Is it time to rethink the pills you pop? Researchers have found vitamin D, taken with or without calcium, has no effect on bone fracture rates. Professor Meryl LeBouff from Harvard Medical School is… [+1816 chars]
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The bacteria behind the potentially fatal disease melioidosis has been found in U.S. soil for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced (opens in new tab) Wedne… [+5154 chars]
Clanging means that a person uses words together because of how they sound, regardless of whether the sentence makes sense. It can be a symptom of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects a persons perc… [+4591 chars]
A longer life may mean scheduling in even more than the recommended amount of weekly exercise, according to a new study. Adults should get 150 to 300 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 to 1… [+14201 chars]
Nine out of ten occurrences of high blood pressure in children and adolescents are caused by inactivity, diets heavy in sugar and salt, and excess weight. A new study, which focuses on hypertension i… [+4537 chars]
Milk of Calcium Bile or Limy Bile Syndrome (LBS) is a sporadic and infrequent complication of cholecystitis in which the gallbladder is filled with radio-opaque, abnormal bile secretion. A 40-year-ol… [+12302 chars]
MONTREAL, 30 July 2022 —More than two decades ago at the 13th International AIDS Conference (IAS) in Durban, Nkosi Johnson from South Africa stood up as the first child to speak publicly about HIV. … [+3220 chars]
Food products are not automatically more nutritious because they are vegan. Photo / 123RFA vegan or vegetarian diet won't guarantee better health, but attention to detail should bring benefits. Ques… [+3616 chars]
Malnutrition-related diabetes is a puzzling form of diabetes that affects tens of millions of individuals in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. A new study investigates a mysterious form of diabetes. Mal… [+4847 chars]
Unipolar, multipolar, and bipolar neurons are all types of nerve cells that are responsible for transferring information throughout animal bodies. Neurons use electrical impulses and chemical signals… [+6468 chars]