Podgy pug who loves leftovers will compete to lose weight and win a holiday
Each year the PDSA Pet Fit Club gathers up a bunch of unhealthy pets to take them on a journey of weight loss and discovery. The winning cat or dog…
Sick of Kissing: kissing with tongue can transmit gonorrhea
A disturbing idea: The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, gonorrhea called, apparently, can be transmitted not only through Sex but also through Kissing. Came to this finding, Australian researchers in a…
Sunbed-loving woman who got rid of cancer lump finds a cancerous 'spot' on lip
The surgery she had was meant to take an hour but ended up taking more than five hours because more tissue needed to be removed, resulting in scarring and a…
Who let the dogs in? Meet Tommy, the director of first impressions (and wellbeing)
After enthusiastically walking to work each morning, Tommy impatiently waits for the office door to open as smiles break out on the faces of his co-workers. Tommy is the director…
Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
Health care practitioners are split when it comes to opinions on which provider should take the lead in prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is administered to people at high risk…
Jessamyn Stanley’s Secret to Ignoring Haters Who Call Her ‘Fat,’ ‘Disgusting,’ and More
If you ask Jessamyn Stanley what her first time doing yoga was like, she’ll tell you it was hell on earth. Yep, Stanley, a yoga instructor who now travels the…
Ebola spread speeding up in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed nearly 700 people is spreading at its fastest rate yet – eight months after it was first detected Last…
Fewer deaths seen among young adults who got extra adult support as suicidal teens
Building a circle of trusted adults around a suicidal teen, to support them during vulnerable times, may have long-term effects that reduce their risk of dying young, a new study…
The mandatory vaccination is coming now? Berlin’s FDP shall, after warning of the WHO request
New discussion about vaccinations: After the world health organization, WHO, provided with the warning sensation that the opponents are one of the biggest health risks in the world, now the…
Adjuvant chemo might not add benefit in breast cancer patients who have excellent response to neoadjuvant chemo
Pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant (presurgery) chemotherapy was associated with significantly lower recurrence risk and higher overall survival in breast cancer patients, and pCR after neoadjuvant chemotherapy had similar…