Disease

Current conservation policies often clash with public health initiatives in the developing world but they get little attention. There are real harms in advocating water and energy conservation over people.

By now, everyone who’s interested knows that there are 2 main types of diabetes — type 1(in which the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin) and type 2 (in which body tissues don’t or can’t respond appropriately to insulin), typically seen in adults.

Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia do not suddenly occur; both are often proceeded by several years of mild impairment of our cognitive abilities – a pre-dementia phase.

In the last week, the media has extensively covered the increased prevalence of head and neck cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), in men.

Isn't it odd that Florida has so many people living with Alzheimer's Disease? If Erin Brockovich was investigating the case, she probably would conclude that it's something in the water.

The latest outbreak of the plague in Madagascar is worrisome. Since late August, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 501 cases of plague on the island. Even more concerning is the 11% death rate of those cases. 

People swear that popping a few vitamin C tablets when their throat starts to feel sore is a surefire method to prevent a cold.

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal, regarding approved cancer drugs in the European Medicines Agency from 2009-2013 has found that most of them did not signi

Proper functioning of the human body relies on microbial partners.

Scientists in China have just provided one major piece that is the Zika puzzle.  Proponents of the "all natural" movement ought to look at this virus and recognize that nature can be a bitch.