19+ hour, 40+ min ago   (226+ words) Her family, filled entirely with doctors, felt genuinely powerless watching her grandmother’s condition worsen in Bogota, since monitoring lung function traditionally relies on subjective patient reports rather than objective, continuous data, forcing doctors to simply ask whether someone feels better…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (816+ words) The story of Maria Consuelo Córdoba, a survivor of an acid attack that occurred 26 years ago in Bogota, took a new turn after the woman decided against euthanasia and expressed her intention to continue with treatments and surgeries to improve…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (488+ words) The WTC Health Program now serves more than 150,000 people affected by the attacks. Through June 30, the program had recorded about 85,000 certifications for WTC-related health conditions, with roughly half tied to inhaling or swallowing toxic dust and about 30% involving cancer. Respiratory…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (737+ words) According to a clinical report published Sept. 3 in ‘The Lancet’ researchers from Mass General Brigham, Andrews became the first reported patient to successfully transition from a genetically engineered pig kidney transplant to a human kidney transplant. The significance of Andrews…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (467+ words) ColombiaOne.com Bogota, Colombia, Turns to Video Games to Fight Elderly Loneliness Bogota is closing its annual Wellness Week with an unexpected centerpiece: video games, positioned as a genuine tool for improving mental health among the city’s older residents. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (755+ words) Rising nighttime temperatures are no longer just a problem associated with heat or extreme weather events. They are also affecting an activity that is essential to human health: sleep. A new analysis by Climate Central found that warmer nights are…...