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The number of food recalls rose slightly in Germany last year with more than 100 because of microbial contamination. Federal states and the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) published 267 food recalls in 2023. This is similar to the 258 recalls in 2022 but up from 236 in 2021. On …
Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat his multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2010. The drugs have kept his cancer at bay. But their rapidly increasing costs so infuriated Mitchell that he was inspired to create …
First aid for chest pain depends on the cause. Causes of chest pain can vary. Serious health conditions such as a heart attack or blood clot in the lungs can cause chest pain. Other causes of chest pain include heartburn, pulled muscles and emotional stress. It can be difficult to tell if chest pain …
The University of California San Francisco, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the California Health Care Foundation and ScaleHealth developed a survey to learn about application programming interface integrations, barriers faced during API integration and API-relevant policy efforts. WHY IT MATTERS ONC indicated in a HealthIT Buzz blog on Thursday that the study published in JAMIA last …
This week Time published a story about a 13-year-old girl in Mississippi who, thanks to the state’s new abortion ban, was forced to give birth shortly before entering seventh grade. The story highlights how increasingly challenging it has become to obtain an abortion in many parts of the country, even for those who are …
Introduction The mesmerizing underwater world holds numerous treasures, and among them shines the vibrant Greenlip Abalone. With its graceful presence and delectable taste, this marine gastropod has captured the attention of seafood enthusiasts and marine biologists alike. In this article, we embark on a captivating journey to explore the wonders of the Greenlip …
Osteoarthritis affects 530 million people worldwide Puwadol Jaturawutthichai/Shutterstock Drug-delivering nanoparticles might help treat osteoarthritis. In mice with signs of the condition, a single injection of the particles relieved pain for months. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting about 530 million people worldwide. It occurs when the cartilage cushioning bones breaks down, …
A week before the SAG Awards, Hollywood’s biggest stars traveled to England for the 2024 BAFTA Awards, otherwise known as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. Of course, they might as well have called it the Oppenheimer and Poor Things awards, with both films sweeping nearly every category they were nominated …
The Rangers and Islanders made the most of their arrivals for Sunday’s Stadium Series, paying homage to local police officers and firefighters as they showed up to MetLife Stadium. Dressed in blue NYPD and red FDNY sweaters, the Rangers rode up to the stadium on fire trucks behind old-timey police cars. The players then …
Peter McGuffin, who has died aged 74, showed the importance of trying to establish how genetic and non-genetic factors act together to predispose people to psychiatric disorders: so-called gene-environment interplay. He was also one of the first to see the potential of the DNA revolution for understanding psychiatric disorders, and his work laid the …