Category: 6. Health

Scientists were pleased when they learned more about how the common cold gains a foothold in the body, identifying key cellular checkpoints that are important targets of the virus.

But the real excitement extends far beyond the cold…

Kidney disease is often silent at first, but these symptoms can be important red flags — especially if you also have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, or a family history of kidney problems:

Changes in urination: More or…

Improving diet and increasing physical activity levels together may be more effective at preventing weight gain – particularly harmful fat inside the abdomen – than just changing one of these behaviours, new research from the…

At the cellular level, the mechanics of how muscle tissue repair occurs gets complicated. There are significant differences between, say, tearing a muscle in a sports injury versus muscle tissue wasting away from diseases like…

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday.

Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as…