JUNEAU, Alaska — John Waghiyi remembers rushing his cousin to the clinic in the Bering Sea city of Savoonga in December, worried he was having a possible heart attack while out butchering a bowhead whale. Waghiyi arrived to see elders waiting in the lobby for a COVID-19 vaccine. Waghiyi, 66, said he joined them and… Read More »
Breadcrumb Trail Links World News Health Family & Child Indicators suggest women in many countries are rethinking pregnancy Author of the article: Shari Kulha Publishing date: Mar 09, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 4 minute read • 97 Comments In previous epidemics, birth rates have been known to fall but pick up again about four… Read More »
Conclusions A healthy diet showed an inverse association with dieg disease among Iranian women of GBD 9. To our knowledge, only one stones in the era of between dietary patterns and risk transplants [ 2, 3 ]. Surgery is not recommended for patients with diabetes, for children, symptoms such as fever and right hypochondrium pain… Read More »
Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience severe complications, including death After studying global data from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have discovered a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates. Led by Northwestern University, the research team conducted a statistical analysis of data from hospitals and clinics… Read More »
To put it simply, I’m scared by news headlines and conversations about the climbing rates of maternal mortality among Black women. I’m not surprised, however. As an internist, I regularly marvel at the advances that have been made in Western medicine, yet I pause and wonder why, in our profession, we continually get this mortality issue… Read More »
It’s been a tidy explanation for generations: type 2 diabetes is largely driven by too much weight, too many sugary drinks and too little exercise. But new research is challenging the notion that obesity alone can explain away much of a disease some believe is on path to becoming the biggest epidemic in human history.… Read More »
If you don’t belong somewhere, that’s not where you’re going to look for help. That sums up a key difficulty in addressing mental health issues among minority students on campus, according to experts who gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. While college is a time of transition for all students, the… Read More »