The Centers for Disease Control has been tracking depression for several years. A new report reveals its prevalence among American adults aged 20 and over.
Rheumatologists are just one example of the problems society faces regarding the number of physicians we "need" and where they are located. Physicians make choices as we all do, based on what is best for us and our families.
From a physical standpoint, life's late stages don't have to be progressively difficult. A new study by researchers from two British institutions found that adults who regularly exercise – not just several times a week, but also year in, year out – can remain healthy and function as if they were much younger than their actual ages.
Welcome to the latest "Hypocrisy Alert." Today, we feature Barbra Streisand, who's an outspoken opponent of biotechnology – at least when it applies to genetic food modification. Yet she fails to see the irony of having two cloned dogs. Let us begin ... Cue the music ... Hit it ...
Reflections of a recent, unsettling winter event, along with suggestions on how to avoid unintentional injury.
What turns a relatively minor skin injury into the life-threatening horror show? That would be necrotizing soft tissue infection, otherwise known as a flesh-eating bacterial infection. New research suggests that a lack of antibodies against Streptococcus bacteria is a likely risk factor.
A recent report from the CDC shows about half of millennials aren't getting tested for HIV — a virus that was a sure killer in the 90s, but thanks to advancements in science has become a manageable illness. Still, millennials aren't taken it seriously. Why?
Comorbidities are the other diseases a patient has, separate from the one of interest. The number of comorbidities for any given patient has increased, and their presence modifies how the "condition of interest" behaves clinically. Personalizing medicine means defining "disease" very differently.
Society told PhD students that the world would be theirs one day. In truth, after six (or more) years of grueling work, PhDs find themselves exhausted, indebted and unemployable. Facing this reality, is it really any wonder there's evidence of a serious mental health crisis among graduate students?
The curator of Unseen Oceans, a new exhibit at New York's American Museum of Natural History, explained that one of the primary reasons oceanic discovery is accelerating is because of significant advances in technology – like robotics, satellite monitoring, miniaturization and high-definition imaging.
