Negative side effects of opioids could be coming from users’ own immune systems
In addition to possibly developing opioid use disorder, those who take opioids long term, including patients who have been prescribed the drugs for pain relief, can develop chronic inflammation and heightened pain sensitivity. Scientists now report in a pilot study…
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Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms: Seeing coloured spots on your skin may be a warning sign
Vitamin B12 is a nutrient which helps keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and helps make DNA, the genetic material in all cells. Vitamin B12 also helps prevent a type of anaemia called megaloblastic anaemia which makes people tired and weak….
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Boost your immunity with this fresh, healthy juice
Here's how you can up your immunity with a healthy and tasty juice that is perfect for the weather Even though the monsoon has officially started across the country, many places still continue to experience hot and humid weather. Owing…
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Amid COVID-19 crisis, flu shot makers see record US production
Global influenza vaccine makers have produced a record number of doses for the coming flu season, as authorities try to ease the burden on hospitals ahead of an expected COVID-19 resurgence. In the US, pharmaceutical companies plan to make around…
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People in blue states live longer, new study suggests
Life expectancy data underscore the importance of state policies. “Americans die younger than people in other high-income countries,” says Prof. Jennifer Karas Montez, a sociologist at Syracuse University, in New York, and the lead author of a new study investigating…
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High blood pressure: The one type of beverage you’d be better off avoiding
If you persistently have high blood pressure, it puts you at risk of heart and circulatory diseases. One type of beverage could be making things worse. What is it? Medical News Today illuminated the type of beverage people struggling to…
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Historical redlining linked to premature births, lower birth weight babies
Past discriminatory housing practices may play a role in perpetuating the significant disparities in infant and maternal health faced by people of color in the U.S., suggests a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. For decades,…
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Is the COVID-19 virus pathogenic because it depletes specific host microRNAs?
Why is the COVID-19 virus deadly, while many other coronaviruses are fairly innocuous and just cause colds? A team of University of Alabama at Birmingham and Polish researchers propose an answer—the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge.” This action…
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Karamo Brown on Mental Health and COVID: 'You're Grieving the Life You Thought You're Supposed to Have'
What is your reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement? "I think it's excellent. I'm so excited that right now people who have not been aware, or have tried to pretend as if they weren't aware of the racial disparities,…
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Newly identified gut cells nurture lymph capillaries
You have just enjoyed a delicious summer BBQ. After approximately eight hours, food molecules reach your small intestine, where specialized lymph capillaries, called lacteals, absorb fat nutrients. Lacteals are different from other lymphatics, as they continue to regenerate during adulthood,…
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