How Is The HIV Epidemic Disproportionately Affecting Communities Of Color?
Ahead of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7, we sat down with Marc Meachem, Head of U.S. External Affairs at ViiV Healthcare, to discuss the future of HIV care, HIV representation in media, and the end of the epidemic once and for all. What kind of progress was made with the HIV epidemic […]
To keep or not to keep those New Year’s resolutions?
New research suggests that people may not always want help with sticking to their New Year’s resolutions. Individuals often make resolutions in January to maintain healthy lifestyle regimes — for example to eat better or exercise more often — then fail to keep them. Behavioural scientists frequently interpret such behaviour as evidence of a conflict […]
Intranasal flu vaccine with nanoparticles offers robust protection
An influenza vaccine administered through the nose and constructed with nanoparticles that enhance immune response offers strong protection against different influenza virus strains, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University. The intranasal vaccine contributed to multifaceted immune responses, leading to robust cross protection against influenza in mice. The vaccine […]
Long-term pain after knee surgery reduced, new treatment has shown
With one in five people experiencing ongoing pain long after knee replacement surgery, new research, led by the University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and published in The Lancet Rheumatology today [27 January], has shown a way to help reduce people’s continuing pain that could also save the NHS time and money […]
One in Six Families Face Over $5K in Out-of-Pocket Childbirth Costs
After his second daughter was born, Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD, was hit with a big surprise — a medical bill for $5,000. Chua, a pediatrician and health services researcher at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, switched to a high-deductible health plan right before his second daughter was born. The premium was so much […]
Anxiety Can Cause Burning Or Tingling In Your Face. Here’s What Helps.
Dealing with anxiety is more common than most people realize, but accepting how frequently it may happen is only the first step. Understanding what anxiety is and how it manifests, is crucial in the treatment and management of this mental illness. One of the physical ways anxiety shows up? Facial burning or tingling. Advertisement Facial […]
Brain Implant for Adults With Epilepsy Can Help Kids, Too
Title: Brain Implant for Adults With Epilepsy Can Help Kids, TooCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/24/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM
Lucky genes can help protect people with obesity from some disease: Geneticists have revealed why some people with obesity remain relatively healthy, whilst others suffer from life-changing ailments such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Geneticists have revealed why some people with obesity remain relatively healthy, whilst others suffer from life-changing ailments such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Anyone with a BMI over 30 is considered obese rather than just overweight and although people with obesity all have a few extra kilos in common, two people with the […]
How the timing of dinner and genetics affect individuals’ blood sugar control: Connections among food intake, melatonin levels and genetics may be important for diabetes risk
Blood sugar control, which is impaired in individuals with diabetes, is affected by various factors — including the timing of meals relative to sleep as well as levels of melatonin, a hormone primarily released at night that helps control sleep-wake cycles. In research published in Diabetes Care, a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General […]
Children with asymptomatic malaria a ‘hidden risk’ to disease control efforts: Study in Uganda highlights potential for school-aged children to be targeted for malaria control interventions
The role of people infected with malaria without showing symptoms presents a hidden risk to efforts to control the disease after they were found to be responsible for most infections in mosquitoes, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers from the Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC), London School of Hygiene & […]