Dementia becomes a salient issue the older you get. This is because dementia – a cluster of symptoms associated with brain decline – mostly affects people over the age of 65. It is important to note that dementia is not a natural part of the ageing process. In fact, understanding the processes that cause dementia […]
What is the probability of developing more or less serious symptoms following infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus? The researchers from Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in cooperation with Lombardy Region based health institutions as well as universities in Milan and the US, calculated it in a study conducted on 4,326 Lombardy residents. The analysis, available online […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important innovation in diagnostics, because it can quickly learn to recognize abnormalities that a doctor would also label as a disease. But the way that these systems work is often opaque, and doctors do have a better ‘overall picture’ when they make the diagnosis. In a new publication, researchers from […]
Experts weigh in on recent online reports that warn of frightening health consequences from new fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. Within current exposure limits, there appears to be little or no risk of adverse health effects related to radiofrequency (RF) exposure from 5G systems, concludes an evidence-based expert review in the June issue of Health […]
"Rebel has been creating personal goals each year for a while now," says the source. "2018 was the Year of Fun, and she went on amazing adventures and traveled a lot; 2019 was the Year of Love, and she went on fabulous dates; 2020 is the Year of Health. She has been very focused and […]
Childhood obesity is a health threat that is becoming more and more common worldwide. It increases risk later on for a variety of life-threatening challenges, including type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and even mental health problems. A new study led by scientists at USC and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is the […]
Study: aging of the lungs can be slowed down through proper nutrition It is known that the lung function due to age even in healthy people decreases. In a recent international study has now shown, however, that this natural degradation process can be slowed by a healthy diet, apparently. In various studies, it was shown […]
Tourism-reliant Fiji has proposed a “travel bubble” to welcome visitors from virus-free countries, as the South Pacific holiday hotspot desperately tries to revive its stalled economy. Without streams of international travellers flocking to their palm-fringed shores, tens of thousands of Fijians such as Ben Danford have been left without work. Danford who was laid off […]
The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 9 million people have been infected so far worldwide, with the novel Coronavirus, 190.956 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks. In Saxony-Anhalt are to be from the beginning of July events with up to 1000 people under the open sky. The […]
Superinfections are a common complication in which a secondary bacterial infection occurs on top of the primary viral infection. People who have prolonged stays in the intensive care unit (ICU), like those with COVID-19 who can be hospitalized for weeks, are prone to secondary infections. Early evidence suggests that about 50 percent of people who’ve […]
