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Get Into Cooking With These Fantastic Tips!

December 15, 2021January 10, 2022mommazoocom

Cooking your own meals has many advantages. You can impress a date, save money, eat healthier, and have a meal that’s fine-tuned to your unique tastes. Most people would like to know how to cook, but feel it is something you either know or don’t know how to do. This article will give advice that […]

Drop in PSA screening linked to increase in metastatic prostate cancer

February 11, 2021February 20, 2021mommazoocom

Reductions in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening are associated with increases in the incidence of metastatic prostate cancer at diagnosis, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held virtually from Feb. 11 to 13. Vidit Sharma, M.D., from the University of California Los Angeles, and colleagues examined […]

‘Be a man’: Why some men respond aggressively to threats to manhood

February 10, 2021February 5, 2021mommazoocom

When their manhood is threatened, some men respond aggressively, but not all. New research from Duke University suggests who may be most triggered by such threats—younger men whose sense of masculinity depends heavily on other people’s opinions. “Our results suggest that the more social pressure a man feels to be masculine, the more aggressive he […]

Nanoparticle drug delivery technique shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer

February 9, 2021February 5, 2021mommazoocom

Researchers with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and North Dakota State University have designed a new way to deliver pancreatic cancer drugs that could make fighting the disease much easier. Encapsulating cancer drugs in nanoparticles shows potential to target tumors more effectively and avoid danger to other parts of the body. The study […]

Study shows when housing quality is poor, children suffer

February 8, 2021February 5, 2021mommazoocom

Housing instability and homelessness are widely understood to have an impact on health, and certain housing problems have been linked to specific childhood health conditions, such as mold with asthma. But it has not been clear how overall housing quality may affect children—especially those who are at risk from other social determinants of health such […]

Risk analysis helps contend with uncertainty of in-person activities

February 7, 2021February 5, 2021mommazoocom

As states and municipalities begin to roll out mass vaccination campaigns, some people have dared to ask: When will it be safe to resume “normal” activities again? For those in most parts of the United States, the risk of COVID-19 infection remains extremely high. People now have access to better real-time information about infection rates […]

Too many kids with special needs are going without adequate support

February 6, 2021February 5, 2021mommazoocom

As many as one in five U.S. children has special health care needs, and some of their caregivers are struggling to get them the support, care and services they need, new research shows. Kids with special health care needs may have physical conditions (such as asthma or diabetes), mental health issues (including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or […]

With mortality a high risk for pregnant and postpartum Black women, new center aims to improve maternal health

February 5, 2021mommazoocom

Nina Thomas, 24, is a single mom who lived in Kankakee, Illinois, before COVID-19 upended her life. Her routine, for nearly four years, included working her night shift job at a Joliet warehouse, and picking up and dropping off her toddler son, Jayden, at the babysitter’s during the week. “I love being a mom. It’s […]