It was World Sleep Day yesterday but for Ireland’s ‘3am club’, who suffer from insomnia and other sleep problems, there wasn’t much shut eye to be had. The problem of broken sleep is nothing new for Ireland’s night owls. One in five of us will suffer with sleep difficulties at some point in their lives but the… Read More: Losing sleep – insomnia epidemic being driven by pandemic »
The immune system normally defends the body against everything from microscopic viruses to meters-long parasitic worms. But sometimes, it sets its sights on the wrong target: the body’s own cells. Autoimmunity problems cause many different diseases, depending on which cells are targeted. In Type 1 diabetes, it’s beta cells. Beta cells are located in the… Read More: Epidemic of autoimmune diseases pushes researchers in new direction »
The young teenage boy in the photo cannot stand on his own. He is being held up on his feet in front of a thatched roof hut in northern Uganda. His face is obscured for privacy, but it is obvious how the musculature of his legs has wasted away. He looks a bit like an… Read More: Mysterious, deadly ‘nodding’ epidemic in Ugandan children may hold clues… »
One in three working-age people in the U.S. have seen a doctor about something stress-related. Stress is a way of American life, based on the findings in The United States of Stress, a survey from Everyday Health. Everyday Health polled 6,700 U.S. adults between 18 and 64 years of age about their perspectives on stress, anxiety, panic,… Read More: Financial Stress Is An Epidemic In America, Everyday Health Finds »