The presence of special immune system defense molecules, called autoimmune antibodies, has been strongly tied to how poorly people fare when hospitalized with COVID-19, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study detected the autoimmune antibodies in the blood of more than a third of men and women on admission to hospital and […]
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Radio personality Howard Stern put anti-vaxxers on blast during his Sirius XM show earlier this week, calling them “imbeciles” and “nutjobs.” On Tuesday’s episode of The Howard Stern Show, the popular shock jock launched into a tirade against people who refuse to take the Covid vaccine, thereby potentially putting others at risk, and even went so far as to suggest […]
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It’s estimated that a quarter of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB). Now, these people are being given a fighting chance to avoid long-term disability caused by the disease thanks to world-first research undertaken at The Australian National University (ANU) in partnership with the World Health Organization. Despite being both curable and preventable, every day, nearly 28,000 people […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new compendium of innovative health technologies for COVID-19 and other priority diseases. The list provides an assessment of the technologies, carried out by a group of international experts working with WHO technical teams. The assessment will rank on the basis of compliance with WHO specifications regarding performance, quality and safety; suitability in low-resource settings; […]
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Have a nice day Photo/Shutterstock By Melissa Willets/Sept. 9, 2021 9:10 am EDT We know anecdotally that more women are having babies later in life. But the facts support this notion, and researchers have recently uncovered a fascinating reason. First, consider that according to the CDC, in 1970, the mean age of a first time mother was 21, but by 2000, […]
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Bats have long been known as important hosts of zoonotic viral pathogens. Zoonotic viruses that bats transmit are capable of infecting humans and have caused devastating infections throughout the world. Common zoonotic viruses include the Ebola virus and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronaviruses. Although retroviruses are known to have a major global impact on human health, the zoonotic […]
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Think pizza is unhealthy? Think again: homemade pizza is simple to do and has the potential to be packed with all kinds of goodness – especially if you smother it in balsamic onions like this Zero Waste Week challenge recipe from Oddbox. There’s nothing like a pizza to make you feel really satisfied. The issue is that a lot of […]
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Chichi Okafor, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, unexpectedly became pregnant again before her daughter turned six months old. Although Okafor knew about using condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancies, she felt powerless. “My husband does not like it, so we resorted to the withdrawal method,” Okafor says. “I am three months pregnant. It has been hell juggling to take care of my […]
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An analysis of data gathered from more than 17,000 adults by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers supports the belief that so-called "remnant cholesterol" (RC) provides an accurate stand-alone metric — just as doctors currently use measures of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) — for predicting risk of clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes. In fact, the researchers say, an RC measure may detect […]
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Last year the number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent to a decade-high. Now the largest and most comprehensive study to date of the health effects of wildfires in Brazil reveals the serious health consequences of this burning, linking exposure to wildfire pollutants to increased hospitalisation. There have been 260 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, burning […]
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