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Boosting the cancer-destroying ability of killer T-cells

26.06.2019 Health Problems

More types of cancer could potentially be destroyed by patients’ own immune cells, thanks to new research by Cardiff University. The team of researchers discovered that increasing the amount of the molecule L-selectin on T-cells can vastly improve their ability to fight solid tumors. Professor Ann Ager, from Cardiff University’s Systems Immunity Research Institute, said: “These results mean that immunotherapy […]

Hilaria Baldwin Does the 'Nicest' Thing for Social Media Mom-Shamers

19.06.2019 Kids Health

Helping out the haters! Hilaria Baldwin does social media trolls a favor when they leave negative comments on her Instagram posts. “The nicest thing I can do for these people is delete their comments because everybody is going to attack them,” the fitness guru, 35, told Us Weekly exclusively backstage at the Match Game on Monday, June 17. “[It’s] for […]

Molecular analysis could improve the early detection and prevention of endometrial cancer

17.06.2019 Health Problems

The use of molecular biomarkers in minimally invasive sampling opens a promising perspective for the early detection of endometrial cancer. This is the conclusion reached by the members of Screenwide research group, formed by researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-Hospitalet). The article that they have prepared, and that has been published […]

I Tried This Viral Pumping Hack & Was Shocked By the Results

06.06.2019 Kids Health

I’d be willing to bet there isn’t a single mother in the world who hasn’t dealt with breastfeeding problems at some point. Whether it’s trouble latching, problems with milk production, sore nipples or one of the other million+ reasons breastfeeding can be hard, it’s stressful! So imagine how elated I was when I read that one mom discovered a painless […]

Narcissism – and the various ways it can lead to domestically abusive relationships

05.06.2019 Health Problems

Narcissism is a topic that is increasingly spoken about in today’s Instagram obsessed age of self-promotion and vanity. There has also been a significant increase in studies and investigations into narcissism, and that too has brought narcissism far more into the public domain. Any evidence of increasing self-awareness is to be welcomed. And yet, there is a danger here, because […]

The flu virus’s ability to mutate may sometimes be its downfall

31.05.2019 Health Problems

One of influenza virus’s main weapons is actually a double-edged sword. The virus’s ability to rapidly mutate lets it escape from the immune system’s memory and explains why people can be repeatedly re-infected with flu—unlike measles or polio. But those mutations can also blow the virus’s cover, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Jesse Bloom and colleagues reported May 8, 2019, […]

How the enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks

31.05.2019 Health Problems

Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic leading to chronic heart failure pathology. About 6 million people in the United States and 23 million worldwide suffer from this end-stage disease that involves dysfunction of the heart, a change that clinicians call cardiac remodeling. Despite medical advances, 2 to 17 percent of patients die within one year after […]

Pregnant Snooki Is Beyond Ready for the Birth of Baby No. 3: 'Come Out'

27.05.2019 Kids Health

The meatball’s still cooking! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is beyond ready for her third child to be born, based on her latest Instagram Stories. “Come out you little s–t,” the Jersey Shore alum, 31, captioned a Boomerang video of her pregnant belly on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, May 26. Minutes later, she posted a similar shot of herself holding a […]

Babies Should Not Sleep In Car Seats, According to the AAP

23.05.2019 Kids Health

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably let your little one sleep in their car seat. It is easy and convenient, plus most of us don’t give it a second thought. I mean, your baby is strapped in and safe, right? Well, think again. According to a new study, babies should not stay asleep in their car seat when they’re not […]

Prediabetes does not increase the cardiac risk of patients with CAD

20.05.2019 Health Problems

Prediabetes, the precursor stage before type 2 diabetes, does not increase the cardiac risk of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). An extensive study led by the University of Oulu, Finland, examined the effects of prediabetes on the cardiac risk of patients with CAD by monitoring the health of approximately 2,000 patients with CAD for six years. It is the […]

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