Category: 6. Health

Introduction

Varicella, caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), is an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease.¹ The virus exhibits high transmissibility and can infect multiple tissues in the human body, including the skin, nerves,…

Introduction

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.”¹ Despite…

The latest edition of La Marató de 3Cat raised 10 million euros, which will fund 36 research projects on respiratory diseases led by 60 research teams. In Catalonia, these conditions affect more than two million people and are the…

Researchers have uncovered striking sex-based differences in how diet influences metabolism with age, revealing that plant proteins and whole grains enhance men’s insulin sensitivity, while moderate wine consumption benefits…

Introduction

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and life-threatening condition in thoracic surgery, with an incidence of approximately 1%-5%,¹ posing a substantial burden on both patients and healthcare systems.^2–4 As one of the most frequent…

Researchers from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) carried out malaria surveillance in 12 sites across India, and evaluated the performance of RDTs against microscopy, the gold standard…

A new delivery particle developed at MIT could make mRNA vaccines more effective and potentially lower the cost per vaccine dose.

In studies in mice, the researchers showed that an mRNA influenza vaccine delivered with their new…

Introduction

Sepsis leads to over 11 million deaths globally each year from 1990 to 2017.¹ Its core pathological feature is biphasic immune dysregulation: the early stage manifests as Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) with a…