Category: Features
Most northern Indian women cast aside from outpatient health care
A recent analysis on outpatient hospital care in India’s capital, New Delhi, has highlighted that women under 30/over 60 were absent from healthcare services, possibly due to India’s extensive gender discrimination. Gender disparity in healthcare is usually studied by comparing […]
Innovative cancer treatment offers hope against incurable leukaemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), an incurable form of leukaemia, is the most common cause of child cancer death in the UK. Survival for children suffering from ALL increased from under 10% in the 1960s to 90% in 2015, but still […]
Broccoli sprouts may fix schizophrenia brain chemical imbalance
Schizophrenia, characterised by hallucinations, delusions and disordered thinking and behavior, affects millions of people worldwide. While drugs used to treat schizophrenia can cause a variety of undesirable side effects for its patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland, US, […]
Women with preeclampsia more prone to kidney failure
Women who develop a form of high blood pressure during pregnancy, also known as preeclampsia, are greatly predisposed to end-stage kidney disease later in life compared to women without, according to a new Swedish study. It is similar to previous […]
Study assesses holistic health approaches among different age groups
Holistic nutrition is thought to support one’s physical and emotional wellbeing but is surprisingly different in importance across generations of its consumers – Generation Z (1997-2015), Millennials (1981-1996), Generation X (1965-1980) and Baby Boomers (1946-1964). This was looked at in […]
MSD introduces new drug treatment for lung cancer in Malaysia
Lung cancer is responsible for about 1.76 million deaths globally and is the third most common cancer in Malaysia, from 2007 to 2011. There are two major types of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung […]
Protein buildup attributed to certain type of schizophrenia
Hypotheses abound about the neurodegenerative disorder schizophrenia, with explanations ranging from developmental complications to bacterial infections. However, new studies from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland, US, has found that abnormal protein buildup in the brain, similar to Alzheimer’s, results in […]
Lack of racial diversity a bane in cancer drug trials
Drugs can aid recovery and treatment in many circumstances, notably in cancer therapy, but there has been an underlying concern about their effectiveness in some patients due to insufficient testing. New research by several American institutions, including the University of […]
Microplastics in drinking water not hazardous at current levels, says WHO
Over the past few years, several studies have reported the presence of microplastics in treated tap and bottled water, raising questions and concerns about the impact that microplastics in drinking-water might have on human health. In its first report on […]
Microbial therapy may be the answer to irritating food allergies
Food allergies have become common place in most modernised countries and are quite tricky to keep in check. A new study by Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Massachusetts, US, may however change the onset of food […]
