Category: Health and Disease

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary health condition that impacts millions of lives across the globe. Researchers have found that we need to place more emphasis on other aspects of this disease, aside from biological, in order to improve treatment.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death for infants who are between 1 to 12 months of age in the United States, yet it is broadly defined with much that remains unknown about its cause. The mysterious and unexpected nature of SIDS has raised alarm and resulted in awareness campaigns such…

This article discusses the causes, consequences, and significance of anosognosia, a mental condition that may be easily overlooked without caution. The strange concept of this condition raises the question of how one chooses to believe in something, and whether the act of believing is localized in the brain.

More than 30 million people living in the US will have an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Eating disorders are psychological conditions that are related to tenacious eating habits that harm your health. Eating disorders could negatively impact your heart, bones, digestive system, and bones.

Prion diseases, also referred to as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are able to affect humans and animals and can be transmitted by the consumption of infected meat products. With approximately three hundred cases reported in the U.S. every year, prion diseases are a family of rare progressive neurodegenerative diseases and are identified by certain characteristics…

Non-communicable diseases are probably the most important worldwide health problem of the 21st century. A leading cause of death globally, we need serious action in order to tackle this ‘epidemic’. This article discusses the current situation of NCDs through analysis of its global impact and patterns, along with focused research into diabetes in particular.

On February 27, the Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson’s single dose COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson & Johnson now plans to ship approximately 20 million doses by the end of March. What do we know about this vaccine?

In the last thirty years, a significant finding in the world of medicine was the discovery of prions. Essentially, prions are misfolded proteins that can cause neurodegenerative diseases. One of the earliest cases of a prion-caused disease was scrapie, a disease afflicting sheep.