Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the World Health Organization’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, speaks during a press conference following an emergency committee meeting over the new coronavirus in Geneva on Jan. 22, 2020. Pierre Albouy | AFP | Getty Images A World Health Organization official said Tuesday that unvaccinated people are “dying unnecessarily” from […]
A new study explores whether a high-walnut diet can slow cognitive decline and preserve cognitive function in older adults. Thanks to increases in global life expectancy, the global prevalence of dementia is on the rise. Despite this, modern medicine remains poorly equipped to deal with the condition. Treatments for dementia focus on slowing disease progression […]
Researchers recently studied the effect of age on weight loss efforts. The obesity epidemic currently affects over 300 million people around the world. Even developing nations suffer with as many as 115 million people classified as obese. Obesity is related to many other diseases, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, and even […]
