Category: 4. Health

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People living with obesity are at higher risk of hospitalisation and death from many common infections, according to a…

Eating food is not the only thing that can raise blood sugar levels. Chemicals, including cortisol, adrenaline, and glucagon, also have an effect. These levels naturally rise in the early morning hours. This procedure, which is often called the…

For years, women died of…

Scientists have attempted to put a number on how many dementia cases could be caused by insomnia each year – and their figure is similar to the population of a mid-sized US city.

Researchers from several US institutions reanalyzed existing…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most populous state said Monday it was stepping up health screening at schools and recommended the use of face masks for students and staff as the country confronts a…

Repeated injections of a clear surgical gel have restored vision in seven of eight people whose eyes had collapsed from chronically low pressure.

The finding reframes a condition long considered untreatable and opens a path back to everyday sight…

The V.I. Department of Health is urging residents to take immediate steps to protect themselves and their families as influenza activity continues to rise…