There are far more people who need organ transplants than organs available. But living donors can donate many different organs or parts of organs to help alleviate the shortage. Recent studies show there may be a psychological benefit to being a living donor.
Thousands of eye injuries result from playing sports activities, especially boxing, tennis, and basketball. But simply wearing eye protection can reduce the risk and severity of those injuries.
Health disparities — long-term inequities in access to medical care and treatments — contribute to higher death and disease rates in Black people and other minorities.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has many of the same risk factors as heart attacks and strokes but it’s a much more “silent” condition. It can cause debilitating scarring of the liver without any symptoms.
Researchers are trying to find ways to help the people who continue to have debilitating symptoms long after a bout of COVID-19. Vaccination can reduce the risk of long COVID, but it’s not foolproof.
Word games and tough puzzles can help keep the brain strong because of the way the brain works to solve them. Research shows the brain builds new neural pathways to help find the answers to the puzzles.
Health disparities — long-term inequities in access to medical care and treatments — contribute to higher death and disease rates in Black people and other minorities.
Treating and controlling stroke risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol can reduce the risk or even prevent strokes from happening.
Sadness is probably the most common symptom of depression but not in children or teens. Psychologists say kids with depression may be more irritable or isolated and eat more, rather than less. But the most significant warning sign is a big change in the child’s behavior.
