount of salt with 1.91g per 100g … Read more
Photo Credit: FatCamera / Getty Images Yale School of Medicine Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor Moffitt Cancer Center SOURCES: Andrea Silber, MD, assistant clinical director for health equity and diversity, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer hospital; professor of clinical medicine (medical oncology), Yale School of Medicine. Christine Ko, MD, professor of dermatology and pathology, … Read more
