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COVID-19 pandemic has affected all major parts of the world and even after spending time in lockdowns, following social distancing, and wearing masks, it doesn’t seem like its ending anytime soon. On one side this pandemic has marked the problems and flaws in the healthcare units as well as changed health policy. On the other…
Diabetic people with a major reduction in weight are characterized by having two high-risk factors for pancreatic cancer, according to a new study on cancer. This cohort study investigated 159,025 individuals for a total of 30 years. All of these patients had diabetes and experienced weight loss of between 1-8 lbs. The risk of cancer…
Doctors are mystified with the fact that small intestine cancer is highly unlikely but colorectal cancer which affects only a small organ actually accounts for the highest cancer-related deaths in the world. Is there something that researchers are missing while studying colorectal cancer development? Yinon Ben-Neriah and Dr. Eliran Kadosh, from the Lautenberg Center for…
Currently, there is much hype around naturally sourced and organic food. People are more inclined towards living a healthier life due to the ongoing pandemic. This pandemic also gave people ample time to cook by themselves at home. Hence, there is a rise in people using a healthy alternative to regular store-bought meals. Research shows…
Recently, Google released the most trending topics people searched on the platform during the last few months. Psychologists observed a significant rise in anxiety-related problems such as a panic attack treatment. People also looked for their treatments online. According to Google Trends, anxiety-related searches such as what causes panic attacks and what is the panic…
The on-going pandemic is making people realize and value their health. The attack on immunity by coronavirus implies that the best way to prevent COVID-19 is by improving their health. One big concern during this stay at home period is the dry eye disease which is at rising these days. People are spending hours and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that this year would be the recurring period for an AFM. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) is a weird, polio-like disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS). The most common target of this disease is children. CDC has shared a Vital Signs Report requesting all…
Hepatitis is one of the most common infections and the virus can exist in A, B, C, D, or E strain. Among all these, Hepatitis C infection typically damages the liver and many of them lose their lives to it. For this reason, HCV was long considered a silent killer. HCV has affected more than…
The holiday season is just around the corner and the coronavirus pandemic is still here. The virus outbreak started at the beginning of the year and did not stop ever since. Experts suggest taking particular measures to avoid the surge in cases during this time. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated…
The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus ended recently in June. The survivors of the Ebola virus infection tend to live with health conditions long after recovery. The virus continues to spread in Congo to this day. The country reported 100 new cases of the virus in the past months. Majid Sadigh, MD. is the…