Health

Deaths from snake bites are between 81,000 and 138,000 per year however it's not considered a major health crisis like it should be. Antivenom is becoming more expensive and the methods to study venom are dangerous because it involves extracting venom from live snakes. However, three Ph.D. students…

The Wuhan coronavirus is believed to have started in a food market. There have been over 50 fatalities, and over 1,900 confirmed cases of the disease in 11 different countries. Canada has now reported its first case of the virus, and all that were in contact with the man in Toronto are being…

The last couple of years have seen an explosion in the consumer DNA testing industry. Unfortunately, aside from a slightly accurate estimate about where your ancestors lived, the bulk of what these consumer DNA tests claims are completely fictitious. Recent studies have discovered that these tests…

A recent study shows that microplastics, shorn from human products and carried by global trade winds, are now accumulating ubiquitously worldwide. Found trapped within the arctic snows, our tap water, the atmosphere, and our bodies, a tiny sniff of a spring breeze could result in thousands of…

Doctors have been increasing the prescriptions for Benzodiazepines. Doctors will often prescribe these for anxiety, agitation, or sleeplessness, but over a long period they can become addictive. There also seems to be an increasing number of Benzodiazepine overdoses, and analysts believe this is…

The life expectancy for children with cancer has increased. New approaches towards pediatric cancer shows more than 80% of children and adolescents with cancer survive for at least five years. They are also more likely to face serious health issues and premature death in adulthood. click here

In November 2018, the FDA approved a new formulation of the drug sufentanil called Dsuvia. Sufentanil is the strongest opioid prescription painkiller available and is five to ten times more potent than fentanyl. The approval of the drug was met with public outcry in the midst of the opioid crisis.…

According to the attorney’s general office, since Juul’s launch in 2015, youth vaping has doubled across the United States. A report states that e-cigarette use has risen 135% from 2017 to 2019 and sales directly from Juul account for 64% of the e-cigarette sales market. California is now taking…

A study published in the Nature Climate Change journal found that birth rates increase by 5% on days where temperatures are above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, with an average reduction in gestational length of about 6.1 days. Due to higher temperatures, mothers face a greater risk of pregnancy…

Nearly a quarter of young adults, and a fifth of adolescents are pre-diabetic in the US. The numbers are increasing and putting young people at risk for developing Type II diabetes. 9 in 10 adults don't even know they have diabetes. Diet and exercise are the main ways to prevent from getting…

Small electronic scooters, also known as the Bird or Lime, are becoming the next phase of becoming more green for our environments. These e-scooters are promoted world-wide, including Paris, Tel Aviv, and Buenos Aires. Although this new movement is a great substitution for cleaning our air, but are…

Car crashes are no longer the leading cause of traumatic brain injury related deaths in the US, suicide is. Millions of people every year end up in the ER from traumatic brain injuries due to self-inflicted gunshots to the head. The TBI-mortality rates was much higher among males and American…

-- CNN A step in the cleaning process of surgical equipment was missed at Goshen Hospital in Indiana, possibly exposing about 1,182 surgical patients to HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B between April and September 2019. Patients were notified out of extreme caution though the risk for exposure…

After concluding numerous clinical trials, the Indian Council of Medical Research announces the successful production of a male contraceptive injection. The trials found that the contraceptive has a 97.3% success rate with no reported side effects and effectiveness of 13 years. The polymer is…