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Potential new cancer treatment a step closer

12.12.2019 Health Problems

QIMR Berghofer researchers have discovered a potential new cancer immunotherapy target that involves switching off a regulatory cell to stop tumors growing and spreading. The study findings have been published today in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Senior researcher and head of QIMR Berghofer’s Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy Laboratory, Associate Professor Michele Teng, said […]

Democrats & Republicans Have Struck A Deal To Increase Paid Parental Leave

10.12.2019 Kids Health

On Monday, Congress came to an agreement to guarantee all civilian federal employees up to 12 weeks paid parental leave for newborn and adopted children. The measure was part of a last-minute deal to get the annual defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, passed. It still needs to be voted on both houses of congress but both Democratic and Republican […]

Identification of a key protein linked to ageing

09.12.2019 Health Problems

Ageing is a dramatic public health issue in the face of the current demographic changes: the proportion of 60 and over in the world’s population will almost double by 2050. In this context, a new discovery has just broadened scientific knowledge. Researchers from the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Department at the Institut Pasteur shed light on the mechanisms of […]

Eating only during a 10-hour window improved health for those with metabolic syndrome

05.12.2019 Health Problems

What if a clock did a better job than a scale at promoting weight loss, improving sleep and preventing diabetes? New research suggests it’s about time to consider that possibility. In an early effort to explore the benefits of daily fasting in humans, researchers have found that people who are at high risk of developing diabetes improved their health in […]

A common insulin signaling pathway across cancer and diabetes

04.12.2019 Health Problems

An oncology researcher has made an unexpected contribution to the understanding of type 2 diabetes. In results published in Science Advances, Patrick Hu, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, found a protein that modulates a signaling pathway often targeted by cancer therapies is also required for insulin biogenesis. Hu and colleagues showed a protein controlling the […]

Kylie Jenner's Daughter Stormi Is a 'Natural' Snowboarder in New Video

04.12.2019 Kids Health

Gold medalist in the making! Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott’s 22-month-old daughter, Stormi, showed off her snowboarding skills on the reality star’s Tuesday, December 3, Instagram Story. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for too long,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 22, captioned footage of her toddler strapped into a board at a sporting goods store. “Can’t handle […]

Sienna Miller: Why My Daughter Is 'Putting a Lot of Pressure' on Me

16.11.2019 Kids Health

Sienna Miller’s 7-year-old daughter, Marlowe, is “putting a lot of pressure” on her mom, but for the very best reason. “She wants me to voice an animation [so she can see one of my movies],” the actress, 34, tells Us Weekly exclusively at the American Woman screening at NeueHouse Hollywood. “She’d be so proud. I only make R-rated movies, it […]

You Had a Baby Girl Because You Were Stressed as Hell, Study Says

22.10.2019 Kids Health

File this one under Studies We Don’t Exactly Know What to Do With: A study from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York–Presbyterian claims that maternal stress during pregnancy may actually affect fetal and child development — including the sex of your baby. Hey, there are currently studies out there searching for the “gay gene” too, […]

This Dangerous New Diet Encourages You to Eat Just 1-2 Hours a Day

14.10.2019 Beauty & Balance

I thought I’d heard it all, but the Snake Diet is a new one on me. The diet is a twist on the current popularity of fasting, and its extreme nature is raising a lot of red flags for health professionals like me. Here’s the lowdown on what the plan entails, and why I strongly recommend skipping it. What is the […]

Angelina Jolie: My Son Maddox Is 'Such a Good Man'

10.10.2019 Kids Health

Angelina Jolie is singing her son’s praises! “I’m so happy for [Maddox] that [he has] grown up into such a good man,” the actress, 44, gushed to Entertainment Tonight at the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil premiere in London on Wednesday, October 9. “I say that because he’s smart and he’s doing his work, but he’s also wild. He’s balanced in his teenage years.” The 18-year-old […]

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