The onset of type 2 diabetes (T2D) among the youth is rising globally. In fact, a 5% increase in its incidence was reported by the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study from 2002 to 2012 in the United S… [+5512 chars]
Introduction In 2021, slightly about 1.8 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 were living with HIV worldwide and of these, about 1.5 million were living in sub-Saharan Africa.1 By close… [+41429 chars]
Key takeaways: <ul><li>Average scratch pleasurability was 2.97 ± 2.63 on a scale of –5 to 5. </li><li>These scores were similar to scores reported by patients with lichen simplex chronicus, psoriasi… [+3531 chars]
Researchers in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are one step closer to identifying patients at highest risk for developing sudden cardiac deathan electrical malfunction in the heart that cau… [+3472 chars]
Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a method to help identify which human gut microbes are most likely to contribute to a slew of inflammatory diseases like obesity, liver disease, inflammatory… [+3429 chars]
Covid mRNA vaccines are associated with a decreased risk of death in patients with heart failure, says a new study. The study, presented at ESC Congress 2022, found that the vaccines were not associ… [+2012 chars]
Only one in eight HIV cure studies are being conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, but a few important studies have got off the ground in recent years. In South Africa, young women with very recent infect… [+9450 chars]
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Back in 2006, doctors began recommending the first vaccine for the common sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), with the shots carrying the potent… [+5866 chars]
Introduction In 2019, it was estimated that Tuberculosis (TB) affects 10 million people worldwide and it caused 1.4 million deaths.1 In a list of the 30 countries with the highest TB burden, Indones… [+27951 chars]
Despite having lived with five different cancers over the last two decadesprostate, thyroid, kidney, appendix, and skinJoel Nowak doesn't consider himself a "survivor." Rather, as a self-described "c… [+9862 chars]
NEW DELHI The southern Indian state of Kerala reported cases of "tomato flu" or hand, foot, and mouth (HFMD) disease as doctors called for more caution to prevent the spread of the virus. The infe… [+2114 chars]
Aug. 22, 2022 Older adults with an upper heart chamber thats of abnormal size or doesnt work well may have up to a 35% higher risk for dementia, according to new research. The condition, called atri… [+1915 chars]
