Category Health & Wellness

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) —…

In just two weeks, the Trump Administration has gutted USAID — the U.S. Agency for International Development — the government agency overseeing global efforts to improve health and education and decrease poverty and hunger. The systematic dismantling of the 63-year-old…

Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties. But ibogaine is a finite resource, extracted from plants native to Africa like the iboga shrub (Tabernanthe iboga) and the small-fruited voacanga tree (Voacanga…

Flu cases are rising again after briefly falling in January. Grace Cary/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Grace Cary/Getty Images Many people are feeling lousy right now as the winter stew of respiratory viruses simmers. But there are a couple…