Category: 6. Health

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the things she would never…

For many people with cancer, the physical toll of treatment extends far beyond the disease itself. Malnutrition affects up to 70% of patients, undermining their ability to tolerate therapy and recover fully. Yet, only a small…

New study findings conducted by researchers from the University of Westminster’s School of Life Sciences show that the shape of the gluteus maximus, or the main buttock muscle, changes with age, lifestyle, frailty, osteoporosis, and even type…

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) subtypes, specifically non-DNMT3A genes, were associated with incident heart failure in older patients in a recent study published in JAMA Cardiology.¹

CHIP affects 10% to 20% of individuals…

US adults aged 20 and older with arthritis have a significantly higher likelihood of experiencing urinary incontinence (UI), according to a study published in Medicine.¹

Exploring the Unclear Link Between Arthritis, UI

The researchers noted that…

Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.

The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged…

Women who stop taking a GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes medication just prior to a pregnancy appear to be at higher odds for excess weight gain and complications while pregnant, new research shows.

As the study authors pointed out, potential risks…

Nov. 25 (UPI) — Mexico’s Alvaro Obregón borough plans to send first locally assembled microsatellite into orbit this week on SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission, a rideshare launch scheduled Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…