London, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) The accumulation of tiny plastic particles in blood vessels is now linked to an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The post Link found between microplastics and heart diseases first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Researchers publishing in the Journal of Clinical Investigation have developed a new method of screening for compounds, and they found one that appears to directly attack senescent cells involved in lung fibrosis. A disease of senescence Senescent […]
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives. The Geneva-based U.N. health agency released
Ophelia examined data from the North American Syringe Exchange Network to see which U.S. states have the most syringe services programs per capita and how Idaho compares.
STORY: The 21-year-old American, who won the all-around gold at the Tokyo Olympics, revealed late last year that the disease caused her face, fingers and legs to swell and made it difficult at times to even get out of bed with the uncommon disease causing her to gain 45 pounds of water weight. "Obviously, I was very sad because gymnastics is all I know, and me getting sick was very random, and it just, kind of, happened on like, one random, like, Tuesday and it’s just, like, something that you...
Neurologist Dr David Blacker, from Perth, was diagnosed with an incurable disease is his forties. There was one symptom that indicated a serious problem
Climate change has ushered us into an era where the theoretical dangers of global warming are now stark realities.
According to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, exposure to racism is tied to a lower memory score during a person's midlife.
Washington, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) A study conducted by Wake Forest University and the University of Georgia, United States, showed that racial discrimination experienced during middle age is being associated with Alzheimer's disease, as published by the Alzheimer's & Dementia journal. The post Racial discrimination in midlife associated with Alzheimer’s disease first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Harris County Public Health’s Mosquito Control division is expecting a higher number of cases involving mosquito-borne diseases over the next few months.
More than 80,000 Nigerian women died from pregnancy-related complications in 2020, a statistic activists say reflects a lack of political will to fix a broken medical systemDespite having the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria also loses more women to death in childbirth than most other countries in the world. In 2020, about 82,000 Nigerian women died due to pregnancy-related complications, a slight improvement on the previous year, but an increase on previous decades.The causes of death...
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