A recent study with adult smokers who had approached the NHS Stop Smoking Services compared e-cigarettes with nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) as part of a smoking cessation service.After a year, 18% of e-cigarette users had stopped smoking tobacco compared with 9.9%…
Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. According to researchers, the goal of the experiment is to create organs viable for transplant into…
In April we surveyed 3114 people in the United States and asked them about their perceptions of their current health and wellness. The purpose was understanding what our participants thought were the most important wellness areas and popular ways people…
Although many of us enjoy the sunshine, as a result of climate change we are increasingly likely to experience extreme summer temperatures. Britain had its second hottest day ever recorded during the heatwave the 25th of July 2019, with temperatures…
Orvil is a 71-year-old prostate cancer survivor. He regularly had preventive exams, digital tests, and blood tests to screen for prostate cancer since age 50, and about ten years ago, tests revealed that his prostate was enlarged. Initially, the doctors…
We are back from ASCO 2019, which took place from 31 May – 4 June in Chicago, IL. It was a pleasure to attend one of the largest educational and scientific gatherings of oncology medical professionals as well as to…
According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 65 million people are estimated to be displaced worldwide, with European countries registering over two million asylum applications since January 2015. The number of people moving for economic reasons has also grown…
What might happen if Medicare and Medicaid covered 30% of healthy food purchases? A team of researches from Tufts University, lead by Yujin Lee, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy modeled two different scenarios.…
