As you get older, losing fat becomes even harder compared to your 20s and 30s. This is because people tend to become more sedentary and may not be as diligent in eating a healthy diet due to increase… [+4349 chars]
Women at high risk for HIV need higher levels of plasma tenofovir to prevent infection compared with men, according to data from the largest HIV pharmacokinetics database to date. “While daily tenof… [+2318 chars]
Ministry urges citizens to adopt government-subsidised rooftop solar panels, launches pan-India campaign
Data presented at the 2022 SLEEP Annual Meeting, June 4-8, in Charlotte, North Carolina, showed that cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and average total sleep time (TST) were independently associated… [+3292 chars]
Body mass index (BMI) may not play as significant a role in defining type 2 diabetes risk or remission status as previously thought. A new late-breaking study presented at the American Diabetes Asso… [+3179 chars]
Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs/STIs) are common health issues in the United States, according to Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD, staff physician in the department of dermatology at the Cl… [+9703 chars]
Data from the prospective, observational, NICEPAP study (NCT05067088), indicated no statistically significant differences in risk perception, outcome expectancy, or treatment self-efficacy between ma… [+3578 chars]
We can all agree that being backed up is miserable. But here's another indisputable fact: Simple behavioral shifts are often enough to relieve constipation and make your bathroom trips more pleasant.… [+6071 chars]
If you think vitamin D deficiency is not of concern in sunny Africa, think again. As many as two in 10 Africans may be vitamin D deficient, suggesting that our continent may have the highest levels o… [+2589 chars]
Yvonne Bryson, M.D., chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Mattel Childrens Hospital, and Deborah Persaud, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University, … [+2529 chars]
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria th… [+3881 chars]
<ul><li>A study assessed how type 2 diabetes affects brain ageing and function.</li><li>The researchers examined data and brain scans of almost 20 000 people.</li><li>People with the disease experien… [+2092 chars]
