Category Health & Wellness

Mitochondria are essential for generating energy that fuels cells and helps them function. Mitochondrial defects, however, are associated with the development of diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Patients who suffer from this disorder are unable to produce enough insulin…

Children play during aftercare for the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Miami. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption toggle caption Rebecca…

BMI Chart – Children and Teens (Ages 2 to 19) Weight Status Percentile Range Underweight <5th percentile Normal or Healthy Weight 5th to <85th percentile Overweight 85th to <95th percentile Have Obesity 95th percentile or greater If you’re concerned about…

Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways those effects can be mitigated in the future. An international team of researchers may have just found a critical clue…

A laboratory studying sickle cell disease at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, at the National Institutes of Health on February 8, 2024, in Bethesda, Maryland. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle…

Things to consider Caring for a loved one who has dementia is difficult. They will undergo many changes. These include: Agitation Your loved one may be agitated (upset). It may be for many different reasons. A sudden change in surroundings…

The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a major transformation, driven by growing demand for sustainability across all sectors. For businesses in this space, sustainable packaging isn’t just a trend—it’s becoming a vital component of operations. From reducing environmental impact to meeting…

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients’ recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary late-breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference…

Things to consider Burns Burns are common, especially around your home. Burns are commonly caused from heat, fire, radiation, sunlight, electricity, chemicals, or from hot/boiling water. There are 3 degrees of burns: First-degree burns: These are red and painful. They swell…

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State. Materials created up to this point to mimic tissues and extracellular matrices (ECMs) —…