Category Health & Wellness

Afghan men wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 line up as the U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) distributes a monthly food ration to address fears of looming famine due to drought and winter conditions. Food for this delivery…

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Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren’t so lucky. After a heart attack, most adults struggle to regenerate healthy heart tissue, leading to scar-tissue buildup and, often, heart…

Weakening bones are often thought of as an “older person’s problem” to be addressed only after a fracture or break occurs, says Clare Masternak, PA-C, an orthopedic surgery physician assistant and the bone health and fragility fracture program coordinator at…

Last week, the NIH abruptly changed its funding rules for scientific research, prompting chaos and uncertainty for scientific researchers everywhere, including in cancer research clinical trials. Source link

Are you experiencing numbing, tingling, or pain in your glutes or lower back that radiates all the way down your legs? If so, you might have a condition called Sciatica. Often shrugged off as a bad back, roughly 16% of…

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape — to become either spheres or larger filaments — to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists.…

Healthy aging never looked so easy! Source link

People of South Asian descent are more likely to be affected by heart disease, but their risks often go unnoticed. Researchers are looking to genetics to learn more and prevent early deaths. Source link

According to the Singapore Ministry of Health, diabetes mellitus afflicts about 9.5% of the population, making it one of the most common chronic illnesses in the country. Fortunately, the high global prevalence of the illness has resulted in a lot…