Category: 6. Health

UCLA research finds that fewer than 1 in 4 eligible younger adults completed colorectal cancer screenings after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered the recommended screening age to 45 from 50.

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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the painful, growing cysts rob the organs of their function, often leading to dialysis…

As of 2024, over 40 million people in the world are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-a chronic, life-threatening infection that remains one of the leading global causes of death. Even decades after its discovery,…

Researchers led by a team from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have just discovered a way to destroy harmful ‘senescent’ cells that accumulate with age and ramp up the kind of tissue damage and inflammation that slowly brings…

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Recently published in Obesity,…

Landmark biomechanical study shows AxioMed’s viscoelastic lumbar disc is the first implant to replicate the natural mechanical behaviors of a human disc, unlocking a new era of motion-preserving spine care.

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A rare intracranial recording shows how a low-frequency brain signal vanished during tirzepatide-associated symptom relief and resurfaced weeks before dysregulated eating returned.

Study: Brain activity associated with breakthrough…

In December 2024 and January 2025, Kathmandu Metropolitan City conducted a health screening of more than 26,000 people to assess their blood sugar levels, hypertension, behavioural risk factors and renal function. What was reportedly a “