A one-month-old baby at an mpox isolation unit in South Kivu province, DRC. Credit: UNICEF The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak…
Category: Health & Medicine
More children are getting ACL injuries—here’s what could be done to prevent them
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There’s no doubt that for children and teenagers, taking part in physical activity and sport is hugely beneficial. It improves their health and well-being, creates opportunities…
How hunger influences aversive learning in fruit flies
AKHR neurons connect to DANs via ascending SEZ output neurons. Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.04.035 Internal states that animals experience while they are thirsty, hungry, sleepy or aggressive have been…
How a simple blood test could affect how Alzheimer’s is diagnosed
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts nearly 7 million Americans, could soon replace more invasive and expensive diagnostic methods such as spinal…
The Nuremberg Code isn’t just for prosecuting Nazis—its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day
The dock of defendants seated during the Doctors Trial at Nuremberg. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Wikimedia Commons After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of…
Everything you need to know about insulin
Insulin can be a critical part of managing diabetes, but patients may not know all the ins and outs of using the medication effectively. Luckily, the American Diabetes Association (ADA)…
Buying smokes? Everyone under 30 now must show ID
A new, tougher rule on the sale of tobacco products will require retailers to check the IDs of any buyers under the age of 30, the U.S. Food and Drug…
Dietary vitamin E may be protective against atopic dermatitis
Dietary intake of vitamin E may potentially lower the risk for atopic dermatitis, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in Skin Research & Technology. Siqing Wang, from the…
Music study links dulled emotional reactions in anhedonia with prolonged activity of the brain’s attentional networks
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anhedonia-related emotional blunting is linked with abnormally sustained activity in brain areas responsible for attention. Researchers at the Department of Neuroimaging at the IoPPN used music…
Billions worldwide consume inadequate levels of micronutrients critical to human health, new study finds
Credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels More than half of the global population consumes inadequate levels of several micronutrients essential to health, including calcium, iron, and vitamins C and E, according…
