COVID-19 danger: List of possibly TOXIC hand sanitizers now up to 77; See the products FDA wants people to avoid

Jul 24, 2020 09:14 am UTC| Health Science

Exposure to COVID-19 is not the only risk people should be careful about during a pandemic. More than 70 hand sanitizer brands were found to contain a potentially toxic ingredient, per the latest update from the United...

Neurostimulation may herald a new treatment for depression

Jul 22, 2020 12:22 pm UTC| Health

Depression is a growing problem in Canada and elsewhere, and one of the most important public health issues today, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing containment measures have...

COVID-19 Cure: Pharmacy company Novartis brings possible treatments for COVID-19 to low-income countries

Jul 22, 2020 05:53 am UTC| Science Health

There has yet to be a cure for COVID-19, and doctors and scientists are doubling down on efforts to develop a cure or a vaccine that could put an end to the pandemic and save millions of lives. Pharmacy company Novartis...

Is psychiatry shrinking what's considered normal?

Jul 21, 2020 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Psychiatric classifications catalogue the many forms of mental ill-health. They define what counts as a disorder and who counts as disordered, drawing the boundary between psychological normality and abnormality. In the...

Do poor Americans drink more soda than the rich?

Jul 21, 2020 14:29 pm UTC| Health

Many countries such as the U.K. and Mexico and a handful of U.S. cities such as Philadelphia and San Francisco have imposed soda taxes in an effort to fight rising obesity. Lots of research shows a link between drinking...

How COVID-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Jul 21, 2020 14:02 pm UTC| Health

When the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread rapidly across the globe, scientists expressed concern that people living with HIV would be particularly severely affected. This was because those with compromised immune systems...

COVID-19 promotes innovative HIV service delivery in Cape Town

Jul 21, 2020 14:02 pm UTC| Health

South Africa is home to the worlds largest epidemic of HIV, a virus that attacks a persons immune system, making one more susceptible to other infections. Sustained treatment with effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) can...