Health Articles

What is Trauma-Informed Care?

Trauma is the result of experiencing severe stress or violence committed against a person. In this article, News Medical looks at trauma-informed care for post-traumatic experiences.

Precision vs. Personalized Medicine

Precision medicine is the new term for personalized medicine. Sounds simple, but is it? The latter term began to slide out of favor once President Obama introduced the Precision Medicine Initiative in 2015.

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

Somatic symptom disorder is defined as mental health disorders that are characterized by prominent perceived somatic symptoms which result in distress and impairment to the individual. This article explores Somatic symptom disorder in more detail.

What is Havana Syndrome?

International Day of Yoga 2022: growing a self care practice with the branches of yoga

To celebrate the International Day of Yoga 2022, we are showcasing the different branches of yoga and their impact on our health.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Contraceptive Pill

Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are considered first-line therapy for concurrent menstrual irregularity treatment, including polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

Can Just Breathing Help Your Body and Mind?

Deep breathing controls heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system.

What is Chordoma?

Chordoma is a rare, low-grade, malignant neoplasm originating from remnants of embryonic notochord along the spine. This article explains chordoma in more detail.

What are Ichthyoses?

This article explores an inherited group of integumentary disorders, Ichthyoses, which cause the development of fish-scale-like skin.

What are the Health Risks of Sunbeds?

This article discusses the potential health effects of tanning beds, commonly used to expose individual skin to ultraviolet radiation to increase melanin production.

What is Chediak-Higashi Syndrome?

This article explores Chédiak-Higashi syndrome (CHS), a rare and potentially fatal autosomal recessive disorder.

How do Antibodies Cause Disease?

Antibodies are defensive molecules, part of the body’s adaptive immune response to pathogens. How are they involved in harming the same host they are produced by to defend it against foreign bodies and organisms?

The 'Omics in Male Fertility Diagnostics

The emerging fields of epigenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have added to the ability to diagnose and treat male infertility by uncovering the various biological processes involved in this condition.

What is Caroli Disease?

This article explores Caroli disease, a rare, congenital disorder involving malformation of the liver.

What is Thrombocytopenia?

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the blood has an unusually low number of platelets. This article discusses the condition in more detail.

How Do Our Bones Change as We Age?

Common bone diseases associated with aging are osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

The Pros and Cons of Healthcare Chatbots

Health chatbots are conversation platforms driven by artificial intelligence (AI), that respond to queries based on algorithms.

Healthcare Avoidance

Avoidance of healthcare is defined as keeping away from medical care that is thought to cause mental or physical harm.

Hormones vs Mental Health

There is a connection between our hormones and our mental health.

The Role of Senescent Cells in Disease

Cellular senescence is a process of irreversible cell-cycle arrest in response to various internal or external stressors.