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A team of doctors at Duke University has carried out the first donation after circulatory (or cardiac) death (DCD) heart transplant in the U.S. Members of the surgical team have spoken with the press giving some details of the procedure. Over the past several decades, heart transplants have become routine—saving the lives of thousands of people. But in recent years, […]
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(HealthDay)—A quarter of all U.S. ocular firearm injuries occur within the pediatric population, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Rebecca Weiss, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, and colleagues used data collected from the National Trauma Data Bank to analyze firearm-related ocular injuries (1,972 injuries) for pediatric patients (younger than 21 […]
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Air Force has ordered a day off from training to focus on a suicide epidemic in its ranks. The first-ever move was announced as the Air Force deals with 30 more suicides among airmen so far this year compared with the same time last year, CBS News reported. “We lose more airmen to suicide than any other single […]
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LONDON — Neom, the British wellness brand built around essential oils and natural ingredients, is breaking into the skin-care market with products aimed at stressed-out skin, and plans to expand in the U.S. in September. Cofounder and creative director Nicola Elliott started Neom 14 years ago after calling time on a magazine career at U.K. Glamour, where she was working […]
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(HealthDay)—The prevalence of arthritis was 22.8 percent in U.S. adults in 2017, with statewide variation in prevalence and in the prevalence of severe joint pain and physical inactivity among those with arthritis, according to research published in the May 3 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Dana Guglielmo, M.P.H., from the […]
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Makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury is readying her first U.S. storefront. The shop is set to open at The Grove in Los Angeles in summer 2019. The goal is to bring the Charlotte Tilbury shopping experience closer to U.S. consumers. "With all of my Beauty Wonderlands I have designed them to completely revolutionize and disrupt the way people shop, they are […]
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Chrissy Teigen’s mom is officially a United States citizen, and she couldn’t have done it without toddler Luna by her side. Vilailuck Teigen, who lives with her daughter and son-in-law John Legend, passed her citizenship test on Wednesday and was all smiles as she and Luna said the Pledge of Allegiance. Chrissy Teigen shared an adorable video of her mom’s […]
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(HealthDay)—Most new mothers in the United States start out breastfeeding, but many stop sooner than recommended, a new federal government report says. Of the nearly 4 million babies born in 2015, about 83 percent started out breastfeeding, but fewer than 36 percent were still breastfeeding at 12 months, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 6 […]
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(HealthDay)—One-quarter of older adults with type 2 diabetes in the United States are tightly controlled using glucose-lowering medications with a high risk of hypoglycemia, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Suzanne V. Arnold, M.D., from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and colleagues examined the proportion of older adults with […]
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(HealthDay)—Americans should expect that a super-resistant form of gonorrhea like that found in the United Kingdom will soon reach these shores, health experts say. Earlier this year, doctors diagnosed a man in England with a case of gonorrhea that could not be cured with antibiotics commonly deployed against the sexually transmitted bacteria. This was shocking to the public, but not […]
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