Health and Fitness

For Medicare beneficiaries with advanced prostate cancer (PCa), receipt of novel hormonal therapy (NHT) agents varies with race, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in JAMA Network Open. Ting Martin Ma, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues examined racial and ethnic disparities in use of NHT in a …

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Adding a cup of beans to the usual diet enhances the gut microbiome and regulates host markers associated with metabolic obesity and colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the December issue of eBioMedicine. Xiaotao Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues conducted a low-risk, …

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Detection of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus; GBS) in the placenta is associated with an increased risk for neonatal unit (NNU) admission, according to a study published online Nov. 29 in Nature Microbiology. Francesca Gaccioli, Ph.D., from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and colleagues reanalyzed a dataset that previously detected GBS DNA …

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Patients with Parkinson’s disease call it “D-Day,” the date they were told they had the incurable movement disorder. Now, a new study suggests they might be getting the wrong message when they get the news. “A lot of people say ‘I’m sorry, you have Parkinson’s,’” said lead author Dr. Indu Subramanian, a movement disorders neurologist …

A Parkinson’s diagnosis can come with some hope, experts say Read More »

When hospitals support trauma survivors’ mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report. There’s no uniform guidance on how to offer mental health services to these patients, noted lead study author Laura Prater. Fewer hospital readmissions are a good sign that people’s mental health needs are being …

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DDG is known as a rapper and content creator, but life very nearly took him in a different direction. “Boxing is really my first love,” he says. “If I wasn’t making music… I would be a boxer.” Sadly, a childhood shoulder injury “crushed” that dream, but boxing still makes up a huge part of the …

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When Marvel Studios’ What If…? first dropped on Disney+, it was something of a curiosity: an animated anthology series where each episode posits an alternate scenario to the timeline of events fans have experienced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It came out of the gate strong with a reimagined version of Captain America in which …

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison on December 28, 2023. Blanchard served eight years of a 10-year sentence for the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, after being a victim of what would become a famous case of Munchausen’s by proxy, a form of abuse in which an individual causes a child or …

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One of the best parts of sitting down to watch a movie from DC Films is the fact that you’re also in for a treat once the credits stop rolling. The post-credits scenes often contain clues and keys to what’s going to come in the DCU, and at this point, we’re all so used to …

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Features a Fun Post-Credits Scene Read More »

Truly feels like we’ve lived through millions of Chiefs games at this point, but we need to collectively circle back to Travis Kelce’s game on December 17. Despite fans combing through every. single. detail from this fated day (like Taylor Swift showing up wearing Travis’ number 87 on her hat), the internet just now noticed …

Fans Think Travis Kelce Has a Hickey and All Chill Has Been Abandoned Read More »