Category: Health

In 2014, a large-scale study conducted in the UK concluded that antimicrobial resistance, which is among the biggest health concerns, will be the cause of over fifty million deaths by the year 2050. Despite major efforts to control the problem, antimicrobial resistance is still rising in the world today. Though the issue is not discussed…

Dieting and exercising sometimes typically fail in extremely obese patients, which is often suggested a bariatric weight loss surgery. There is plenty of evidence that suggests that bariatric surgery can lower the risk of death in severely obese patients and the weight can be maintained with a healthy diet and lifestyle changes after undergoing the…

Hypertension or high blood pressure may occur among children who inhale tobacco smoke one way or another, according to a recent study. The findings of this study show that 6 percent of the children experienced high blood pressure after exposure to tobacco smoke in comparison to 4 percent of the children who do not have…

Some people experience chronic migraines while others have random and frequent episodes. In both cases, migraines can cause stress or even mental health issues. Moreover, stress can also play as a trigger for migraines which makes it difficult to keep the episodes in check. People with migraines usually report excessive stress and overall poor mental…

Most people who contract coronavirus typically get better at home and only a few people suffer from complications and need hospitalization. Contrary to what people think, there is no such medicine that could treat Covid-19. And there is only one medicine that is approved by US FDA but many medicines are currently under testing. Last…

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported over one million new coronavirus infections in the US in a time period of only seven days, which shows the second wave in the country may even be deadlier than the first one. Due to the high risk of contracting the virus, people are relying…

US-based researchers have found a new worrisome coronavirus variant in New York City (NYC). This news have sparked fear among locals because of the of stigma attached to the viral variants which have proven more deadly than the original virus. According to researchers, this mutated coronavirus variant is new and different from the existing variants….

Urinary tract infections are highly common among women and they affect 50% of the female population at least once in their lifetime, as reported by the World Health Organization. The UTI treatment is expensive and the infection itself is extremely painful.  According to a report published in 2011 by the WHO, UTI caused nearly one million…

There are now over one hundred million confirmed cases of coronvirus infection around the world with an increasing rate of hospitalizations and deaths. Although there coronavirus outbreaks are still common in different countries, the distribution of vaccinations is expected to bring down the transmission levels of the infection soon. Since the December of the past…

Recently, a study, which appears in the journal Virology, re-examined the survival time of the coronavirus or the SARS-CoV-2 on certain surfaces and concluded that the virus can stay for much longer than previously assumed or shown by research. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the majority of the research on the coronavirus has shown…