Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Proteins left behind by COVID-19 long after initial infection can cause cortisol levels in the brain to plummet, inflame the nervous system and prime its immune…
Category: Health & Medicine
A concept co-created by a surgeon is saving lives
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Daniel Hall has shimmied gallbladders out of half-inch-wide laparoscopic incisions and performed life-saving surgeries at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System since 2007. But early in his…
Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected—it could now turn into the next global pandemic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be “someone else’s problem,” and affecting mainly poor, developing countries, may…
Ovarian cancer is hard to detect—focusing on these four symptoms can help with diagnosis
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ovarian cancers are often found when they are already advanced and hard to treat. Researchers have long believed this was because women first experienced symptoms when…
Sudan health minister declares cholera epidemic
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia Sudan’s health minister on Saturday declared a cholera epidemic after weeks of heavy rain in the war-torn country, in a video…
What we know about the new mpox outbreak
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A surging mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation this week and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control…
How a lecture in Belfast 150 years ago supercharged the modern debate on consciousness
Ulster Hall in 1890—second building from the left. Credit: National Library of Ireland on The Commons On 19 August 1874, the Irish physicist John Tyndall—now better known as the co-founder…
Research shows how to reduce inappropriate IV use by more than a third
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by Amsterdam UMC, across more than five years and 1,100 patients has demonstrated a strategy for reducing inappropriate IV use by a third, an…
What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry’s death?
by Carla K. Johnson Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series “The Kennedys After Camelot” in New York on March 30, 2017. Credit: Photo…
