Researchers at Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University have blown away the scientific community by discovering that overproduction of the protein, clusterin, can lead to cardiometabolic syndrome. This occurs when there is an unhealthy combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and extra body fat around the waist. The study, published …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency as an outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) has been confirmed. According to the WHO, 4,593 cases have been confirmed worldwide, with China reporting the most at 4,537 and 106 deaths so far directly contributed to the virus. The United States has confirmed …
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The Arthritis Foundation explains that children’s juvenile arthritis is different from the arthritis that affects older adults in that they “suffer from various forms of arthritis. Their body’s immune system attacks their joints, causing swelling, stiffness and permanent damage.” The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases shares that the most common type …
The United Nations (UN), defines human trafficking as “The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of the position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of …
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Twenty four percent of the 1.2 million HIV infected people are over the age of 55. There is also an increased number of people diagnosed over the age of 50 and an increase in the number of grandparents who have become guardians of children who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS. The United States Centers …
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