Newswise — With the recent announcement of Bruce Willis’ retirement due to aphasia, this spectrum of disorders has received increasing attention in the news and media - including a rare type of demen… [+3984 chars]
According to Medline Plus, the US National Library of Medicine, vitamins are a group of substances that are essential for normal cell function, growth and development. In addition, this portal indic… [+3456 chars]
A seminal 2006 study of Alzheimer's disease might contain fabricated results, an investigation from Science magazine found. The investigation uncovered evidence suggesting several instances of image… [+3338 chars]
Long COVID is often associated with persistent fatigue and brain fog following a bout of coronavirus. A new study has found however that the set of symptoms associated with the illness is wider than… [+3913 chars]
Monkeypox: Monkeypox has symptoms similar to smallpox but is far less severe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded its highest level of alarm for monkeypox declaring it a Public Health Em… [+1917 chars]
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone in the United States knows someone -- often multiple someones -- who have been reinfected with COVID-19. Despite vaccines, boosters and natural imm… [+7584 chars]
TOKYO -- Japan detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, in Tokyo, the capital's governor said on Monday. The infected person is a man in his 30s who has returned from Europe and is currentl… [+497 chars]
Background Poor adherence or non-adherence to treatments for medical conditions presents a significant public health problem due to increased risk of complications, morbidity and mortality.1 Among p… [+32550 chars]
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when false information about the virus began to spread on Twitter, physicians and scientists from Northwestern Medicine and other institutions banded togeth… [+3260 chars]
A man who recently recovered from monkeypox described the experience as "excruciating at times." Matt Ford said he was prescribed narcotic painkillers to sleep at night as his tortuous lesions multip… [+1786 chars]
This past couple of years have been quite the crash course in health misinformation, particularly online. We’ve had everything from (false) claims about mRNA vaccines altering our DNA and making us … [+5431 chars]
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cancer screenings in the U.S. dropped sharply as states imposed stay-at-home orders and health care providers sought to reduce exposure… [+14590 chars]