Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a long-term infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the ...

Eleanor Rivera receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is affiliated with the National Kidney Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs. For a disease afflicting 35.5 ...

If you are a parent, then you probably first laid eyes on your child through an ultrasound procedure—the technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to view soft tissue. It is undeniably one ...

Minimally invasive cooled radiofrequency ablation of lumbar nerves resulted in significant pain relief for long durations among patients with chronic low back pain. Minimally invasive cooled ...

Wilful defaults declared by the bank have gone up 15-fold since 2016 to INR26,000 crore, a majority of these is owed by big corporates. Unions fear stake sale might mean these defaulters go scot-free.

Cases of people living with an incurable chronic lung condition is estimated to rise by two-thirds by 2044. New data from Public Health Scotland estimates that the amount of people with chronic ...

It’s among several other bills addressing “chronic absenteeism,” which is defined as missing at least 10% of enrolled school days or 18 days of an entire school year. Absenteeism skyrocketed ...

Higher exposure to these microplastics, which can be inadvertently consumed or inhaled, is associated with a heightened prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases, according to new research.