In the early 1950s, two prominent medical researchers each found a way to protect the world from poliomyelitis, the paralysis-causing disease commonly known as polio. The vaccines created by Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin resulted in the near-global…
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Youth who understand mental illness more likely to ask for help later
Stigma associated with mental illness hinders many people from seeking help when they need it most. Because attitudes toward mental illness are typically formed early in life, ensuring youth receive education about mental illness and stigma could also be key…
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Women who drink coffee three times a day have less body fat
How all those coffees help to keep the weight off: Women who get a caffeine fix two or three times a day have less body fat than those who drink none Coffee may contain anti-obesity compounds that can cause body…
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Why the WHO, often under fire, has a tough balance to strike in its efforts to address health emergencies
The Trump administration recently declared, in the midst of the coronavirus emergency, that it would suspend the United States’ financial support for the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency that coordinates a wide range of international health efforts. The…
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Recovered patients who tested positive for COVID-19 likely not reinfected
More than 260 COVID-19 patients in South Korea tested positive for the coronavirus after having recovered, raising alarm that the virus might be capable of “reactivating” or infecting people more than once. But infectious disease experts now say both are…
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Man who lost testicle to cancer at just 18 is set to become a dad
When Dexter Gurney-Paddick from Bicester, Oxfordshire was 18, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had to have an operation to have his right testicle removed, going on to need gruelling chemotherapy as the disease had spread to his abdomen….
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Students who listened to Beethoven during lecture—and in dreamland—did better on test
College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics—and heard the music played again that night—did better on a test the next day than did peers who were in the same lecture,…
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WHO reiterates warning that kids are hit by coronavirus too
The World Health Organisation on Thursday reiterated its warning that children can also be affected by the new coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of several young people. “The very notion that ‘COVID-19 only affects older people’ is factually wrong,”…
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What about the sick who don’t have COVID-19?
How long would it take for you to get in to see your primary care physician? Do you even have one? The COVID-19 pandemic has put governments and hospitals across the world in crisis mode. As international healthcare systems grapple…
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How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?
A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets one when there aren’t…
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