Monthly Archives: October 2024

Read more about the article The Age of Pandemics: Why Is the World Descending into Infectious Disease Outbreaks?
Epidemiology

The Age of Pandemics: Why Is the World Descending into Infectious Disease Outbreaks?

Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has not been free of infectious diseases outbreaks. From Nipah virus, Dengue virus, to the recent bird flu that is being transmitted from man to man, it is obvious we are facing an existential threat from these viral infections. Why is the world descending into a chaos and chorus of infectious viral diseases that were hitherto only found in animals or only transmitted from animals to man? What does the future portend?

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October 31, 2024
Read more about the article The Profound Impact of Emotions on the Brain, Bones, and Muscles: The Need for Emotional Intelligence
Dementia, Cognitive and Mental disorders / Hormonal disorders

The Profound Impact of Emotions on the Brain, Bones, and Muscles: The Need for Emotional Intelligence

Why is it difficult to think straight when you are angry or too excited? Why do you lose your appetite when you are anxious, troubled, and depressed? Why does envy, hatred, sorrow, stress, and depression weaken the immune system to make us prone to infections and other diseases? Have you realized how anger can trigger or increase your risk of strokes, heart attacks, and other heart-related or physical diseases? What are the mechanisms through which your emotions can hijack your brain, bone, and muscles and hold them captive and what do these tell us about the need for emotional intelligence?

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October 31, 2024
Read more about the article The Rise of Gene and Stem Cell Therapies: The New Dawn of Medicine?
Gene Therapy / Genes, Genomics, Genetics, and Transcriptomics

The Rise of Gene and Stem Cell Therapies: The New Dawn of Medicine?

Medicine is changing, and so is the approach to tackling several diseases that were previously deemed untreatable and genetic. With the development and advancement of medicine in genetics and stem cells, diseases such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS, sickle cells, are now becoming "treatable". Is this signaling a new dawn for medical treatments?

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October 31, 2024