Patients suffering from severe COVID-19 exhibit multisystem organ failure involving not only pulmonary but also cardiovascular, neural, and other systems. The complexity of the organ system failures both complicate the care of COVID-19 patients and contribute, to a great extent, to the morbidity and mortality of the pandemic. A study from researchers at Columbia University […]
Malignancies and cancer account for a quarter of human death cases. Lung, prostate, breast and colorectal cancers are the ones that cause the majority of cancer related deaths. The typical therapeutics include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Although the methods for treating the malignancies and curing the cancer patients have greatly been improved in recent years, […]
Mammals began consuming alcohol from fermented fruit long before humans developed methods to produce alcohol from distillation. Excessive alcohol consumption is a major health and social issue globally. Recently a group of researchers has found the role of a hormone in alcohol addiction. The study was published in the journal Cell Metabolism. There have been […]
Globally we are in close and frequent contact with plastics and their degradation products, particularly nano and microplastics (NMPs). Because of their complex physical and chemical properties, they may negatively affect human health. But these exposures and their health implications remain largely uninvestigated and unknown. Plastic comes in thousands of different forms. Microplastics don’t just […]
There are many dietary supplements in the market, some of them claim to help with brain function and health in general. However, the research studies don’t always back up what the manufacturer’s claim their supplement can do. We are going to discuss the use of some dietary supplements that have shown to improve brain health. […]
A group of researchers recently published a study in which they found a link between high blood pressure and diabetes. The long-standing enigma of why so many patients suffering from high blood pressure also have diabetes is finally cracked by the study. The discovery has shown that a small protein, cell glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) couples […]
In a new study published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, researchers investigated the potential biases that exist in available epidemiological evidence resulting in negative associations or underestimation of cardiovascular (CV) risk associated with alcohol consumption. The researchers examined hospitalizations related to cardiovascular events among more than 350,000 UK residents aged between 40 and 69 from […]
What is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis (PF) is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of each foot and connects the heel bone to the toes (plantar fascia). It commonly causes a stabbing pain that usually occurs with your […]