Family Medicine News

Researchers develop method for identifying aggressive breast cancer drivers

20.08.2019 Health Problems

Precision cancer medicine requires personalized biomarkers to identify patients who will benefit from specific cancer therapies. In an effort to improve the accuracy of predictions about prognosis for patients with breast cancer and the efficacy of personalized therapy, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have developed a method to precisely identify individual patients who have aggressive breast […]

Rhythm movement can help kids perform better at school, says study

20.08.2019 Kids Health

"Being able to control your own emotions, cognition and behaviours is an important predictor of school readiness and early school achievement," the study emphasised. Marching or tapping a beat can help kids develop self-regulation skills and improve school readiness, according to research. The findings are part of a preschool programme designed by associate professor Kate Williams which focussed exclusively on […]

Millie Bobby Brown Launches a Gen Z Beauty Brand

20.08.2019 Beauty & Balance

Millie Bobby Brown is one decisive 15-year-old. The “Stranger Things” star, who is launching her first brand — Florence by Mills — said she knew in a matter of seconds when products were right (or not) during the development process for her Gen Z beauty label, which will be sold at Ulta Beauty, Boots and online. "I'm very decisive. As […]

Malaria expert warns of need for malaria drug to treat severe cases in US

20.08.2019 Health Problems

Each year there are more than 200 million cases of malaria worldwide, a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that brings on fever and body aches and, in some cases, more serious conditions such as coma and death. While the vast majority of these cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the U.S. each year sees more than 1,500 […]

Ebola kills boy aged 7 in DR Congo’s South Kivu

20.08.2019 Health Problems

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A child has died from Ebola in DR Congo’s South Kivu, health authorities said Monday, the second person to succumb to the virus since the epidemic spread to the eastern province. The announcement last week of the first confirmed cases in South Kivu revived concerns that the highly contagious disease could cross the porous borders of […]

Targeting cell division in pancreatic cancer

19.08.2019 Health Problems

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, with patients surviving on average less than a year once the disease has spread. There is an urgent need to evaluate more therapeutic targets. The chemotherapeutic agent abemaciclib is effective in treating breast cancer, but there is limited preclinical evaluation of this targeted therapy in treating pancreatic cancer. New research from Sidney […]

The 8 Best Swaddles, From A Mom Who's Tried Them All

18.08.2019 Kids Health

If you’ve ever seen a newborn wrapped up like a burrito, you know it is the cutest sight. Their legs and arms are tucked and snug, and all you can see is their sweet little head. But cuteness aside, swaddling serves a very important purpose: It helps infants “feel safe and warm,” Dr. Katherine Williamson, MD, a pediatrician at Mission […]

Watch: What new parents should know about managing a baby

18.08.2019 Kids Health

"There was an internal voice or an internal prosecutor really that was telling me that I wasn't a good mom. That good moms have babies that don't cry and that other women probably know how to do this so much better than I do…" When mother and family counsellor Diana Eidelman’s first child was born, she was 32 years old. […]

It'll Be a Boy for Jeremy and Pregnant Audrey Roloff: ‘We’re So Excited’

18.08.2019 Family Health

A little brother is on the way for Ember Jean! Jeremy and Audrey Roloff are expanding their family, which already includes 23-month-old daughter Ember, with a baby boy. The couple announced the gender with a video from their party on Saturday. The Little People, Big World alums were joined by their daughter when they learned they would be expecting a […]

Using math to help treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases

16.08.2019 Health Problems

Protein aggregation—in which misfolded proteins clump together to form large fibrils—has been implicated in many diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and type II diabetes. While the exact role these fibrils play in diseases isn’t fully understood, many of the current treatments for diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s target the aggregation process. However, finding the right treatment protocols for these drugs, which […]

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