Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

End of COVID pandemic in sight: WHO

The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.

Cardiology

Higher risk of high blood pressure for socially disadvantaged

The risk of high blood pressure is clearly related to social status. These are the findings of Anita Rieder and Thomas Dorner from the Institute of Social Medicine within the Centre for Public Health at the MedUni Vienna ...

Health

Boosting kids' health literacy

October is National Health Literacy Month. Health literacy refers to the ability of people to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Summer jobs give kids more than a paycheck

Summer jobs can give teens valuable life experience that help them transition to adulthood—not just a paycheck, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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