…in those who travel to cold climates or high altitudes where temperatures are often below freezing. Acute altitude illness, a term that encompasses syndromes such as acute mountain sickness (AMS),…
“We know very little about long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug use disorders” points out Dr Stephan Arndt, Editor-in-Chief of Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy…
…responders who got caught in the collapse of the North Tower and South Tower. This was an unprecedented event in terms of the scope of destruction and magnitude of air…
…term exposure to geomagnetic disturbances on deaths in a larger cohort. To address this, we conducted a large national epidemiological study to investigate the effects of geomagnetic disturbances on total…
…in Africa showed that annual ivermectin treatment greatly reduced but did not interrupt transmission during the first years. Modelling predicted that in the long term elimination would be feasible but…
The myth of governance Governance, as it relates to the health care system, often seems to be more of a myth than an instituted practice. It’s a term we…
…associated with metabolic inflexibility, meaning the body has difficulty in switching to using fat as an energy source. In the long term this can lead to a lot of serious…
…term problems like photokeratitus (AKA snow blindness); where light reflecting from snow and water gives our eyes a super dose of UV causing ‘sunburn’ of the cornea. We wear sunglasses…
This nearly century old diet, whose roots are in treating epilepsy, has gained more traction in recent years — mainly through its similarities to the Atkins Diet —…
Type 2 diabetes is a global public health concern. The consequences – loss of limbs, blindness, long term dependence on insulin injections – can greatly damage quality of life,…