This year The Citizen lifestyle team set out on a fitness and health journey at the beginning of the year. As we are halfway through the year already, we tried a few fitness programmes to kickstart … [+6481 chars]
If you have irritable bowel syndrome, you know all too well how the condition can affect your quality of life. (Photo: LaylaBird via Getty Images) If you have irritable bowel syndrome, you know all … [+13415 chars]
Newswise — Summertime trips to lakes or pools to escape the heat can sometimes lead to ear infections caused by excess moisture in the ear canal. Hongzhao Ji, M.D., Assistant Professor of Otolaryngol… [+4117 chars]
Sickle cell disease (SCD), a blood disorder that primarily affects people of African ancestry, can cause a variety of symptoms in patients, including stroke and cognitive impairment. Hyacinth I. H… [+4586 chars]
Did you know that childhood asthma is the most prevalent chronic lung disease? Uncontrolled and undiagnosed asthma in children can result in countless hospital admissions. “Going to the hospital lea… [+4086 chars]
Apples are the most widely eaten fruit in the world, but are they really that healthy? Dutoit Agri, one of the biggest local apple producers, says yesand they have five health-related reasons why you… [+1362 chars]
A research group led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos, Brazil, has identified a number of bioactive compounds in a marine sponge collected on Fernando de Noronha, an a… [+4232 chars]
Cases of North Carolinians being bit by rabid foxes this summer have raised concerns about the risk of rabies and other health concerns associated with animal bites. Although rabies is rare in human… [+3785 chars]
Surveillance programs for people at high risk of developing pancreatic cancers can help detect precancerous conditions and cancers early, when they are most treatable, according to a new multicenter … [+5806 chars]
Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, physician-in-chief at City of Hope Orange County and vice physician-in-Chief at City of Hope National Medical Center, discusses the importance of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nx… [+887 chars]
Individuals with no dementia risk factors, such as smoking, diabetes or hearing loss, have similar brain health as people who are 10 to 20 years younger than them, according to a new Baycrest study. … [+3033 chars]
Some people who have a stroke may have increased symptoms of depression in the years leading up to it, new research suggests. Scientists say their findings indicate slight increases in depressive sy… [+3077 chars]
