Arthritis & Rheumatism

Musculoskeletal symptoms predict psoriatic arthritis

(HealthDay)—For patients with psoriasis, nonspecific musculoskeletal symptoms, including joint pain, fatigue, and stiffness, predict the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), according to a study published in the March ...

Health

Winter shoes can boost bunion pain

(HealthDay)—As temperatures tumble and women switch from sandals to closed-toe shoes, bunions can be a real pain, experts say.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus spread can be blocked by attacking Ebola's Achilles' heel

Scientists have found Ebola's Achilles' heel: a new kind of chemical compound can block the protein Ebola uses to break out of cells and infect new cells. The compounds, revealed in a new paper in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

High heels may enhance a man's instinct to be helpful

If it's help a woman needs, maybe she should wear high heels. That's the message from Nicolas Guéguen of the Université de Bretagne-Sud in France, after he observed how helpful men are towards women in high heels versus ...

Medical research

A little respect for skin pickers, hair pullers

Do you pick your skin until your arms are pitted with scabs? Bite your nails down to bloody nubs? Tear the calluses off your heels until walking is painful?

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