Opinion: Heavy periods should be treated as a global health priority
Anemia, caused by heavy periods, can lead to severe bleeding after childbirth, writes Ian Roberts of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Mar 17, 2023
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Anemia, caused by heavy periods, can lead to severe bleeding after childbirth, writes Ian Roberts of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Mar 17, 2023
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I am a breast cancer survivor who still suffers from various aches and pains, including arthritis. A friend told me that her arthritis pain improved after she started taking turmeric. I'm committed to making this new year ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Togo had reason to celebrate in 2022 when it became the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases. The west African nation stamped out Guinea worm disease in 2011, lymphatic filariasis in 2017, ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Photography is a powerful tool in storytelling and scientific communication. But it can also cause harm when used unethically.
Jan 11, 2023
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Compared with team-based care alone, the addition of a computerized clinical decision support system (CDSS) significantly reduced cardiovascular risk factors in patients with diabetes. These findings may have important public ...
Dec 6, 2022
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A new invited perspective from a paper from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health illustrates the increases in adverse public health outcomes following tropical cyclones, especially in communities with existing ...
Nov 30, 2022
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The latest and most comprehensive analysis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and its impact in the entire WHO European Region (53 countries) was published in a paper today in The Lancet Public Health. Researchers at the Institute ...
Oct 14, 2022
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A literature review has examined the relationship between having HIV infection and disease of the heart muscle or arteries.
Sep 20, 2022
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The World Health Organization recently declared monkeypox—a disease that's been a concern in African countries for years—a global public health emergency.
Jul 29, 2022
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Children (0–14 years) diagnosed with leukemia have benefited from decades of research to improve outcomes, and their five-year survival has increased more than that of adolescents (15–19 years) and young adults (20–24 ...
Jun 6, 2022
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