Category: 4. Health

The discovery may have important applications in therapies designed to treat a range of disorders — from obesity to cancer — in which thermoregulation and metabolism…

Many common foods in the U.S. contain food additives banned in Europe due to health concerns. From candy to bread and processed snacks, these additives — such as Red Dye No. 3, potassium bromate and titanium dioxide — today remain on grocery store shelves across America. But now, a growing movement led…

During his campaign, President Trump promised to “end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” In honor of that promise, Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Medicare program, should address the enormous increase in what Medicare patients are…

A recent white paper released by pharmaceutical giant CVS Health explains the link between consumer user experience and health outcomes. The paper specifically looks at key parameters such as how medication adherence is actually far improved when consumers have a better experience in acquiring those medications.

Though the proposition may seem somewhat intuitive already, the research digs…

Cholera is making a comeback. A new outbreak in Angola, West Africa started on January 7, 2025, and is likely to get worse as it spreads to more rural regions. Thus far this year, there have been approximately 13,255 cases and 488 deaths, according to Dr. Indrajit Hazarika, a physician and public-health practitioner who is the World Health…

For decades, the only option available to patients suffering from debilitating autoimmune diseases, which attack the body’s own tissues, has been to suppress the immune system with corticosteroids or anti-cytokine antibodies.

But while these treatments can ease symptoms, they come with a hidden long-term cost. Dampening the immune…

A few months ago, alarm bells rang across global health networks as a mysterious disease emerged in a remote corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak seemed to defy easy…

IPF is rapidly progressive and causes scarring in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. Approximately 50% of patients die within three years of diagnosis, and current treatments can only slow the disease — not stop or reverse it.

In a study published in the Journal of Clinical…

“Our results add another chapter to the emerging field of skyrmion research,” proclaims Prof. Harald Giessen, head of the Fourth Physics Institute at the University of Stuttgart, whose group achieved this breakthrough. The team demonstrated the existence of “skyrmion…