As we age, our brains slowly shrink in volume and weight. This includes significant atrophy within the frontal lobes, the seat of executive functioning. Executive functions include planning, controlling, and inhibiting thought and behavior.
National Cervical Cancer Coalition unites women in joining the fight for education and early detection and prevention of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center discharged Robert Daniels, the multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patient who came to the center from Arizona, today at 11 a.m. Daniels was scheduled to take a commercial airplane flight back to Phoenix this afternoon escorted by a private security guard hired by Maricopa County Public Health Department in Arizona.
A University of Sydney professor who developed a system to combat bioterrorism has received a major award from the US military.
Women who have their first child before the age of 20 are at a higher risk of chronic diseases and death when they reach middle age, a new study shows.
In today’s world, they serve as unpaid babysitters for their grandchildren instead of watching television — but in far distant times they helped the human population survive.
Some refer to the smell of fruit and ripe apricots while others to horse blankets and leather, just to name a few of the more peculiar descriptions of the aroma of wine.
The World Health Organisation will set up here its second centre of excellence for occupational health in India in collaboration with city-based Sri Ramachandra University (SRU).
In the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, people experience mild memory loss and confusion. These challenges are significant, but people often maintain much of their normal capability and spirit. Now, a specialized support group program is being formed at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center to help patients learn how to live with the disease and to help family members grieve and adjust.
A World Health Organization official has issued a warning about the increased risk of malaria to countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Bangkok Post reports.