Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory following the recent cases of malaria in Florida and Texas. So how worried should…
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CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan
Electron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Credit: Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University. Only one-third of individuals…
Rapid weight loss may improve advanced fatty liver disease, says new research
Participants followed the “soups and shakes” diet to help them lose weight. Credit: New Africa/ Shutterstock About 2% of adults worldwide suffer from a condition called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (Nash), an…
Fewer teens now perceive themselves as overweight, finds international study of more than 745,000 adolescents
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study involving more than 745,000 adolescents from 41 countries across Europe and North America identified an increase in the amount of teenagers who underestimate their…
Australia is the first country to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics
Artwork on display is seen at the Psychedelic Science conference in the Colorado Convention Center Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Denver. Australia is the first country to allow psychiatrists to…
Hungry ticks can use this static trick to land on you and your pets
This photo provided by researcher Sam England in June 2023 shows a tick sitting on a flower. Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using…
Much of what we’re told about gym exercises and resistance training is from studies of males, by men
Credit: Shutterstock When you lift weights, why are you doing what you are doing? Who told you to train that way—coach, a personal trainer, an online exercise guru? And where…
Gene variant linked to multiple sclerosis severity
People with multiple sclerosis who inherited the genetic variant from both parents needed a walking aid almost four times faster, the study said. Scientists have discovered a genetic variant linked…
Suicides in Singapore rise to 22-year high: report
Singapore. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Suicides in Singapore rose nearly 26 percent last year to their highest level in more than two decades, reflecting the “unseen mental distress” in the…
Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe
A vending machine is stocked with emergency contraceptives at Odegaard Library on the campus of the University of Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Seattle. After a student-led campaign to…
