During the early pandemic period, there was a decrease in seizure-related emergency department visits, which almost returned to prepandemic levels for almost all age groups by the end of 2020, according to research published in the May 27 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Sanjeeb Sapkota, M.B.B.S., from the CDC in […]

Roughly 3% of adults in the general population of The Netherlands have microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria, and in nearly two thirds of this subgroup — roughly 2% of the general population — kidney disease had previously gone unidentified, based on screening results in a study of about 15,000 adults. “This is the first study to prospectively investigate population screening for albuminuria,” […]

While Pakistan has managed to confine an outbreak of lumpy skin disease that affects cattle and buffaloes there are fears that cattle fairs ahead of the religious festival Eid-ul-Azha might trigger a second wave. The viral disease spread by insects can seriously affect cows' milk production and damage reproductive organs, say animal health experts. Vaccines arrived from Turkey in early […]

On May 24, 2014, a group of reporters gathered at the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s station for an update on a horrific shooting rampage. A gunman had murdered three people in his apartment building and then went on a shooting spree, killing two young women outside of the Alpha Phi sorority house and a young man at a deli, who […]

People who suffer with hair loss may be in with a chance of growing their hair back as a new drug is being praised for producing amazing results. According to The Sun, studies have shown that nearly half the people who used the drug managed to get their locks back within as little as six months. It's also been reported […]

According to North Korea, its fight against COVID-19 has been impressive: About 3.3 million people have been reported sick with fevers, but only 69 have died. If all are coronavirus cases, that’s a fatality rate of 0.002%, something no other country, including the world’s richest, has achieved against a disease that has killed more than 6 million people. The North’s […]

Firearms are now the leading cause of death for children and adolescents 0-19 years of age, with a staggering 83 percent increase in youth firearm fatalities over the past decade, according to a commentary published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. Nearly two-thirds of youth firearm deaths were from homicides. Strikingly, Black youth had an unprecedented 40 percent increase in […]

In the early 20th century scientists began to record brain activity using electrodes attached to the scalp. To their surprise, they saw that brain activity is characterized by slow and rapid ascending and descending signals which were subsequently called "brain waves". Since then, brain waves have been studied intensively in the context of their involvement in processing and transmitting information […]

Takotsubo syndrome occurs much more frequently in women than it does in men, but men are much more likely to die from it, according to the results of a new study. In an analysis of almost 2,500 patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TSS) who were enrolled in an international registry, men, who made up just 11% of the sample, had significantly […]

LONDON (Reuters) – A multi-billion dollar fund set up by G20 countries to help developing countries better prepare for pandemics could be operational within months, according to the World Bank. The bank – which will house the fund – said it was “proceeding quickly” to set up the facility, after releasing a white paper for consultation last week on how […]