WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 5, 2021 – According to the American Cancer Society, a noninvasive breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) accounts for approximately one of every four new breast cancer cases in the United States. If left untreated, DCIS has the potential to evolve into invasive cancer, so many patients choose to…
A new report by AARP Pennsylvania and Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions highlights how geographic, racial/ethnic and economic factors are combining to restrict access to health care services for many Pennsylvanians, creating disparities that have become more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Disrupting Disparities in Pennsylvania: Retooling for Geographic, Racial and Ethnic…
Edward Maibach, Director, Center for Climate Change Communication; University Professor, Communication, and Mona Sarfaty, Director, Climate and Health, Center for Climate Change Communication, Communication, received $100,000 from Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., for the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. The Consortium organizes, empowers, mobilizes, and amplifies the voices of America’s doctors to convey…
A study at the University of Chicago Medicine found U.S. women experienced increased incidence of health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSRs), such as food insecurity and interpersonal violence, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. This was associated with “alarmingly high rates” of mental health problems, including depression and anxiety. The research was published April 5 in the Journal…
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an exosome-coated stent with a “smart-release” trigger that could both prevent reopened blood vessels from narrowing and deliver regenerative stem cell-derived therapy to blood-starved, or ischemic, tissue. Angioplasty – a procedure that opens blocked arteries – often involves placing a metal stent to reinforce arterial walls and…
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co. / Nolan Zangas Anya Taylor-Joy is continuing her awards season style streak at tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. The Queen’s Gambit actress wore a nude and black lace Vera Wang dress for Sunday’s ceremony, and on the diamond front, Taylor-Joy accessorized with roughly $800,000 in Tiffany & Co. jewels. Pieces…
“The ingredients, dishes and Black skillet kitchen technique was pure Gullah Geechee home cooking,” said David S. Shields, an English professor at the University of South Carolina and a food historian. (The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West Africans who were enslaved along the coast from North Carolina to North Florida and whose cooks…
A salmonella outbreak linked to contact with wild songbirds and bird feeders has sickened 19 people across eight states, eight of whom have been hospitalized, federal health authorities said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was investigating salmonella infections in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington State in…
Los hombres con los que salía siempre se daban por vencidos a los dos meses, normalmente cuando decían haber conocido a alguien más. Pero con este hombre pasaron dos meses, luego seis, luego nueve, y seguíamos hablando casi todos los días. Nunca de una manera que apuntara a una relación seria, pero ciertamente como algo…
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them,” Henri Matisse said. Even in this newspaper — just glue a skewer between two pieces of colored or painted newspaper and snip it into simple flower shapes. Group the flowers together for an everlasting and inexpensive centerpiece for your spring table, or place one…