January is National Blood Donor Month. It is a time to celebrate the lifesaving impact blood donors have made towards supporting this life-sustaining process for many individuals. It is also a time to encourage more people to donate blood and to spread mo ...
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) and other groups focus on issues and awareness relating to cervical cancer, HPV disease, early detection and prevention, and overall cervical health. Screening and p ...
At least 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, or one child every two minutes, UNICEF said in a report released today. Another 120,000 children died from AIDS-related causes during the same period, or one child every five minutes. The ...
The number of people with HIV using antiretroviral therapy (ART) to suppress the virus could increase as much as 36 percent by the end of the decade and includes more older people, representing a continued public health burden, according to new projection ...
This year, Awareness Week takes place November 23 through 29. GERD is a common condition that can lead to serious health complications in the future if it is ignored. Oftentimes, many people commit the mistake of not taking symptoms of acid reflux or hear ...
A new research result from Aarhus University and the Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus has identified how diabetes affects stem cells residing in muscle to form fat and connective tissue. According to the researchers, the discovery has major clinical per ...
Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects how the body processes glucose. It affects millions of Americans each year. There are three major types of diabetes Type 1: Generally, begins before adulthood. It is when a person’s immune system ...
Humans carry around with them, often abundantly so, at least two kinds of fat tissue: white and brown. White fat cells are essentially inert containers for energy stored in the form of a single large, oily droplet. Brown fat cells are more compl ...
Approximately 2,200 men are diagnosed with breast cancer. 63% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage. Every 2 minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. 1 in 8 women will develop br ...