Category: HEALTH

Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, researchers report.

Women with high stress related to the pandemic were twice as likely to experience changes in their menstrual cycle compared to those with low pandemic-related stress, according to new research.

Individuals who deal with anxiety are no less hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine compared to those without anxiety, according to new research.

People who have received two or three doses of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine are significantly more likely to have milder illnesses if infected with the Delta or Omicron coronavirus variants than those who are unvaccinated, according to a study.

According to medical experts, prolonged tobacco consumption reduces bones' ability to maintain and repair and they get weak and prone to fractures, especially those above 40 years of age.

A team of researchers from Boston University claims to have created, after a series of tests, a new Covid-19 strain with an 80 percent kill rate, from the one initially believed to have launched the worldwide pandemic that started in China.

Instances of women below 35 years falling prey to breast cancer are on a steady rise in India, say experts who attribute the trend to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.

A team of researchers has detected the monkeypox virus in the testes of macaques during the infection's acute phase.

A team of researchers has identified a new gene that is essential to colon cancer growth and found that inflammation in the external environment around the tumour can contribute to the growth of tumour cells.

There is a small, but growing, a subset of livers that have been transplanted and have a cumulative age of more than 100 years, researchers said.

Scientists are discovering several new ailments triggered by air pollution, and a new study suggests that air pollution is another factor that tips the scale in mid-life women's weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and body fat.

Traumatic experiences are associated with a number of adverse mental and physical health outcomes, finds a new study.

Young adults, who use more social media, are significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, regardless of personality type, finds a new study.

A daily serving of walnuts may help in controlling blood pressure, prevent weight gain, and minimize your chance of developing diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study. The finding, published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, showed that those in the...

Around one in 10 people in the US reported to have depression, the leading cause of disability around the world, in 2020, claims a new study. According to the study, to be published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, in 2020, in the past...

Spending too much time on tablets and phones may alter hormone levels and increase the risk of early puberty in girls, finds a new study. The study showed that a longer duration of blue light exposure was associated with earlier puberty onset in the female...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that one person with Covid-19 is still dying every 44 seconds globally. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, said that this virus will not just fade away. “The global decline in reported cases and deaths is continuing. This...

In the first such case, a 36-year-old man in Italy simultaneously tested positive for monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV, media reports said. According to the Daily Mail, scientists have reported this as the first known case of a person testing positive for these viruses, all at...