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Sleep is the body’s recovery period, when the body heals and relaxes. Today’s stressful lifestyle can cause sleep problems, and in the longer term it can result in health problems. Depression, poor immune function, obesity, increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and decreased sex drive, are examples of health conditions that can be related […]
There is much more to why you should eat more vegetables than just listening to your grandmother (or parents or partner) take stock on your health. On many levels, the consumption of vegetables is a very instinctive nutritious need. Have you ever noticed that after a weekend of camping or cooking over an open fire, […]
Numerous health problems can occur with prolonged and/or excessive video game playing. Some of these problems may include: reoccurring muscle strains, vision problems, headaches, seizures and/or other ailments. Although some researchers suggest that playing video games for long periods of time can lead to temporary episodes of violence, aggression and/or fear, current studies have not […]
History was made Monday, June 17, 2013, as the Senate passed a bill to end the ban on research into organ donations between HIV-positive individuals. The bill was passed to establish safeguards during research on organ donations between individuals with the ill-fated condition. The passing of this bill has been almost a year-long fought battle […]
Sickle cell anemia disease is particularly common in Sub-Saharan Africans, South Americans, Caribbeans, Central Americans, Saudi Arabians, Indians, and people of Mediterranean descent. 1 out of every 500 Black or African American babies are born with the disease, as well as 1 out of every 36,000 Hispanic-American babies. The gene responsible for the sickle cell […]
Every year in the United States, influenza poses problems by causing approximately 226,000 hospitalizations. Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the French Sanofi pharmaceutical company, has the broadest range of available vaccines for 20 infectious diseases. On Monday, June 10, 2013, the company announced that its new four-strain influenza vaccine, Fluzone Quadrivalent, recently obtained its […]
The H7N9 strain of the recent bird flu virus outbreak in China is an entirely new phenomenon. Just like other bird flu incidents in the past, it has appeared for the first time in humans and poses a considerable global health threat to the human population. Scientists and researchers all over the world are currently […]
According to the 2010 U.S. census bureau, which released their most recent numbers in September of 2011, nearly 17% of Americans are living without health insurance. As employment statistics continue to waiver, the number of those without coverage appears to be on the rise. While they may not be the first group to come to […]
As of Oct. 11, the death count from the recent fungal meningitis outbreak totals 14, with 169 infected across 11 states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The victims contracted the disease after receiving spinal injections prescribed for acute back pain, although one victim’s injection was for ankle pain. The steroid injection, manufactured […]
A Washington University study recently concluded when women gained free access to a wide array of birth control options, they sought dramatically fewer abortions, and far fewer teens became pregnant. The project, which provided free birth control to more than 9,000 teen girls and women, also saw 75 percent of participants choosing longer-acting and more […]
An interim sigh of relief was felt around the world Sept. 28 when the World Health Organization announced its belief the newly discovered coronavirus—similar to SARS—is not easily transmitted among humans. The virus, which previously killed a Saudi Arabian man, infected a Qatari man, who is now in critical but stable condition in a U.K. […]
While it’s often discussed as a major social and economic issue in places like Central America and Eastern Europe, the missing middle class is a concept that is beginning to creep into dialogue surrounding the United States as well. With 2012 stretched out before us, will the poverty line become ever more pronounced, or will […]
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