Saturday, February 15, 2025
World Tuberculosis Day

World Tuberculosis Day Raises Public Awareness of the Deadly Disease

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, infecting approximately one-third of the world’s population. On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the...
Swaddling and SIDS

Swaddling and SIDS: What to Know

Generations of parents have swaddled their babies, but a new study concluded that the practice might increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Or does it? Shortly after the study was published in the...
heart disease

Study: Greater Risk of Heart Disease to Those with Low Income

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every 43 seconds, someone in the U.S. suffers a heart attack, and many of these incidents result in...
treatment of bone fractures

Bone Regeneration for Healing Fractures Studied by Michigan State Veterinary Scientist

The treatment of bone fractures hasn’t significantly changed in years – healing generally takes 6-to-8 weeks – but a Michigan State University veterinary scientist is looking at ways to improve the process, the University...
Solving Autism Genetic Code

Scientists Close to Solving Autism Genetic Code

Australian scientists believe they are close to discovering the genetic code for autism, giving hope that researchers will be one day be able to diagnose and treat the neurodevelopmental disorder. The scientists have figured out...