Category: 6. Health

A review and meta-analysis of more than 200 studies shows a “persistently high” prevalence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in prisons, particularly among incarcerated adolescents and women, researchers…

Greater levels of physical activity in the first 2 years after a colorectal cancer diagnosis were associated with reduced cancer-related fatigue and improved quality of life in patients with nonmetastatic disease, according to findings from…

Debbie Pickworth developed a cough she couldn’t shake after a bout with bronchitis. She went to see her doctor multiple times, explaining that she was struggling to breathe, but nothing seemed to help.

Then, tests revealed the unthinkable:…

For millions of people, weight-loss injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro have felt like a breakthrough that finally makes eating less feel easier. In a few short years, these so-called GLP-1 drugs have reshaped how obesity is treated and…

If you frequently experience nosebleeds, you might come to regard them as nothing more than a messy inconvenience.

Yet, even though most nosebleeds are mild and benign, they shouldn’t happen “if everything inside the nose is healthy”, says…

Introduction

Psoriasis is a common, chronic, and inflammatory skin disease, which is characterized by dry, itchy, and raised skin plaques with silvery scales.^1–3 Substance abuse pertains to the harmful use of psychoactive substances, such as…