The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was this month awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist noted for his discoveries in “autophagy”.
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The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was this month aw...
While nearly half of working adults say that their current job affects their overall health, only a third of those believe this effect is a positive one.
Accor...
You go to the gym five times a week so you get enough exercise, right? Not necessarily. Turns out, daily exercise may not negate the adverse effects of sitting ...
There has been a lot of coverage in the media lately about radiation exposure from medical imaging and it's important to sort out fact from fiction.
People are ...
Joe Yammine
If you are overwhelmed by the towering shelves of vitamin and mineral supplements in the grocery store, you are not alone. Which ones really work? ...
Made from the seeds of cocoa tree, dark chocolate has been shown in clinical studies to improve health and lower the risk of heart disease.
Here are the nutriti...
Lightning injuries were once the second most common cause of storm-related death in the United States.
They've been overtaken by flash floods and tornadoes in r...
Claudication, which means “to limp”, is defined as a pain or discomfort in the lower limb muscles [legs, thighs, or buttocks] that is made worse by walking and ...
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the western hemisphere.
While cardiac prevention has traditionally focused on controlling high blood pr...
Athletic Heart Syndrome is a non-pathological condition seen in sports medicine in which the athlete's heart is enlarged and the resting heart rate is lower tha...
Drowning remains a significant worldwide public health concern. It ranks as the third leading cause of unintentional injury death, accounting for 7 per cent of ...
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