Category: 6. Health

As antiretroviral therapy (ART) prolongs lifespans, people with HIV (PWH) face a new syndemic: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome. Yet CKM in PWH is poorly characterized. Inflammation, complex pharmacokinetic alterations,…

A new study has discovered that the intestinal nervous system regulates the intestinal barrier, which, when disrupted, can lead to allergies.

International researchers point out that this “gut brain” is vital for digestion and maintaining…

When Chase Johnson was 31, her dog began acting strange. He was anxious, wouldn’t leave her side and, one day, pushed his nose into the side of her breast. Johnson felt a hard lump.

“I wasn’t someone who was good at doing self-exams, I…

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension.

Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of dementia and cognitive decline. Heart…

Hundreds of people in the US state of South Carolina have been quarantined over a measles outbreak.

The vaccine-preventable virus has been considered eliminated in the US since 2000, but the country is now at risk of losing that status. Outbreaks…

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In Mauritania this year, a total of 286 (53 confirmed; 233 suspected) and 15 deaths (CFR: 5.24%) of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) have been reported from 14 of 15 regions in Mauritania, according to data published by the Africa CDC published December…