The per-capita healthcare spending in various OECD countries indicates how expensive US healthcare is, with it being the most expensive in the world.
According to neurologists at Beijing's Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, a 19-year-old boy was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in China.
According to Dr. Amy Boore, Director of Global Health Protection at the CDC, one of the reasons Uganda stopped Ebola so quickly was due to identifying the species of the virus as the Sudan species.
According to a study, scientists can cure autism symptoms using Lamotrigine, a drug that is used to treat epilepsy and calm the mood in people with bipolar disorder and costs $3.
According to study author Professor Daniel Belsky and the rest of the researchers at Columbia University in New York, eating less can slow down aging.
According to a recent study that was released in PNAS, antidepressants are linked to the rise in superbugs. With a few days of exposure, bacteria develop drug resistance, not only against one antibiotic but multiple antibiotics.
After experimenting on older mice, lead author Professor Michael Sheetz of the University of Texas claims that ultrasound waves have a "fountain of youth" effect on cells.
While drugs like Viagra and Cialis have been traditionally used to treat ED, new research suggests that these drugs may also have benefits for heart health. Viagra lowers the risk of heart disease in men by up to 39 percent.
Seattle School District #1 filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking a judge to rule that big tech had caused a disturbance and seeks monetary damages in addition to funding to prevent and treat the overuse of social media. With this, Seattle schools are effectively suing big tech over youth mental health crisis.
Wegovy, also known as semaglutide, is a once-weekly injectable medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of obesity and overweight-related comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes. It works by mimicking the effects of the hormone GLP-1, which regulates appetite and glucose metabolism, helping individuals to lose weight and improve their blood sugar control. It is only available by prescription and has shown to be effective in clinical trials.
