Category: 6. Health

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to attack its own nervous system. This mechanism can accelerate the progression of multiple sclerosis, as…

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has restricted hospital visits as part of efforts to stem rising flu and norovirus cases in the area.

The health board will only allow essential visiting – to end-of-life patients, newborn babies and people with mental…

Introduction

Osteoarthritis of the knee (KOA) is a common joint disease associated with a variety of factors, including age, obesity, metabolic bone disease, and acute or chronic joint injury.¹ Studies have shown that the prevalence of KOA…

New research shows that 1 in 4 children with major traumatic injury do not receive care in a pediatric trauma center, where outcomes are generally better than in adult centers. The authors of the study, published in CMAJ (Canadian…

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus (DM) in pregnancy included both DM that was diagnosed before pregnancy and DM that occurred during pregnancy known as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). In Thailand, there were more than 6.5 million DM patients in…

Introduction

Financial distress, particularly in the face of illness, is influenced by a complex interplay of factors. Key among these are the diseased person’s wage-earner status and pre-illness associated costs. The impact of the illness and…

DIABETES mellitus in patients with tuberculosis was not linked to higher household infection and was associated with fewer incident tuberculosis cases over 12 months.

Cohort Study Assesses Household Transmission

Diabetes mellitus increases the…

The study revealed that the smallest clusters of insulin-producing beta cells, along with single scattered cells in the pancreas, are the first to die when the immune system begins its attack. This occurs even before symptoms…