Why Cancer Treatments Might Not Work Very Well for Older Adults
Jyoti Madhusoodanan is a science writer based in Portland, Oregon. This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article.
Jyoti Madhusoodanan is a science writer based in Portland, Oregon. This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article.
June 14, 2023 by Disha Shetty It is an alarming and evocative statistic: An estimated 80 percent of climate migrants are women. The figure has been used by the United Nations in its official communication. It has been repeated in the media and by human rights groups. But it stands...
Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Adjunct Professor, School of Global Health and Managing Director, AMR Policy Accelerator, York University, Canada
“how long do we have to wait until we experience another similarly intense event?”. This is a challenging question but, fortunately, there is a branch of statistics, called extreme value theory, that provides ways in which we can answer that exact question using past events.
After 2022 was designated the hottest in 122 years, extreme heat has appeared early again this year with over 60% of India recording above-normal maximum temperatures for April, according to the country’s Meteorological Department.
In this interesting article, Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington, discusses the relationship between chronic disease and microorganisms in your gut microbiome.