Category: 4. Health

Every two seconds, someone around the globe suffers a stroke, a serious medical event that can drastically alter lives. By the end of this year, more than seven million will have lost their lives, and millions more will experience…

Cancer is the rapid, uncontrollable proliferation of mutated cells that spread within tissue and eventually throughout the body. Cancer types are dependent on the specific tissue in which tumors arise. Therefore, each tumor has various mutations and characteristics and will respond to therapies differently. Some tumors are more accessible while others are in sensitize areas that can only be reached with precision techniques and treatments. The advancement…

When the doctor utters the word “cancer” one might immediately go numb as their mind takes a minute to comprehend the severity of the diagnosis. The next question that usually comes to mind is, “what kind of cancer?”.  While cancer is not looked upon favorably, the type of cancer can offer a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, more severe cancers include those in the brain and gastrointestinal (GI) tract. These locations are not only difficult to…

Hold on. Why is Carnie Wilson, the singer who co-founded the music trio Wilson Phillips, trying to bring more attention to tardive dyskinesia? After all, she doesn’t have TD herself. Well, both she and her father, Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, did have their share of mental health struggles. These…

President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward budget proposals that would slash spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade on several programs that support low-income U.S. families with children.

If those cuts are in the version of the 2026 budget that clears Congress, and Trump signs it into law, funding for early childhood education, support for grocery purchases and an array of programs that help keep children fed,…

Apple is boldly embracing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to enable users to control its devices using only their thoughts—a novel frontier for the company.

Earlier this week, it was announced that the tech giant is working with Synchron, a company that has been pioneering BCI research and work for more than a decade. The company was founded by Dr. Tom Oxley, a neurointerventionalist and technologist….

It is a sad fact of life that cybercriminals are primarily motivated by one thing: illicit financial gain. Who gets hurt in the process really doesn’t figure in their nefarious plans; empathy is not on the threat actor CV. So, it should come as no surprise that we have seen blood donations cancelled after attacks against the New York Blood Center, the targeting of U.S. hospitals in financially motivated campaigns, and warnings…

Researchers hope their findings, published in Lancet Psychiatry, could provide a new treatment pathway for people with depression who have not benefitted from previous treatment. The study was led by a researcher from the University of Surrey, sponsored by the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and funded by the National Institute…

The research, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, analysed data from 145 randomised controlled studies, and found that regular consumption of flavan-3-ols can…

In a new study, Yale researchers found that nasal vaccine boosters can trigger strong immune defenses in the respiratory tract, even without the help of immune-boosting ingredients known as…