It took 4 months, 3 biopsies, and a whole lot of cajoling for Leah Wooten of Louisiana to get a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer for her husband, Tom. W...
Tight Clothes: Fashion-Friendly, but Not Always Health-Friendly
You might enjoy following the latest fashion trends, or maybe you just favor tight clothing over loose-fitting garments. It’s also pretty common to ...
Stopping Antidepressants Too Early Can Increase the Risk of Relapse
A majority of people who stop taking long-term antidepressant medication relapse to depression within a year, a new study finds. But that might not be...
Differences Between Dysthymia and Depression
OverviewDifferencesSymptomsTreatmentDouble depressionTakeawayDysthymia and depression can both result in feelings of deep sadness and hopelessness. Ho...
Menopausal Symptoms May Predict Risk of Heart, Memory Trouble: NAMS 2021 News
New research presented at the 2021 North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, held September 22–25, 2021, highlighted...
Germany, Demark, Norway and Iceland donates Covid-19 vaccines to Ghana
The Government of Ghana has received 532,320 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Governments of Germany, Denmark, Norway and Iceland through the CO...
13 Ways to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Uncontrolled cases can cause blindness, kidney failure, heart disease ...
Side Effects from COVID-19 Booster Shots are Likely to Be Mostly Mild
People in the United States could begin receiving third doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines as early as the week of Sept. 20, President Joe Biden’s admi...
Malaria
Since 2003, URC has been leading projects to reduce the impact and spread of malaria in more than 20 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa...
COVID-19: US intelligence rules out biological weapon origin
An unclassified summary of a report by the Intelligence Community was published last week. It reveals that one element of the community assesses with ...