Category: Medicine
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Can physical exercise and anti-inflammatories delay aging? A study seeks to discover
A new study is underway to test whether it is possible to delay age-related diseases with an innovative combination of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and anti-inflammatory medications and supplements. The small study includes healthy adults aged 65 to 80 who agreed to try HIIT training, which includes brief periods of cardiovascular exercises combined with resistance…
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4 Ways to Overcome Insomnia Anxiety — and Get Back to Sleep
Clinical psychologist Steve Orma was a little over 40 years old when he developed insomnia — difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. He couldn’t stop thinking about it. “I started to enter the mental state that most people find themselves in. I worried: ‘What’s happening? Is something wrong with me?’”, he says. This fear of…
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4 Ways to Overcome Insomnia Anxiety — and Get Back to Sleep
Clinical psychologist Steve Orma was in his early 40s when he developed insomnia — difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. He couldn’t stop obsessing over it. “I started to enter the mental state that most people get sucked into. I worried: ‘What’s happening? Is something wrong with me?’”, he says. This fear of not being…
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Physical exercise is as effective as medications in treating depression, study reveals
If you feel better after exercising, know that you’re not alone. Movement can improve mood and, according to the results of a new study, can also help alleviate depression symptoms. As part of a review of evidence conducted by the Cochrane Collaboration — an independent network of researchers —, scientists evaluated 73 randomized clinical trials…
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Exercise Is as Effective as Medications in Treating Depression, Study Says
Exercise can be as effective as medications or therapy for treating depression, according to a new Cochrane review of evidence.
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Wegovy Pill for Obesity Now Available in Pharmacies
The Wegovy pill was launched on Monday, and the initial dose is now available in pharmacies across the country, with higher doses arriving by the end of the week. The Food and Drug Administration approved the pill for obesity on December 22. It is also approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke…
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Internet Access in Early Childhood More Than Doubled Since 2015
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Internet access in early childhood more than doubled in less than a decade in Brazil, rising from 11% in 2015 to 23% in 2024. This includes nearly half (44%) of babies up to 2 years old and 71% of children aged 3 to 5. The data are part of the study *Proteção à primeira infância…
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WHO Recognizes End of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Brazil
Brazil has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the largest country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission—known as vertical transmission—as a public health problem. The announcement was made by Health Minister Alexandre Padilha on Friday (December 15) on CanalGov. According to Minister Padilha, the board of the Joint United Nations…
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WHO Recognizes End of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Brazil
Brazil was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the largest country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission – known as vertical transmission – as a public health problem. Health Minister Alexandre Padilha made the announcement on Friday (Dec. 15) on CanalGov. According to Minister Padilha, the board of the Joint United…
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These Zika-Affected Mothers Went to Battle—and Their Cry Was Heard
It’s a sunny Thursday morning in Maceió, in eastern Brazil. Ruty Pereira has plenty of chores to keep her busy at home. But there she is, sitting in the front row of a meeting at her local community center. Paintings of balloons and clouds decorate the walls. Pereira’s daughter, 10-year-old Tamara, is sitting on her…