This Woman Tried a Vaginal Steam Treatment Gwenyth Paltrow Recommends—and Ended Up With Second Degree Burns on Her Vagina

Health Problems

Gwenyth Paltrow’s wellness advice may be trendy—but apparently it can cause serious injury. One woman learned that the hard way when she tried a Paltrow-endorsed therapy called "vaginal steaming" and ended up in the ER with a second-degree burn on her vagina. According to a case report from the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada, the 62-year-old woman had a prolapsed vagina—meaning her […]

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Amyloid is a less accurate marker for measuring severity, progression of Alzheimer’s

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While the presence of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain may be a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, giving patients an amyloid PET scan is not an effective method for measuring their cognitive function, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University. The researchers concluded that fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) […]

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Thomas Rhett's Pregnant Wife Is Not 'a Fun Mommy' Thanks to Morning Sickness

Kids Health

Sharing her symptoms! Thomas Rhett’s wife, Lauren Akins, is experiencing a lot of nausea during her pregnancy. “My little sunshines,” the University of Tennessee grad, 29, captioned a photo of her daughters, Willa, 3, and Ada, 23 months, on Saturday, August 3. “On our ‘adventure walk’ around the neighborhood (a game I made up on the fly because we desperately […]

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Here's What NOT to Do When Your Kid Throws a Tantrum

Kids Health

Emotional intelligence is key to parenting. That’s because it refers to your capacity to be cognizant and in control of your emotions and how you allow those emotions to manifest in your expressions, as well as how empathetically you handle your interpersonal relationships. So when your child throws a temper tantrum, as all children do, emotional intelligence will help you […]

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Injectable ‘bone spackling’: A cell therapy approach to heal complex fractures

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Large, complex bone wounds are hard for doctors and patients alike to contend with. They often require grafts and multiple surgeries. Jan Stegemann, a University of Michigan professor of biomedical engineering, is reprogramming adult cells from bone marrow so that they can be injected directly into a wound and grow into bone. The marrow-derived cells are known as progenitor cells, […]

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No One Rocks a Princess Dress Like Chrissy Teigen's Daughter Luna: Pics

Kids Health

Goals! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s daughter, Luna, loves a good princess dress and adorably rocks them on the regular. Luna’s passion for royal fashion all started with her first Halloween. The little one, who arrived in April 2016, rocked more than a handful of costumes her first time celebrating the holiday. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model kicked the spooky day […]

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To assess a cell’s health, follow the glucose

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A new spectroscopic technique reveals that glucose use in live cells provides valuable information about the functional status of cells, tissues, and organs. Shifts in a cell’s use of glucose can signal changes in health and progress of disease. How a cell uses glucose has long been a window on overall health. However, existing glucose-imaging tools have only been able […]

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