Category: Health News
The Experimental Drug Vosoritide Can Help People With Short Stature Grow Taller
While a new treatment promises to reduce the impact of achondroplasia (Dwarfism) on future generations, a change in perspective on dwarfism is essential to improve the quality of life …
CBD Does Not Affect Driving Performance According to Dutch Experiment
In a recent Dutch experiment, researchers showed that inhaling vaporized cannabis containing much more cannabidiol than Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol does not affect driving performance more than inhaling a placebo. Cannabis consists …
IBS Breakthrough: Eliminating the Bacteria Brachyspira May Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder characterized by gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain and alternating episodes of diarrhea and constipation. There are …
Mental Health During Childhood and Adolescence Influences Health and Life Expectancy in Adulthood
A recent study showed that mental health during childhood and adolescence influences certain biological markers in adult life and life expectancy. A study recently published in the Journal of …The Overuse of Poor Quality Hand Sanitizers May Lead to the Creation of Superbugs
Antiseptic handwashes are alcohol-based liquids, gels, and foams that destroy infectious organisms on our hands. Alcohols have been used as effective disinfectants against microbes since as early as the …
Glaucoma Breakthrough: Vision Loss in Mice Restored With Anti Aging Cocktail
Researchers from Harvard University Medical School have succeeded in rejuvenating mice in an experiment by altering their genomes. With the help of a cocktail made out of three genes, …
Most Severe Forms of COVID-19 Are Due to Immune Suppression Not to Cytokine Storms
Contrary to what doctors have thought, the excessive reaction of the immune system known as the cytokine storm is not responsible for most of the severe forms of COVID-19. …
HGH and Diabetes: What Does the Science Say?
Growth hormone is a naturally occurring peptide hormone produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It is an anabolic hormone important for growth, cell regeneration, cell reproduction, …