Category: Health Crisis
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 …
AIDS: A Rare New Strain of HIV Identified by Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories announced that it has identified a new subtype of the AIDS virus in three people, which the current tests can already detect. This type of classification helps …
Intimate Hygiene Products Expose Women to Harmful Substances Says Study
With choices such as wet wipes, sprays, feminine powder, tampons, etc., women are spoiled when it comes to choices of feminine hygiene products. Still, a study by the University …
King’s College’s New Vaccination Strategy Promises Improved Protection Against STIs
Research done at King’s College London suggests that skin vaccination may be helpful for attracting protective immune cells to genital tissue, thus possibly preventing sexually transmitted infections. The team …
WHO Warning! Too Much Time Staring at a Screen Can Make You Nearsighted
Visual problems are on the increase worldwide, especially among children and adolescents, as the World Health Organization (WHO) has just revealed. No country is immune to this trend, which …