As the world emerges from lockdown due to the pandemic, many peculiarities exist that have led a growing number of people to question whether the pandemic is real or orchestrated in some way, and if the latter is true, toward what end? Many are not aware that before the pandemic even started, Johns Hopkins Center… Read More »
World Lupus Day 2020 (Photo Credits: File Image) Every year World Lupus Day is celebrated on May 10 and the day is dedicated to the global health problem, lupus. The autoimmune disease is known to affect any part of the body in any way at any time. The disease can be unpredictable and have varying… Read More »
As quarantining continues with no immediate end in sight, we’re all attempting to maintain a sense of normalcy. We’re doing our best to live our lives to the fullest, or at least not go stir crazy, without leaving our homes. That’s why many folks have begun dating again. After all, nothing says “normal life” like… Read More »
This is not the career path I set out to practice when I left medical school; in fact, it’s a career path that didn’t even exist. But after making a number of lifestyle choices this is where I find myself today. I am sitting writing this article from the hot, tropical lowlands of Colombia, on… Read More »
Nurse Cao Shan, right, working in the isolation ward, shows the conditions of a patient to a co-worker in Jinyintan Hospital. She and her husband, a doctor also working at the hospital, have slept in the vehicle for 23 nights to avoid bringing viral hazards around, save commuting time, and give their assigned nearby hotel… Read More »
One in every 25 people on the face of the planet is carrying a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that STIs are a ‘silent epidemic’ sweeping the globe, adding that one million new STIs occur every single day. A study has found that in 2016,… Read More »
Thiepval, Departement Somme, May 18, 2018. A view of the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at sunset with the Franco-German cemetery containing the graves of 300 unknown French and 300 unknown British soldiers who died in the First World War.Getty An intriguing phenomenon has emerged in recent years: among very old people,… Read More »