Aging egg cells can be rejuvenated when placed inside young follicles, a new study of mouse cells suggests.The study could serve as proof-of-concept for future fertility treatments aimed at reversing aging in human egg cells —...
It was early morning in Burundi when one of our patients set out for the hospital, her baby strapped to her back and her sick four-year-old son cradled in her arms. When her little boy’s itchy sores started to weep and he would not...
These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional. (That’s when they bother to test at all.) But for all their convenience, the antigen tests commonly used...
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Some early morning cloud cover lingers before clearing out with cool and dry air infiltrating the area through the rest of the day. Morning lows in the brisk upper 40’s warm only to the upper 60’s...
Hey Dude! It’s a little wild and a little strange, when you make your home out on the the range. Start your horse and come along. Cause you can’t get a ride if you can’t hold on…. Anyone remember this show? If you’re...
A spate of high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. in 2022 sparked calls for Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons – covering the types of guns used in both the recent Buffalo grocery attack and that on...
(WASHINGTON) — Fewer adolescents are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials reported Thursday, pointing to a shrinking number of high school students who are using Elf Bar and other fruity, unauthorized...
A new tick-borne virus discovered in China can spread to humans and sometimes cause neurological disease, scientists report.The germ, dubbed Wetland virus (WELV), was first detected in a hospital patient who was treated in the city...
With multiple game-changing developments over the past two decades, kidney cancer patients are now living longer and better.A big part of the reason is that many are being diagnosed at earlier stages of the disease, when it can often...
Priya, an engineer in California, was on a deadline. Under pressure, she emailed a younger friend working on the same project to ask for some data that the project needed to get done on time. She and the woman weren’t super close,...
An outbreak of naturally occurring anthrax has killed at least 50 Animals, including cattle and a moose, in Wyoming.In a statement released Sept. 3, the Wyoming Livestock Board confirmed that "multiple beef herds" in Carbon County,...
Roughly one in six people are affected by infertility worldwide.And with more than half the world's population now living in urban areas, researchers are interested in whether living in noisy and polluted cities could be to blame.A...
The 2024 outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis – known as triple E or EEE – has caused six reported and confirmed human disease cases in five states, including one death, as of Sept. 4, 2024. EEE surfaces nearly every year in...
When I left my father’s condo for the airport on a sunny March day in 2018, I did not once think that he might kill himself. Yes, his depression had returned, dense and unsteadying. But he had just come home from a week of voluntary...
Ashley Graham is an American model and television presenter. She is a plus size model and vocal body positivity champion. She was born on October 30 1987. She made her debut on the cover of the Sports illustrated Swimsuit issue in...
The weight-loss drugs that have become so popular in recent years actually began as diabetes medications, and a new study shows that they continue to provide strong protection against that chronic disease.Eli Lilly, the makers of tirzepatide—which...
Sleep is a moving target. When you were a newborn, you slept for most of the day, then less as an older child; as a teen, you slept later. A senior’s bedtime is earlier—part of a lifetime journey of rising and falling sleep needs...
Mosquito-borne diseases seem to be everywhere this year. Towns in Massachusetts are shutting down public parks and other outdoor areas after officials learned that mosquitoes in the region are carrying eastern equine encephalitis,...
Robots smaller than most bacteria could deliver drugs right to the site of a brain aneurysm, preventing a devastating stroke, a new animal study suggests.The new technology has been tested only in rabbits so far. But with further study,...
A common food dye can turn the skin of living mice transparent, enabling researchers to peer inside the body without surgery.This is the first time scientists have used the technique to visualize the tissues of living mice under the...
I cringed recently while driving to the clinic where I specialize in geriatric medicine when I heard a young radio announcer refer to old people as “wiggy,” a pejorative for wacky. As a doctor who has extensively researched aging...
