Category: Health Crisis
Vaping: Devastating Effects on the Lungs
Vaping causes serious illness in healthy young adults and adolescents. It causes toxicity and injuries that can reduce life expectancy and sometimes even kill. Its damage seems irreversible and …
University of Utah: Understanding Hibernation Mechanisms Could Help Overcome Obesity
Why are obese people more likely to develop diabetes, inflammation or even cancer and not huge mammals like bears? To try to understand this, U.S. researchers have analyzed the …
How Our Immune System Has Evolved to Make Us More Vulnerable to Certain Diseases
The genetic mutations that allow us to repel deadly infections have made us more vulnerable to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease. Until a few years ago, …
Anal Cancer Rates and Associated Deaths Rising in the US
The researchers of the University of Texas have observed a worrying rise in the incidence of anal cancer and associated deaths in the United States over the past 15 …
More Depression Cases Among High School Students Despite Falling Alcohol Consumption
Researchers Observe a Divergence in the Relationship Between Binge Drinking and Depression Findings from a new study of teenagers by researchers at Columbia University suggest a relationship between too …
WHO Study Shows That Most Young People in the World Are Not Physically Active Enough
The first global trends in the lack of physical activity among adolescents have been published and show that urgent action is needed to increase physical activity among girls and …
Marijuana Use Rapidly Rising Among College Students
College students in the United States are showing a lesser preference for tobacco while opting for marijuana instead, according to a new study. The use of marijuana has been …
Death from Preventable Causes a More Likely Prospect for Rural Americans, Study Shows
CDC study shows Rural Americans are more likely to die from the five leading preventable causes. Rural populations have a much higher rate of death from preventable causes than …
Vaping-Induced Lung Damage Leads to a Double Lung Transplant
The 16-year-old male patient described by his family as “Perfectly healthy athlete” was facing imminent death before a lung transplant procedure to replace his severely damaged lungs. A Michigan …