Category: Health News

Regenerative Properties of the Newborn Heart Offers Hope for Those With Congenital Heart Disease

Researchers from the Murdoch’s Children Research Institute (MCRI) are developing new treatments for congenital heart disease that could enable children born with birth defects can regenerate the damaged organ. In 2011, Prof. Enzo Porello, who is now head of the Heart Regeneration Laboratory at the MCRI, demonstrated the regenerative properties of newborn mouse hearts at the University…


‘It’s Truly Unreal’: Stories of Negligence at the Hand of COVID-19 Hospital Treatment Protocols Continue to Surface

After the death of her husband at the hand of what she believes to be hospital COVID-19 treatment protocols, Joanne Eyerly’s life was uprooted in grief and confusion. She had to sell most of her belongings and their home in Oregon to move to Ohio, where today she scrambles to put the pieces together. Of…


WHO: Monkeypox Cases Drop 21 Percent, Reversing Month-Long Increase

GENEVA—The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped 21 percent in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and signaling that Europe’s outbreak may be starting to decline, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The U.N. health agency reported 5,907 new weekly cases and said two countries, Iran and Indonesia, reported…


US Ban on Smoking in Public Housing Is Upheld

A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a ban on smoking in federally subsidized public housing. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) properly enacted a 2016 rule requiring state and local public housing agencies to ban cigarettes, cigars, and pipes inside housing units and indoor common…


Mexico, Cuba Report Deaths of Two Patients With Monkeypox

MEXICO CITY—Mexico and Cuba have reported the deaths of two people who had tested positive for monkeypox, although neither country attributed the fatalities to the viral disease. The reports follow monkeypox-related deaths reported in Brazil and Ecuador in the past month, but fatalities remain rare in the current outbreak. The Pan-American Health Organization has reported…


Preventing Violent Extremism in Youth May Be as Simple as Encouraging Involvement in Sport

Stopping teenagers and children from being radicalized and sliding into violent extremism may be as simple as encouraging them to play sports, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) have discovered. In recent studies undertaken by the universities in the Southeast Punjab region of Pakistan, it was…


Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans

This year’s hurricane season has been quiet so far, but if and when it cranks up many American cities won’t be prepared to execute mass evacuations, a new study finds. After Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in 2005, the country bore witness to the pitfalls of not having an effective evacuation plan. Since then…


The War Against an Underrated yet Essential Food in Our Diet

Nutrition is a field of contradictions and changing fads. In recent decades, most schools and teachers encourage a diet high in grains and vegetables, moderate protein, and low fats and oils. Over the years, paleo, keto, vegan, and various diets that contradict each other have come and gone. However, amidst it all, is an important…


Unpopular Vegetables Top Clot-Busters, Research Says

Researchers in Australia have found that some of the most unpopular vegetables may help reduce the risk or even reverse the effects of stroke. Sydney-based Heart Research Institute (HRI) has found that isothiocyanates, a group of chemicals found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, and cabbage, could reduce bad blood…


Traditional Chinese Medicine a New Way to Treat ‘Long COVID’: Japanese Physicians

Although it has been almost two years since COVID-19 first broke out, many still struggle with post-COVID conditions, also known as “long COVID.” Recently, Japanese doctors have shown that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can be used to treat both COVID-19 and long COVID. Ken Ritsugaku is a TCM physician, a member of the Japan Society…