A woman has said she feels 'lucky to be alive' after being diagnosed with a deadly cancer. Karen McCarthy went to see her GP after suffering from a bad chest infection for two weeks. She said: "My … [+4004 chars]
Burns can be extremely painful. While different kinds of burns require different kinds of treatment, the risk of infection can be limited by using things available at home. Natural burn remedies help… [+2467 chars]
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has undergone genomic mutations, which have led to the emer… [+5979 chars]
consumption of Liquor According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a causal factor in more than two hundred diseases, injuries and other health disorders. This psychoactive substance is as… [+3229 chars]
Though the research is in early stages, it builds on work by James Parkinson, whose name is now linked to the disease. Separately, Stat reports a surprising advance made in ALS research using spinal … [+2504 chars]
Ask anyone who suffers from migraines what the experience is like, and youll probably hear words like agonizing and terrible thrown around. Migraines are no joke and, if youre unlucky enough to exper… [+6210 chars]
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chelsea Neubauer. It has been edited for length and clarity. I always knew that I wanted to be a mom. But after I miscarried a pregnancy due to … [+3251 chars]
Laura Highs hormones have been out of whack since she was as young as 13 years old. Her period was all over the place, so her doctors put her on birth control, but the hormonal issues continued to pl… [+2893 chars]
People with sickle cell anemia (SCA) the most common and the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD) are more commonly hospitalized in the cooler winter and spring seasons than in the hotter su… [+4348 chars]
When I dont know how to do something, I’m the type of person to go figure it out. YouTube has taught me skills ranging from fixing a leaky faucet to trail running. My wife and I applied the same meth… [+7522 chars]
Levels of a protein called glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) are elevated in the blood of people with Parkinson’s disease, indicating the protein may be a biomarker for the neurol… [+4645 chars]
In a recent study published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers performed a systematic review to assess the association between the composition of infant gut microbiota and childhood respiratory disor… [+5531 chars]