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Mental Health Comorbidities

All over the world, chronic physical diseases are increasing, as are mental disorders.

24 Jan 2022

What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental disorder that provokes the individual to focus unduly on flaws in the personal appearance.

24 Jan 2022

What Are the Health Benefits of Protecting the Ozone Layer?

Overexposure to UV radiation is considered to be a health risk, causing skin and eye damage, alongside effects on the immune system.

24 Jan 2022

How can Insects be Used to Study Physiology?

Insects outnumber humans in the number of organisms belonging to this class. This article looks at how insects can be used to study physiology.

24 Jan 2022

Assessing Evacuation Shelters to Improve Health

To reduce the health impacts following natural disasters, high-quality evacuations shelters are necessary to provide temporary settlements to internally displaced people.

24 Jan 2022

Insight into Personalized Vaccines

Personalized vaccines are becoming a focus of study as they promise to fulfill criteria, aided by in-depth genetic studies of variation in immune responses – vaccinomics.

24 Jan 2022

What is Blastomycosis?

Blastomycosis is a rare infectious condition caused by a fungus known as Blastomyces dermatitidis.

24 Jan 2022

What Are the Health Effects of Working Night Shifts?

Night shifts are considered to be an impediment to alertness and performance as a result of sleep loss and a change in natural circadian rhythms.

24 Jan 2022

What is Cold Water Therapy?

There is a long history documenting the benefit of cold therapy for human health. Cold water therapy is the practice of using cold water to treat a range of health conditions.

24 Jan 2022

The Impact of Learning a Language on Brain Health

Over the past several years, there has been an increased research output in the field of language acquisition and its effects on the brain.

24 Jan 2022

What is Behcet’s Syndrome?

Behcet's syndrome is a rare disorder of unknown etiology. Also known as Adamantiades-Behcet's syndrome, it is a multisystem complication of the inflammatory system.

24 Jan 2022

What is Bloom Syndrome?

Bloom syndrome (BSyn), also known as Bloom-Torre-Machacek syndrome or Congenital Telangiectatic Erythema, is a rare, inherited genetic disorder.

24 Jan 2022

Homelessness and Aging

The connection between homelessness and aging has been largely neglected. This article aims to shed light on the health effects that homelessness has on aging populations.

20 Jan 2022