Taking opioid medications may be linked to a higher risk of birth defects. (Photo: Getty Images)Getty You don’t want your newborn spilling his or her guts. Not from interrogation, because your newborn doesn’t really know anything yet, but also not from gastroschisis. Gastroschisis is a serious birth defect that results in a hole in the

The risk for severe weather on January 19, 2019.Dennis Mersereau Severe weather in the south during the winter is just about as reliable as snow is up north. The southern half of winter storms blanketing northern communities in snow have a nasty habit of spawning severe thunderstorms, and that’s just what we could see in parts of the

Photo Credit: GettyGetty Royalty Free It’s easy to forget about Antarctica’s problems. After all, most people will never visit there, and the other continents are home to many more problems than can be feasibly lessened or fixed. In this connected world, however, what might seem like a problem that’s restricted to a frozen, isolated part

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos is pictured at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Schoenefeld, south of Berlin, Germany, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch MOSCOW (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered a defect in the engines of Russia’s new flagship heavy lift space rocket that could destroy it in flight, an

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Is it considered unethical for doctors to profit from pharmaceutical companies? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by David Chan, MD from UCLA, Stanford Oncology Fellowship, on Quora: Many

The “best positioned total lunar eclipse for years” is coing on Sunday for North America, early Monday for Western Europe. Getty On Sunday evening after dark North America will witness its third, best and last total lunar eclipse – also called a Super Wolf Blood Moon – of a trio that began last January with a

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Look up into the night sky on Sunday and – if it is clear – you may witness the so-called “Super Blood Wolf Moon” total lunar eclipse, which will take a star turn across the continental United States during prime time for viewing. FILE PHOTO: A student looks at a photo

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin What are the risks of radiotherapy? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Gary Larson, Board Certified Radiation Oncologist, on Quora: There are multiple potential risks of Radiation Therapy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saturn’s rings are one of our solar system’s magnificent sights, but may be a relatively recent addition, according to data obtained from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft before the robotic explorer’s 2017 death plunge into the giant gas planet. FILE PHOTO: These Hubble Space Telescope images of Saturn, shown in this handout composite photo released

As the proliferation of renewable energy continues across Europe, U.S. and several emerging markets, such project initiatives are gradually losing their niche status and becoming more commonplace, according to fresh industry research. In its first examination of the renewable energy infrastructure space, Fitch Ratings said the sphere is being led by solar energy projects that “consistently

Pictured here is a man injecting sperm into a capillary tube. (Photo: Getty Images)Getty Here is one way to make your back pain seem less of a problem. Create another medical problem. The Irish Medical Journal included a case report of a 33-year-old male patient who was suffering from continuing severe lower back pain after lifting a

Fifty years after Harvard Medical School defined brain death, a new report commemorates the concept and raises new and lasting questions about what it means to be dead as well as implications for organ transplantation. “Is death defined in terms of the biological failure of the organism to maintain integrated functioning? Can death be declared

Muri Lagoon from an aerial or bird’s eye view in Rarotonga the main island in the Cook Islands on a perfect day Credit: GettyGetty A string of recent reports came out highlighting just how significant the global ocean warming has become. Its the equivalent heating of detonating 3 to 5 nuclear bombs in the ocean

GENEVA (Reuters) – A proposed 100-km particle accelerator under Geneva has joined an international quest to develop the successor to the Large Hadron Collider to help unlock humankind’s knowledge of matter. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment during a media visit at the Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in

Will your sleep time affect how soon atherosclerosis develop? (Photo: Getty Images)Getty If you don’t realize that not getting enough sleep may lead to health problems, then you don’t know jack. You also may not know JACC, which stands for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. JACC is the journal that just published

design thinkingstoryblocks Over the past few years, design thinking has quickly gained momentum in the business world. Some of the world’s leading brands—the likes of Apple, Google, HBO, Samsung, World Bank, and General Electric—have embraced design thinking as a means of optimizing product innovation. At its core, design thinking is a methodology for creative problem

Is borderline personality disorder a serious mental illness? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Elinor Greenberg, PhD Psychologist, on Quora: Borderline Personality Disorder exists in that middle zone between the neurotic disorders that occur after the basic

Doo doo da-doo da-doo. Doo doo da-doo da-doo. No, it isn’t the intro to Jaws. It’s one of the lyrics for the “Baby Shark” song many parents are being forced to listen to a number of times by their children. Even if you don’t have a toddler, you’ve probably heard of “Baby Shark.” In 2015, the Korean YouTube channel Pinkfong

Four teams remain in the National Football League playoffs. The New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams have the luxury of playing in the Superdome this weekend. However, the Kansas City Chiefs hosts the New England Patriots. The last time I checked, Arrowhead Stadium did not have a dome. Temperatures are going to be extremely

OSLO (Reuters) – Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the environment, a U.N.-backed study said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Workers walk outside a desalination plant, south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2011. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed Desalination plants pump out 142 million cubic meters