Plastic surgery deaths have spiked among US patients who traveled to Dominican Republic: CDC report

{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} For a growing number of people, “medical tourism” can be dangerous — even fatal. Twenty-nine U.S. citizens have died after they had cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic between 2009 and 2018, according to a Jan. 25 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More alarming is that the deaths … Read more

Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago

Hublin, J.-J. et al. Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria. Nature 581, 299–302 (2020). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Hajdinjak, M. et al. Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry. Nature 592, 253–257 (2021). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Prüfer, K. et al. A … Read more

How Do I Get Rid Of My Chin Hairs?

Ask a Beauty Editor Jennifer Sullivan answers all your beauty-related questions with practical advice and zero judgment. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images Dear Jenn, How do you deal with chin hairs? When I pluck them, I get breakouts, and now there are too many to pluck and it looks like a prickly beard … Read more

US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say

Thousands of frontline workers may have survived the COVID-19 pandemic if the US regulatory system had better protected them, report the authors of an analysis published yesterday in BMJ. The study is the first in a series that discusses the lessons learned from COVID-19 and the steps needed to avert deaths in the next pandemic … Read more

Fasting May Reduce Inflammation – Neuroscience News

Summary: Researchers uncovered a new mechanism by which fasting reduces inflammation, a key factor in chronic diseases. Their study reveals that fasting increases blood levels of arachidonic acid, which inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome, thereby reducing inflammation. This discovery sheds light on the anti-inflammatory effects of fasting and offers insights into the benefits of calorie restriction … Read more

Zelensky to oust Gen. Valery Zaluzhny amid tension over Ukraine mobilization

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told his top commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, that he was firing him in a meeting on Monday, according to a senior official familiar with the conversation — a disruptive military shake-up amid Ukraine’s struggles on the battlefield and after months of friction between the president and the popular general. … Read more

Florida doctor reveals his own cancer journey to help others handle the emotions a diagnosis brings

{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} With more than two million new cases of cancer expected in 2024, a Florida physician who survived the disease wants to help others navigate the terrain of a life-changing diagnosis. Dr. Chris Scuderi, who practices at Millennium Physician Group in Jacksonville, was diagnosed with bladder cancer in Nov. 2020 — at the end … Read more