7 types of arthritis you need to know

There are several types of arthritis. Common ones include: Ankylosing Spondylitis is arthritis that affects the spine. It often involves redness, heat, swelling, and pain...

Caffeine may treat Parkinson’s disease effectively

In a study from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, researchers found caffeine may help treat Parkinson’s disease effectively. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most...

COVID-19 vaccine moderately effective against variants in kids

In a new study from the University of Arizona, researchers found that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is a moderately effective tool for preventing the...

Be aware of ‘sugar-free’ trap for people with diabetes

What Is Sugar-Free? Sugar-free, according to the FDA, means that one serving of food has less than half a gram of added or naturally occurring...

This drug could ease chronic pain and itching in people

In a new study from Durham and Newcastle Universities, researchers found a protein in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases...

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a colonoscopy

Among the TV superheroes of the stay-at-home, virtual-care era is a smiling, anthropomorphic box. The animated character sells a brand of do-it-yourself colon cancer tests. While...

Scientists turn to Neandertals, an extinct human relative, for the answer of lower back...

Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in...

Looking back on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

It has been two years since the World Health Organization first used the word "pandemic" to describe the global spread of COVID-19. Today, the Hub...

Two doctors explain the mystery of long COVID

Thousands of COVID-19 survivors continue to grapple with symptoms many months after they were first infected. Brain fog, fatigue, even sexual dysfunction are among the...

How fasting may help reverse high blood pressure naturally

In a recent paper, researchers from Pantox Laboratories suggested that fasting may help reverse high blood pressure naturally by breaking metabolic vicious cycles. Although a...