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Screening people for cancer saves thousands of lives every year. And these programmes will play a vital role in achieving NHS England’s ambition to diagnose 3 in 4 cancers early by 2028. But there’s room for improvement. After a difficult period for cancer screening programmes in England, former National Cancer Director Sir Mike Richards was tasked with reviewing the programmes […]
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It’s bittersweet when your child finally reaches an age where they can join family game night as a player instead of a watcher. On the one hand, you can’t even fathom that your little one is already outgrowing their stacking rings and rattles. On the other, you’re excited to introduce them to the games you enjoyed as a kid, starting […]
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Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data on the effect of electrical stimulation therapies on spinal fusion. They found significant improvement overall in the rates of bone fusion following a course of electrical stimulation in both preclinical (animal) and clinical (human) studies. Detailed findings of this study can be […]
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While there’s no denying that shopping for a new baby can be fun — picking out all those adorable toys, teeny-tiny clothes and super-soft blankies is basically one giant dopamine rush — there are certain purchasing decisions involved in the preparation of a newborn that are about as enjoyable and unavoidable as a diaper blowout (parents-to-be: just you wait). So […]
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Tori Spelling is over the mom-shamers! The actress clapped back after she was criticized for her children’s pink hair. “First of all, it was Halloween costumes in pink, and it washes out the next day,” the BH90210 star, 46, told Us Weekly exclusively at the Nights of the Jack Friends & Family VIP Preview Night on Wednesday, October 2. “It […]
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Your grown-up bed may be a veritable cloud of high thread-count sheets, cozy comforters and pillows — but your baby’s bed needs none of that. In fact, until they’re a year old, babies should sleep with nothing in their crib but a tightly-fitted sheet. No bunting, blankets or bumpers. Even after a year, experts recommend limiting the items in a […]
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When Jessica Simpson told fans on September 24, 2019 that she’d lost 100 pounds just six months after giving birth to her third baby, she shared an encouraging note on Instagram: “Even when it felt impossible, I chose to work harder,” she captioned her photo. In the new issue of the magazine, both a source close to the singer and […]
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Where is Waldo? Whether we’re searching for Waldo or our keys in a room of clutter, we tap into a part of the frontal region of the brain when performing visual, goal-related tasks. Some of us do it well, whereas for others it’s a bit challenging. One West Virginia University researcher set out to investigate why, and what specifically this […]
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Scientists know that the solution to preventing breast cancer won’t come easily, but a collaborative team of scientists at Purdue University and the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Institut de Cancérologie de L’Ouest (ICO) in Nantes, France, say they’ve recently discovered one of the missing pieces of the puzzle when it comes to cancer prevention. […]
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Living in a major city means that I'm on my feet a lot: I walk blocks to work, I'm often dashing from coffee shop to lunch spot during the day, and even after 5 p.m. you can find me walking to an event. To put it simply, I don't give my feet much time to rest—which is why wearing comfortable shoes, […]
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