Nobel prizewinner, IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead Robert Edwards, a Nobel prizewinner from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87.... More
'Breastaurant' Trademarked A breast-themed restaurant by any other name may not be as sweet. While scantily-clad women and burgers are a classic American combination, chains like Hooters, Twin Peaks and Canz have lost the rights to use the terminology “breastaurant" for the iconic combo. More
Women, think about freezing your eggs I wish I'd had the option of egg freezing. Egg freezing is the newest reproductive technology: a recently perfected form of flash-freezing that allows human eggs to be successfully stored in egg banks. Only commercially available in American IVF clinics since October 2012, when the "experimental" label was lifted, egg freezing is being heralded as a "revolution in the way women age," a "reproductive backstop," a "fertility insurance policy," an "egg savings account" and in particular, a way for ambitious career women to postpone motherhood until they are ready. More
The ultimate question: How does breast cancer start? Researchers are taking a new approach to understanding the origins of breast cancer. They’re studying healthy breast tissue. And the results offer a new look into how and where breast cancer develops. 11/21/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Yuen: Breast cancer in young women is on the rise. One survivor is talking about it – and all things ‘Tetas.’ Vanessa Berrueta Zambrano followed her instincts this past spring when she felt a lump about the size of a piece of popcorn in her right breast. She knew she needed answers. But her clinic told her ... 11/21/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Rare genetic mutations in healthy women may be key to breast cancer origins BC Cancer, Harvard Medical School and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have pinpointed what could be the early genetic origins of breast cancer-;cancer-like mutations appearing in the ... 11/20/2024 - 10:17 pm | View Link
Healthy women have cells that resemble breast cancer A new study finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities typically associated with invasive breast cancer. The findings question ... 11/20/2024 - 1:41 pm | View Link
New Massachusetts law aims to help catch breast cancer early Starting on Jan. 1, 2026, health insurers in Massachusetts will be required to cover additional screenings for patients who have abnormal mammograms or dense breast tissue. 11/20/2024 - 10:39 am | View Link
If you're using an older version of D-Link's VPN router, you may want to think twice before keeping it connected to the internet. The manufacturer has confirmed that a severe exploit has been found in several devices that are no longer officially supported. As such, if you own one, you'll want to change it ASAP.
Vignetting is a simple but effective way to make your smartphone photos look better, and you can use this effect on several kinds of images. I've experimented with vignettes on bright and overcast days, and in both urban areas and natural landscapes. Here's how to make the most of this photo effect in different scenarios.
It's simple to find out if someone read your WhatsApp message, thanks to the checkmarks alongside every message. However, did you know you can also check the time on WhatsApp messages to figure out when the other person saw them?
AI art has gotten so good, its already beating human artists at their own game. At this point, theres no questioning the visual appeal of AI-generated art. However, beneath the dazzling visuals lies a deeper question: can something created by an algorithm ever carry the same weight as a work born out of human intent?
Many Chrome users were recently confronted with a strange issue, finding it impossible to highlight text on many web pages. Sound familiar? While you may have thought those sites had implemented some sort of blocker to keep readers from copying text, this was simply a bug with the latest Chrome version, and Google has finally fixed the issue.
Websites that offer formerly paid software for free do so with little to no illusion of legality. However you feel about torrents and warez sites offering paid software and media, they are illegal in most countries.