Category: Health

People with a serious mental illness (SMI), like schizophrenia, often experience obesity. And in the UK, such people are almost twice as likely to be obese compared to those without a diagnosis. People with SMI also have a greater risk of having other obesity related illnesses such as type 2 diabetes, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease […]

As of Wednesday, 12 July, no human contacts of A(H5N1) positive cats have reported any symptoms, the UN health agency said, adding that the surveillance period for all contacts has now complete. National first There have been previous “sporadic” cases of what is more commonly referred to as the bird flu virus, but the cases […]

We already know that giving birth at a later age is considered riskier, but what about giving birth at a very young age? Is there a safer range for both the fetus and the mother? Research has discovered that the ideal age range for mothers to give birth is between 23 and 32, as it […]

Research at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer has shown that machine-learning analysis of complete capsule endoscopy (CE) videos at initial diagnosis can accurately predict the need for biological therapy to treat the gastroenterological disorder known as Crohn’s disease (CD). The artificial intelligence algorithm analyzing such videos at initial diagnosis of CD achieved 81% accuracy, […]

Who someone falls in love with might say more about whom they are than their loved one, a new study published on April 13 found. The peer-reviewed study, published in the academic journal APA PsychNet, theorized that people’s sense of who they are impacts how they interpret others. Thus, the researchers believe that people are […]

Alzheimer’s disease experts are revamping the way doctors diagnose patients with the progressive brain disorder – the most common type of dementia – adopting a seven-point rating scale based on cognitive and biological changes in the patient. The new guidelines, unveiled by experts on Sunday in a report issued at an Alzheimer’s Association conference in […]

Substance abuse has long been considered an issue for the young not the old, but recent data from the National Insitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) shows that the proportion of people with a substance use disorder (SUD) who are elderly doubled between 2000 and 2012 from 3.4% to 7.0%. The total number of people with […]

When cancer patients develop a fever, an annoying cold or another acute problem, they need to go urgently to a hospital for antibiotics or other therapy because chemotherapy shuts down their immune systems until the treatment ends.  For such patients, getting help, follow-up appointments and testing can often last up to several hours. This is […]

European health officials advised pet owners to keep cat indoors to protect them from catching bird flu on Thursday, amid a series of incidents of cats and other mammals being infected with the virus around the world. “It is recommended to avoid exposure of domestic cats and dogs, and in general carnivore pets, to dead […]

An outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a deadly form of feline coronavirus, in Cyprus has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of cats, according to Sky News. The situation has prompted experts to warn that if the outbreak were to reach the UK, it could have catastrophic consequences. Dinos Ayiomamitis, head of Cats […]