Biden Announces a Donation of 19 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to COVAX, With More to Follow
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, acting as more Americans have been vaccinated and global inequities have become more glaring. Of the first tranche of 25 million doses, the White House said about 19 million will go to COVAX, with approximately 6 million for South and Central America, 7 million for Asia and 5 million for Africa. The doses mark a substantial — and immediate — boost to the lagging COVAX effort, which to date has shared just 76 million doses with needy countri...
Source: TIME: Health - June 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ZEKE MILLER / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Mental health service use before and after a suicidal crisis among children and adolescents in a US national Medicaid sample - Doupnik SK, Passarella M, Terwiesch C, Marcus SC.
INTRODUCTION: Mental health follow-up after an emergency department (ED) visit for suicide ideation/attempt is a critical component of suicide prevention for young people. METHODS: We analyzed 2009-2012 Medicaid Analytic Extract for 62,139 treat-an...
Source: SafetyLit - June 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

How to lose visceral fat: The herb shown to reduce belly fat within weeks of consumption
VISCERAL fat, also known as belly fat, poses grave health risks because it neighbours vital organs in the body. Fortunately, a herbal extract has been shown to "significantly" reduce the harmful belly fat.
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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The solutions to today ’s puzzlesEarlier today I set three puzzles fromTerms& Conditions Apply, a free online game about website deviousness (that I made with Jonathan Plackett.) The puzzles in the game exaggerate the tricks websites use to extract our data.1. Naughty negativesContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 17, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Mathematics Technology Education Science Source Type: news

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Puzzles about internet deviousnessIt ’s a depressing fact of online life that websites are often shameless in using shady practices, like misdirection and obfuscation, to get us to sign up to, or to agree to, something we do not want.Today ’s puzzles exaggerate the cunning tricks websites use to extract our personal data – but only just!Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 17, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Mathematics Education Science Technology Source Type: news

How one of the oldest natural insecticides keeps mosquitoes away
(Duke University) A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects. These findings could help researchers develop new broad spectrum repellents to keep a variety of mosquito species at bay, and by extension stop them from biting people and spreading disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 11, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Reviews Find No Evidence Weight-Loss Supplements Work
MONDAY, May 10, 2021 -- You ' re getting no real benefit from taking weight-loss supplements like garcinia cambogia, green tea extract, glucomannan, conjugated linoleic acid or chitosan, two new reviews show. Most of the clinical trials studied...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

City of Hope opens Phase 2 trial to test if mushroom tablets could slow prostate cancer
(City of Hope) City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment center, is now recruiting patients for a Phase 2 clinical trial to investigate whether pills containing white button mushroom extract could regulate the immune system, affecting prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels to either remain stable or decline. Heightened levels of PSA in men may indicate the existence of prostate tumors. The fungus appears to block the activity of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a strong form of the male hormone.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 29, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Can PLANT extract protect against COVID? Clinical trial begins for vaccine made from tobacco shrub
Canadian-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago has developed a coronavirus vaccine candidate that is derived from a tobacco plant.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. FDA Approves ALK ' s Ragwitek (Short Ragweed Pollen Allergen Extract) Tablet for Sublingual Use as Immunotherapy for Children and Adolescents With Short Ragweed Pollen-Induced Allergic Rhinitis With or Without Conjunctivitis
ROUND ROCK, Texas, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ALK (ALKB: DC / OMX: ALK B / AKABY / AKBLF), a global, research-driven pharmaceutical company that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of allergies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - April 19, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Associations of the neighborhood built environment with physical activity across pregnancy - Kershaw KN, Marsh DJ, Crenshaw EG, McNeil RB, Pemberton VL, Cordon SA, Haas DM, Debbink MP, Mercer BM, Parry S, Reddy U, Saade G, Simhan H, Wapner RJ, Wing DA, Grobman WA.
BACKGROUND: Several features of the neighborhood built environment have been shown to promote leisure-time physical activity (PA) in the general population, but few studies have examined its impact on PA during pregnancy. METHODS: Data were extract...
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Monteloeder Announces New Study That Demonstrates its Metabolaid...
Proprietary Botanical Extract Shown to Decrease Systolic Blood Pressure by 5 Percent(PRWeb April 14, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/monteloeder_announces_new_study_that_demonstrates_its_metabolaid_extract_is_effective_in_significantly_reducing_blood_pressure/prweb17859785.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 14, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Hair loss treatment: Garlic a 'cheap' and 'efficient' treatment for alopecia says study
FINDING natural ways to treat hair loss is the primary objective of ongoing research. One of the more surprising discoveries is the "efficient" role garlic extract can play in treating alopecia areata - a common type of hair loss.
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hair loss treatment: Tropical extract shown to perform as well as minoxidil
MINOXIDIL is the standardised treatment for androgenetic alopecia, also known as male pattern baldness. If you're looking for a natural alternative, curcuma aeruginosa has given the drug a run for its money.
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hair loss treatment: An extract from mangrove trees could be cure for baldness says study
HAIR loss treatment searches provide some interesting and downright whacky solutions. A team of scientists from Thailand believe they have found a cure for baldness with an extract found in mangrove trees which has shown impressive results from their study.
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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