Medical
Hip, knee steroid injections may be harmful
Athletes often also have the jabs to mask any pain. The injections often are covered by insurance. And 0.7% had joint destruction, including bone loss, with the same number of patients enduring "complications of osteonecrosis", when bone tissue dies due to a lack of blood supply. [Full Article...]
A second CRISPR pregnancy is already under way, claims Chinese scientist
He Jiankui , who trained at Rice and Stanford universities, told the AP about his work before informing an organizer of an global conference set to start Tuesday in Hong Kong . "It's not unreasonable to expect the scientific community" to follow guidelines, said David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate from the California Institute of Technology who led the panel. [Full Article...]
IDPH Says Myths About Flu Shots Are Just That
As someone who has treated many people who do get the flu, I strongly urge you to get the shot. Some local health departments may also offer low- or no-cost flu immunizations. She stressed the importance of getting your flu shot before the season starts to ramp up so the vaccine has time to kick in. "That can't be understated". [Full Article...]
Kenya to become 16th country to roll out free cervical cancer vaccine
The study found that B.C. women who had received the HPV vaccine as grade six girls had a 57 per cent reduction in the incidence of cervical pre-cancer cells. Benda Kithaka, a civil society representative working with communities to eliminate cancer, said the vaccine is safe and aims at protecting adolescent girls against cervical cancer infection. [Full Article...]
43% Nepali children below five years are malnourished
The report said poor eating and feeding practices start from the earliest days of a child's life. During a media forum in Makati City, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) cited that one out of three Filipino children under five years old is stunted - they are too short for their age - while 7 percent of them are too thin for their height. [Full Article...]
Buttigieg says Warren more specific about 'selfies' than health care plan
Biden has stepped up his attacks on the MA senator as she threatens to overtake him as Democratic frontrunner in national and state polls. "I have a lot of respect for Senator Warren, but last night she was more specific and forthcoming about the number of selfies she's taken than about how this plan is going to be funded ". [Full Article...]
Local Democratic chair discusses Tuesday's presidential debate
Gabbard also called out the New York Times and CNN , media outlets that she said have smeared her lately for questioning US military involvement overseas. On the national level , she is averaging less than 1% according to RealClearPolitics , and she isn't doing much better in the early states. But he enters his fourth debate under the weight of intensifying questions from Trump about his... [Full Article...]
Ed Sheeran, Prince Harry Team Up on a Message
It's right by Nottingham Cottage, where Prince Harry and Meghan lived before they moved to Frogmore at Windsor , and just a few steps away from Prince William and Kate Middleton's palatial apartment within KP . "We're all in this together", he said. Ed and Harry made a video to educate people about the importance of mental health and posted the video on their Instagram handles. [Full Article...]