Vaccines are not just for children. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released the Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule for 2015, which provides a summary of ACIP recommendations for the use of vaccines routinely recommended for adults. An article published last year in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine estimated that 30,000 adults die from […] More
Men with high levels of selenium who begin taking high doses of selenium and vitamin E supplements may increase their risk of prostate cancer, suggests a new study recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Selenium is a mineral that plays a key role in reproduction, thyroid hormone metabolism, and DNA syntheses […] More
After a child is born, it is often the mom who wakes up in the middle of the night to care for that child. Consequently it is also often the mother who is lacking the most sleep. Now a study from scientists at Duke University claims that moms, and women in general, need more sleep […] More
