Category: 6. Health

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• Trinity Peterson-Mayes, 24, is facing a life-threatening illness after eating a homemade meal with her friends

• “I was intubated, I had a central line in my neck, and I had an NG [nasogastric] tube… and I just woke up and I couldn’t…

Adult obesity significantly increases the risk of severe infections and infection-related deaths, according to a large international study published in The Lancet. The research suggests that around one in ten infection-related deaths globally may…

This strain does not come from one event. It builds slowly from sleep loss, diet, work pressure, sedentary habits, and even environmental exposure. Over time, these pressures affect the heart, metabolism, immune system, and brain.

Doctors…

This week, Africa is facing a mixed health situation. Namibia has declared an end to its mpox outbreak, while Madagascar is reporting rising case counts. Nigeria is grappling with a seasonal surge in Lassa fever. The World Health…

PATIENTS with brain metastases and Type 2 diabetes using glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) have a near 40% lower risk of death over 3 years compared with nonusers, a 2026 retrospective cohort study has found.

Comorbid Type 2…

If you watched a bunch of animals living in identical conditions, you’d expect them to age in roughly similar ways. 

But in a new study from Stanford, short-lived fish with similar genetics still aged very differently – and the weird part is…

SALIVA molecular testing showed high accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis, clearly outperforming oral swabs in a prospective study.

Saliva Testing for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Rapid, accurate nonsputum diagnostics remain a major need in pulmonary…

As colorectal cancer is on the rise among people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, a common nutrient can help reduce your risk — and you’re probably not getting enough of it.