Health Articles

RSS

What is Eco-Anxiety?

Eco-anxiety is the chronic fear of future environmental disaster. This fear usually comes about as a result of experiencing the impact of climate change.

9 Jan 2022

What Are the Health Benefits of Music?

Music holds a unique and important place in virtually all cultures on earth today and has likely held a similar position for tens of thousands of years.

8 Jan 2022

The Folate Debate

The folate debate refers to the ongoing discussion about the mandatory fortification of food with folic acid.

7 Jan 2022

What Are the Health Effects of Air Conditioning?

One adaptation to extreme heat events is the installation of air conditioning (along with heating and ventilation) in homes and public buildings across the world.

6 Jan 2022

Driving the Self-Destruction of Malaria-Transmitting Mosquitos

Self-destruction of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes can be driven by gene drives deployed to manipulate natural populations.

5 Jan 2022

Why are Spillover Diseases Increasing?

This article looks at spillover diseases and whether they are increasing in today's world.

4 Jan 2022

The Effects of Neanderthal DNA on Modern Human Health

As modern-day humans began to emerge from Africa, the divergent characteristics of archaic groups began to overlap spatially and temporally.

3 Jan 2022

The Genetics of Pre-Eclampsia

Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy disorder that is characterized by high blood pressure and the presence of protein in the urine.

2 Jan 2022

The Medical Uses of Venom

There are over 100,000 animal venoms in the world. This article investigates the medical uses of venom.

1 Jan 2022

What is COVAX?

COVAX is a worldwide initiative working to ensure fair, equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for every country that participates.

30 Dec 2021

How Does a Cornea Transplant Work?

Corneal transplantation is a procedure that involves the repair of a damaged or diseased cornea with healthier cadaver tissue.

29 Dec 2021

What is Chronic Pain?

While acute pain occurs suddenly and has a specific and identifiable cause, chronic pain lasts for a long time, usually more than six months.

28 Dec 2021

How to Prevent Pandemics

How can we prevent pandemics? This article aims to answer that question.

7 Jan 2022

What is the Role of Regulatory Bodies in Healthcare?

Healthcare is both a service and an industry. As such it needs to be regulated so that the government’s requirements are properly enforced.

27 Dec 2021

Can Happiness Protect You from Dementia?

Happiness, defined as an overall appreciation for one's life, is being increasingly shown to afford several protective health benefits.

7 Jan 2022

Determining Disease Through White Blood Cells

White cells are the immune cells of the body. Also called leukocytes, they are useful in fighting infections, and belong to five types.

26 Dec 2021

What is Otosclerosis?

Otosclerosis is one of many hearing disorders found only in humans, affecting the otic capsule.

7 Jan 2022

What Are the Health Effects of Mold in Your House?

Mold is the term used to describe fungi that can be found inside. Fungi comprise a form of organic pollutant, the fungal infestation is visiting detectable.

7 Jan 2022