Der Spiegel reports of a 21 January, 2020, telephone conversation between WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and President Xi Jingping of China are unfounded […]
Category: HEALTH & WELLNESS
WHO statement: Tobacco use and COVID-19
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7 million of these deaths are from direct tobacco use and around 1.2 […]
First-in-human study of dual-imaging catheter to assess heart attack risk, guide treatment
The NCIBT team with the cath lab members celebrating the completion of the study. Credit: UC Davis Researchers at the UC Davis National Center for […]
The 80-Year-Olds With 50-Year-Old Memory: What They’re Doing Differently
For the past 25 years, researchers at Northwestern University have been studying a group known as SuperAgers, to understand what sets their brains apart.
PSA: What Women Need To Know About Folate & Depression Risk
Women are disproportionately affected by depression. According to the study, the age-standardized incidence rate of depression is 2,922 per 100,000 for women compared to 1,689 […]
Novel Breath Test Might Distinguish Fibrotic Lung Conditions
PHOENIX — Exhaled sphingolipids appeared to distinguish between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, potentially offering a path toward noninvasive testing, researchers reported […]
Novel Immune Modulator Promising in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
PHOENIX — A novel exosome-based immunomodulatory agent appeared promising in speeding recovery from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a phase IIb trial showed. The inhaled […]
Belonging to Humanity | Psychology Today
Maybe our sense of global belonging is a matter of perspective. Zoom out, and a viewer might see something as complex as a sprawling ant […]
People living longer and healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track
All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards […]