Health, Medicine & Research
Cardiovascular disease accounts for roughly 30% of all deaths worldwide.1But before the dramatic event at the end of the timeline, there's often a quiet biological drift that occurs. You rarely feel t...
“The pain I would feel in my body was like being struck by lightning and hit by a freight train all at once.” Victoria Gray's words will resonate with anyone who has experienced a sickle-cell disease ...
Create a free account or sign in to use AI summaries, listen to articles, download PDFs, and save to your library. <p>INTRODUCTION: Environmental factors mediated testicular vacuolization injury is a ...
For centuries, people have relied on fruits, tea, and cocoa not only for nourishment but also for their health-promoting compounds. Today, researchers have identified one group of those natural compou...
Thalassaemias are the most common monogenic inherited diseases and are characterised by reduced production of globin chains of haemoglobin. The two most common forms are α-thalassaemia and β-thalassae...
Create a free account or sign in to use AI summaries, listen to articles, download PDFs, and save to your library. <p>INTRODUCTION: The molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of icariin (ICA) on ...
Have you ever noticed how, when you open a bag of chips and start eating it, you somewhat can't help but finish it, down to the last crumb? Even if your mind is telling you to stop, your hands keep re...
The virus family Filoviridae includes several species known to cause severe and often fatal disease in humans. Within the genus Orthoebolvirus, the majority of clinical disease cases and associated de...
Create a free account or sign in to use AI summaries, listen to articles, download PDFs, and save to your library. <p>INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis (OP) is a common skeletal disease mainly caused by the ...
In Jorge Luis Borges's fantastical short story, Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, written in 1940, he imagines the invention of a new world, Tlön, by a secret society of, among others, astronomers, biologis...
Experts warn of a risk of communicable diseases, malnutrition, and mental health conditions following catastrophic flooding that has killed thousands. Sophie Cousins reports.
Health care in Chocó, the epicentre of the earthquake, was already under severe strain. Daniela Díaz Rangel and Amy Booth report.
“Global health has traditionally focused on health promotion and preventing disease”, says Tim Baker, Associate Professor at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzan...
Existing narratives around race and ethnicity in medicine are overwhelmingly negative. Historians have documented overt bias and outright exploitation of Black and Brown people. Social scientists and ...
Medical oncologist and scientist who defined the role of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer. Born on Jan 4, 1965, in London, ON, Canada, she died of small intestine cancer on June 21, 2026, in Willoughby, OH...
The idea that science might promote cooperation could sound naive in a world beset by war, sanctions, strategic rivalry, and institutional breakdown. Science cannot stop armies or resolve diplomatic f...
The Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health–Lancet Commission by Paul Spiegel and colleagues1 argues that the current humanitarian system is no longer fit for purpose. It identifies four recommen...
We read with interest the Commission by Paul Speigel and colleagues1 and commend its timely and ambitious effort to advance health equity and address the structural drivers of poor health outcomes wor...
Create a free account or sign in to use AI summaries, listen to articles, download PDFs, and save to your library. <p>Methotrexate (MTX) is a widely used chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive agent; ...
Create a free account or sign in to use AI summaries, listen to articles, download PDFs, and save to your library. <p>BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effect of Icariin (ICA) on AOM/DSS-induced colorectal ...