Experts unpack 'quadrobics,' the fitness trend that claims leaping around on all fours will make you fit
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Voluntary medical male circumcision is one of the most important ways to reduce new HIV infections. The foreskin contains receptors that the HIV virus can attach to, and removing it reduces HIV transmission from women to men by about 60%.
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In a new online trend, people are scuttling, crawling, and bounding around on all fours while filming themselves—and their videos are getting a lot of attention. The practice is called quadrobics, and it's quite the spectacle.
The Kroger Co. has recalled two types of pasta salad bowls sold in nearly 30 states after learning the pasta ingredients could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can cause serious infections.
A study led by EPFL shows that Urolithin A, a natural compound, can abolish high anxiety in rats by repairing mitochondrial function in their brain cells, specifically in the nucleus accumbens. The findings, which appear in Biological Psychiatry, open a new avenue for approaches to help reduce anxiety.
Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement—if they live in a county with high unemployment.
The most common first diagnosis of Alport syndrome in Japan is during the universal age-3 urine screening. In 60% of these children, the disease had already progressed far enough to qualify for treatment. Therefore, universal early-age urinalysis may be an apt means for both better prognoses and reduced costs of medical care.
Engineering and health researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a radar and artificial intelligence (AI) system that can monitor multiple people walking in busy hospitals and long-term care facilities to identify possible health issues.
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