Scientists from around the world investigating obesity recently gathered in the golden rooms of the Royal Society, the academy of sciences of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, where ideas like gravity and evolution were once debated. While they debated the triggers for obesity, which affects more than 40% of AmericanContinue Reading
The Pan American Health Organization reported on Monday that around 900 million people in 35 countries in the Americas, 96% of the population, have at least one of the six tobacco control measures recommended by the World Health Organization, 50% more than those registered in 2007. 26 of the 35Continue Reading
In addition to acting as a protective shield for other important organs, such as the heart, the bones support and allow the body to move, and also store important minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus. These minerals are necessary for the heart, muscles and nerves to function properly, and alsoContinue Reading
Silent symptoms can affect the experience of human beings in many ways. Beyond the effects that covid as such can have, the mental consequences that the pandemic has left on people’s lives seem to be another problem that science and the population must monitor. After the pandemic, reports indicate thatContinue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring an outbreak of hepatitis of unknown origin, which is affecting children between 1 month and 16 years of age. So far, cases have been reported in 11 countries, the one with the most cases being the United Kingdom (114). At the moment, inContinue Reading
Authorities in China’s capital city Beijing have begun mass testing affecting at least half the population, a possible signal to speed up its pace of “zero-COVID” containment and lockdown like Shanghai. Locals are scrambling to stockpile food and supplies for fear of starvation during the impending lockdown. The epidemic situationContinue Reading
The brain is like a computer that regulates the functions of the body and the nervous system, a network that sends information to the parts of the body, according to the educational portal KidsHealth. In addition, the US National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus explained that the brain is made upContinue Reading
Taking these seven steps now can reduce your risk and minimize disruption to your family’s life. The next wave of COVID-19 is coming, and in some parts of the United States it has already arrived. You are ready? The culprit this time is BA.2, a subvariant of the highlyContinue Reading