Health

ISLAMABAD, Jan 08 (Online): The mechanisms underlying poststroke depression (PSD), a common and debilitating complication of stroke, are unclear. Is it neurobiological, psychosocial, or both? Two studies offer new insight into this question. In the first, investigators systematically reviewed studies comparing stroke and non-stroke participants […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 04 (Online): For many people who have struggled with losing weight, semaglutide-based diabetes drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have offered a different approach to weight loss. The medications can result in a 10% to 15%, or greater, reduction in weight, though the […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 04 (Online): In a new studyTrusted Source conducted at Tulane University in Louisiana and published in Communications Biology, researchers describe a novel remedy for a persistent inflammatory condition that can make it difficult for children to eat. Known as eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), this […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 03 (Online): Powerful weight-loss medicines like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy leapt into public view in 2023, from social media to doctors’ offices and cocktail parties, offering a new way to address record obesity rates. But extraordinary demand, and high prices, for these drugs will […]

ISLAMABAD, JAN 03 (ONLINE): Older adults (aged = 65 years) with diabetes who received insulin may have an increased risk for serious hypoglycemic events in extreme heat. METHODOLOGY: • Thermoregulatory response is often compromised in older adults with diabetes, making them vulnerable to extreme heat. […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 28 (Online): The COVID-10 pandemic may no longer be a global public health emergency, but millions continue to struggle with the aftermath: Long COVID. New research and clinical anecdotes suggest that certain individuals are more likely to be afflicted by the condition, nearly […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (ONLINE): The FDA has approved a topical gel containing birch triterpenes for the treatment of partial thickness wounds in patients 6 months and older with junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) and dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB). The gel is marketed under the name Filsuvez. […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 (ONLINE): The JN.1 variant seems more transmissible than other strains, but it isn’t likely to cause more severe Covid. Nurse Sandra Lindsay, who was the first American to receive the initial Covid vaccine, is inoculated with the latest vaccine at Long Island […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 (Online): Researchers estimate that more than 10 million people around the world have Parkinson’s disease, making it the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. There is currently no cure for Parkinson’s disease. Medications, lifestyle changesTrusted Source, and sometimes surgery are […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 (ONLINE): Researchers have developed an electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) vest which can map the electrical activity of the heart and identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death. The researchers, writing in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, say the technology holds […]