May the drug used to deal with erectile dysfunction assist ladies who’ve difficulties with arousal? It’s a query that sexual drugs researchers have puzzled over since no less than the late Nineteen Nineties, when the Meals and Drug Administration authorized sildenafil, often called Viagra, for males. Docs prescribe sildenafil off-label to some feminine sufferers, both…

The U.S. surgeon common, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday that he would push for a warning label on social media websites that claims the platforms can hurt the psychological well being of younger individuals. When she heard the information, Jean Twenge, a analysis psychologist who has spent years warning concerning the dangers of social…

Kim Brief waited within the physician’s examination room on an icy day in February, exhausted from the primary trimester of being pregnant and trembling in withdrawal from methamphetamine, alcohol, Xanax and Klonopin. She stared on the flooring, her black hair curtaining face tattoos of a dagger and stitches, memorials to associates useless from overdose. Inky…

In July 2016, a warmth wave hit Boston, with daytime temperatures averaging 92 levels for 5 days in a row. Some native college college students who had been staying on the town for the summer time received fortunate and had been residing in dorms with central air-conditioning. Different college students, not a lot — they…

As a boy, Les Milne carried an air of triumph about him, and an air of sorrow. Les was a very promising and energetic younger man, an all-Scottish swim champion, head boy at his academy in Dundee, a high pupil sure for medical faculty. However when he was younger, his father died; his mom was…

Lesa Walton suffered for years with rheumatoid arthritis. “It was terrible,” mentioned Ms. Walton, 57, who lives in Wenatchee, Wash. “I stored getting sicker and sicker.” She additionally had hypertension, and she or he was overweight. Doctors advised her to eating regimen and train, which she did, to no avail. Then she discovered a health…

Attempting to find time for a nutritious lunch in the course of the workday can really feel like a shedding battle. Between conferences, deadlines and a endless stream of emails, many people give in to the comfort of quick fare — or worse, skip the meal altogether. However regardless of your schedule, a balanced lunch…

The chook flu outbreak in dairy cattle has thus far spilled over to simply three farmworkers in the US, so far as public well being authorities know. All of them have had principally gentle signs. However that doesn’t assure that the virus, known as H5N1, will stay benign if it begins to unfold amongst individuals.…