Although scientists have identified genetic tests for common cancers, like breast and colon cancer , genetic testing is not an option that should be offered to all people with cancer, or even to those who may have cancer in their family. This is primarily due to the fact that most cancer does not run in [...]
Humans, as part of the web of life, are not immune to events that trigger the extinction of organisms on the profound scale that appears to be currently taking place; and the implications for human health are numerous and diverse. Firstly, there are direct effects: for example, the loss of marine fisheries (over 70 percent [...]
This is a condition characterized by a long-lasting depressed mood or marked loss of interest or pleasure in all or nearly all activities. These symptoms, along with others described below, must be sufficiently severe to interfere significantly with the patient’s daily functioning in order for a person to be diagnosed with MDD. Children and adolescents [...]
Madeline was delivered by emergency caesarean section, but since she had spent only 27 weeks instead of the normal 36 to 40 weeks in the womb, she weighs less than a point a butter tiny 9.9 ounces. The doctor could hold her in the palm of one hand. Premature infants do not usually survive if [...]