Professor Michael Schwartz, MD, explores the role of the brain in the control of both appetite and blood sugar, and how defects in these systems predispose to obesity and diabetes.
While many viral infections can be prevented through vaccination, it can take a long time for vaccinations to be developed for new diseases and many people object to themselves or children taking vaccines.
The cellular waste in your blood can tell you a lot about your health -any immune activation, mineral deficits, or stress hormones circulating through you.
No parent should have to bury their child, yet parents who experience multiple adversities and poor social determinants of health have a relatively higher chance of losing their child compared to those who do not.
Over the course of his career, Dr Ofer Aluf has developed cutting-edge innovations in a wide range of technologies, including computer chips, semiconductors, antennas, and high-power lasers.
Accumulation of fat in the liver (hepatosteatosis) and muscle (myosteatosis) affects normal physiological functioning, leading to poorer health outcomes.
Digital and communication technologies have revolutionised humanity; however, cyber attacks pose a constant threat that transcends national boundaries.
Pain that lasts longer than the expected period of healing is tormenting a significant percentage of the population and is the leading cause of disability worldwide.
As opposition to society’s ‘throwaway culture’ grows, so does the realisation that recycling and waste management are not only needed but desired by the public.
Dr Rebekah Humphreys, senior lecturer at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, and specialist in applied ethics, considers how it is possible to become desensitised to the use of animals for scientific research.
