Category: 6. Health

Lithium is an unusual mineral, so soft you can cut it with a knife, and so light it floats on water. In fact, it’s often found in drinking water and soil—­with studies linking low levels in an area’s water supply to…

Alzheimer Disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder currently affecting over 7 million people in the United States.¹ About 1 in 9 patients aged 65 and older has AD, with most patients being female. AD patients demonstrate…

Introduction

Esophageal cancer remains a major global health burden, ranking as the 11th most common malignancy and the 7th leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the predominant…

World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January, every year. In 2025, the World Leprosy Day is on 26 January. This international day is an opportunity to celebrate people who have experienced leprosy, raise awareness of the disease,…

By Cassandra Calabrese, DO

At the end of 2023, the U.S….

A study has unearthed potential reasons for sex differences that are observed in the clinical presentation of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL, USA) have…

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