High rates of false positive test results may be keeping women from sticking to recommended mammogram screenings for breast cancer, a new study has found. Researchers from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, California, reviewed more than 3.5 million screening mammograms performed among more than one million women between 2005 and 2017. Women who...
Up to 5% of people who have surgery can develop an infection — which can prolong healing and lead to dangerous complications, studies have shown. Additionally, chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million patients in the U.S. Some bacteria can’t be seen with the human eye, which means they may be missed by physicians when cleaning...
FIRST ON FOX – The killing, persecution and displacement of Christians in Nigeria is “unrelenting” and “a time bomb”, according to a major new report. Christians “are deliberately targeted”, as well as “Christian communities, their livelihood(s), faith leaders and places of worship”, according to the report by Open Doors International, a faith-based non-profit working to...
Never-before-seen photographs capturing a long-lost statue and the decay of the Titanic shipwreck have been released. The RMS Titanic, Inc. team, which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the ocean liner, spent 20 days at the wreck site over the summer taking over two million images and videos, FOX Weather reported. Researchers ended up...
Our nation’s American flag was flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, according to History.com. “Patriot General William Maxwell ordered the Stars and Stripes banner was raised as a detachment of his infantry and cavalry met an advance...
“Every child is a gift from God. Every child is wonderfully and uniquely designed. And every child is made in the image of God,” Pastor Jesse Bradley of Washington told Fox News Digital this week as back-to-season season gets underway for millions of children across the country. But “how we value, protect and love children...
A rare, potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease has sparked concern in the Northeastern U.S. Last week, a man from Hampstead, New Hampshire, died after testing positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The man “was hospitalized due to severe central nervous system disease, and has passed away due to [the] illness,” according to a statement from the...
Fall is creeping in as many turn to their beloved Pumpkin Spice Latte for the festive season. It’s believed that 101.1 million U.S. adults drink coffee on a daily basis, per the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — and many coffee drinkers have specific go-to orders. For some, a plain cup of Joe is their...
It’s back-to-school time this year as thousands of young adults have moved into — or are moving into, at this moment — their dorm rooms on college campuses around the country. They’re ready to embark on the next chapter of their lives. Most dorm rooms are notorious for being small and mundane. But things certainly...
The fraternity brothers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who defended the American flag during spring semester campus unrest are getting their party. A GoFundMe page created by a third party raised more than $500,000 for the college men who prevented the American flag on Chapel Hill’s quad from touching the ground when anti-Israel...
