Health

Why is it that some people are spared from a hangover after an evening of alcohol, but others suffer? A group of US and Australian…
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Clinical studies provide evidence that treatment with drugs for depression increases the risk of fracture in humans. Some of these drugs have been previously reported…
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If we don’t somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we’re going to have a huge problem. —Lance Armstrong Comprehensive lifestyle management like diet, physical…
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About half of all cancer patients will need radiotherapy at least once in the course of their illness for a cure, prevention of tumor recurrence,…
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Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs): One in ten takes them, they are available without a prescription in many countries, so are they really safe? This is…
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The topic is delicate (although this already is a misnomer), as most people shiver if they are not disgusted hearing for the first time what…
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Depression is a highly prevalent, severely debilitating mental disorder that affects nearly 5% of the global population, and has a high risk of relapse. Commonly…
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When I first started working with upper motor neurons, I did not realize that the path would have such high levels of friction and be…
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Whole genome sequencing (also known as WGS) is the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism’s genome at a single time. This…
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The general idea that our immune system consists of an innate and adaptive part is well-known nowadays. Even though basic mechanisms and pathways of our…
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Modern general anesthesia was successfully used only one hundred and sixty years ago, but nowadays we can’t imagine surgery operations without it. From the wide…
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