Health

The National Institutes of Health estimate that in 2020, approximately 21.0 million individuals had at least one major depressive episode in the United States.A study finds that deep brain stimulation to areas of the brain associated with reward and motivation could be used as a potential treatment for depression.According to researchers at the…

Are you someone who feels hungry all the time? If yes, then you surely know how irritating the feeling is. The continuous hunger not only keeps us angry all the time, but also lowers the energy by leaps and bounds. That's not all. It also leads to untimely eating or over eating, leading to weight gain and other lifestyle diseases. But, have you…

A colony of sabethes cyaneus, also known as the paddle-legged beauty for its feathery appendages and iridescent coloring blood, fly in an enclosure at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Mosquitoes can carry viruses including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika. They are…

Over the course of a year, a man's voice grew progressively more hoarse and his speech became shrill and grating, but he didn't know why.Upon examining the man, doctors discovered the reason: Fungus was growing in his throat.  According to the report of the man's case, published Thursday (4 August) in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology–Head &…

While your feet have the super important job of helping you get around on a regular basis, you probably don’t notice much about them unless you’re using them or looking right at them. But when you have tingling in your feet, it’s hard to think about anything else.Tingling feet isn’t a medical term, but doctors definitely know what it means. It…

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear have linked tinnitus, a condition affecting over 10% of adults worldwide, to undetectable auditory nerve loss. Their study suggests that even individuals with normal hearing tests can suffer from this hidden hearing loss, paving the way for new treatments focused on nerve regeneration. A groundbreaking study by…

An unidentified illness has killed over a dozen dogs in northern Michigan, according to officials.The Otsego County Animal Shelter said in a statement Friday that over 20 dogs in the county have died due to an illness similar to parvovirus, a highly contagious and often-deadly gastrointestinal disease in dogs.The shelter's director, Melissa…

NEW YORK (AP) — The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.The presence of the poliovirus in the city’s wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the…

Summary: A new study reveals an increasing life expectancy gap between men and women in the United States, now at its widest since 1996. The study attributes this growing disparity to factors including the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid overdose epidemic.The gap, which was at its smallest in 2010, has expanded due to higher male mortality…

Researchers have found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication, lowers the odds of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or death due to COVID-19 by over 40 percent; and over 50 percent if prescribed early in onset of symptoms.Trial compared the effect of ivermectin, fluvoxamine, and metformin in randomized…