by sagesgroup | Oct 22, 2023 | Biology, Drugs, Health, homepage, hp-latest, Medicine, Syndicated, The Conversation
— Boston Globe/Boston Globe/Getty Images If you have ever gotten a vaccine or received an intravenous drug and did not come down with a potentially life-threatening fever, you can thank a horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). How can animals, which are often called...by sagesgroup | Oct 3, 2023 | Coronavirus, Health, homepage, hp-latest, Medicine, Mind and Body, Science
— Shutterstock On October 2, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman jointly received the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2023 for their discoveries of how mRNA interacts with the immune system, which ultimately laid the foundation for vaccines against Covid-19. While...by sagesgroup | Sep 17, 2023 | Health, Medicine, Mental Health, Syndicated, The Conversation
— RealPeopleGroup/E+/Getty Images Though tobacco use is declining among adults in the U.S., cannabis use is increasing. Laws and policies regulating the use of tobacco and cannabis are also moving in different directions. Tobacco policies are becoming more...by sagesgroup | Sep 4, 2023 | Health, homepage, Medicine, Syndicated, The Conversation
Your hands reveal a lot about the state of your health. This is something that has been recognized since at least the time of Hippocrates — the father of modern medicine. The ancient Greek physician first described “clubbing” in a patient with empyema (where pus fills...by sagesgroup | Sep 1, 2023 | Health, homepage, Medicine, Mind and Body
Ticks are the wiliest of blood feeders. With a single bite, they inject a potent payload of saliva filled with enzymes that prevent your body from feeling pain. These tactics allow the tick to feed for days undetected. However, lurking within this teeny glob of spit...by sagesgroup | Aug 22, 2023 | Health, homepage, Medicine, Mind and Body
Health officials are sounding the alarm after three individuals in Connecticut and New York died from a rare but life-threatening “flesh-eating” bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus. The bacteria, whose species naturally live in coastal seawater, cause an infection...