A national health advisory issued by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on May 3, 2023, sheds light on the urgent public health issues of loneliness and...
UNITED NATIONS – Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) can be eradicated by 2030 and there is a clear path that ends it, according to a new United Nations...
On July 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drugmaker’s application for the first daily over-the-counter birth control pill for people seeking to...
Alzheimer’s disease is often thought of as a condition that only affects the elderly. But around 3.9 million people worldwide aged 30-64 live with young-onset Alzheimer’s...
MANILA – Smokers and individuals who take alcoholic drinks can still take part in bloodletting activities, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. “If you’re a...
Do you ever find yourself caught in a cycle of negative thoughts? Maybe you ruminate on past mistakes, worry excessively about the future, or imagine worst-case...
The term “sundowning” is sometimes used to describe a tendency for people living with dementia to become more confused in the late afternoon and into the...
LONDON – Melanoma skin cancer cases in the United Kingdom have reached an all-time high, revealed a report by the UK’s independent cancer charity on Friday....
Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But...
WASHINGTON – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday fully approved Leqembi, the first medicine shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The FDA...