Category: 6. Health

Low body weight in young women has been associated with various health concerns. Rising trends in the proportion of underweight women between the ages of 20 and 39 have been seen in Japan, raising…

For decades, antidepressants such as fluoxetine – widely known under the brand name Prozac^TM – have been prescribed to millions of people worldwide. These medications are thought to work mainly by increasing the availability of…

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Central disorders of hypersomnolence (CDH) denotes different neurological disorders (narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2, idiopathic hypersomnia, insufficient sleep syndrome and Kleine-Levin syndrome) and affect approximately 705…

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A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease protein, TDP-43, drives overactive nerve cells in the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral…

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A polyclonal/mixed infection is a situation when at least two phylogenetically different strains of the same pathogen are simultaneously present in one macroorganism. This may be the result of a single transmission event involving…

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It is estimated that by 2030, the global average rate of cesarean sections will rise from the current 21.1% to approximately 30%, with the number surpassing 38 million annually.¹ According to the practice guidelines issued by the…

Family planning is more than a health service. It saves lives, improves health outcomes, strengthens communities, and empowers people to decide if and when to become pregnant. For nearly thirty years, two guidelines from the World Health…