Earlier this year, Kendall Jenner announced a partnership with acne-targeting skin-care brand Proactiv. At first, fans were surprised. After all, Jenner often looks flawless on the red carpet. Could acne really be affecting one of the world’s most famous people in such a meaningful way? In a new interview, Jenner explained exactly when she began to… Read More »
WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2019 — Reducing high blood pressure in the elderly appears to lower their odds of developing brain lesions, a new study finds. “I think it’s an important clinical finding, and a very hopeful one for elderly people who have vascular disease of the brain and [high blood pressure],” said study co-principal investigator… Read More »
Theoretically, there’s an ideal birth control option for every person (though maybe none of them are totally perfect just yet). You want to get your contraception in the form of a daily pill? Go for it! Rather baby-proof your uterus by getting a shot every three months? Yup—that exists! Or if you prefer to ward… Read More »
By SOMALARAM VENKATESH MD With a stated intent of bringing social justice and financial relief to hundreds of thousands of patients undergoing coronary angioplasty in the country every year, the Government of India capped the sale price of coronary stents in Feb 2017. Stent prices fell by as much as 80% with this populist move,… Read More »
By Diane Mar-Nicolle The immune system is the body’s best defense in fighting diseases like HIV and cancer. Now, an international team of researchers is harnessing the immune system to provide new clues that may help efforts to produce an HIV vaccine. SFU professor Mark Brockman and co-authors from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South… Read More »
FILE PHOTO: An illustration picture shows a woman holding a birth control pill at her home in Nice January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo (Reuters) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new rules allowing employers to obtain exemptions from an Obamacare requirement that they provide health insurance… Read More »