Spring is upon us, and for the millions of Americans suffering from seasonal allergies, this means sneezing, itching, and discomfort. With climate change altering temperatures and plant growth patterns, allergy seasons are starting earlier than ever before. It can be challenging to differentiate between allergy symptoms and those of a common cold.

Is allergy season becoming worse?

An analysis of pollen count data from 60 stations across North America between 1990 and 2018 reveals that spring allergy seasons are beginning approximately 20 days earlier than in the past. This shift has significant health consequences as an early onset of spring is associated with a higher prevalence of allergic rhinitis or hay fever. The lack of preparedness often leads to illness and hospitalizations due to uncontrolled allergy symptoms.

Pollen concentrations have also risen nationwide by about 20 percent since 1990, with Texas and the Midwest experiencing the greatest increases. Factors such as warmer temperatures, higher carbon dioxide levels,

The number of people suffering from diabetes could double in the next three decades worldwide, according to a study published this Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet.

According to recent estimates, the number will go from 529 million patients in 2021 to more than 1.3 billion in 2050. This increase, which marks a different scale, will affect all the 204 countries that have been analyzed within the framework of the research, warn the researchers. scientists.

In particular, some countries and regions will be especially affected. Thus, it is estima

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo (AP) — The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions, the health ministry said, revealing how the disease may be spreading across Africa since it was confirmed by sexual transmission of the virus for the first time on the continent last year.

Mpox is a virus that originates in wild animals and occasionally passes to people, who can spread it to others. The virus was previously known as monkeypox because it was first observed in laboratory monkeys.

The World Health Organization said i

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Researchers at Doi Kham Food Products Co., Ltd. have discovered strawberry latent ring spot virus (SLRSV) and strawberry fold virus (SCV) in 80 varieties of real strawberries, the cause of leaf spot disease. and wrinkled leaves in three peasant cultivation areas, namely Ban Nong Tao, Ban Khop Dong, Mon Pin Subdistrict and Ban Mae Ngon Khilek, Mae Ngon Subdistrict, Fang District, Chiang Mai Province. It is the first discovery in Thailand.

Mr. Niwat Khantho The head of agricultural innovation said: “This discovery Thanks to the company’s collaboration with the agricultural science sector. Mahidol University Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture Chiang Mai University Studying the development of strawberry varieties at the company’s Plant Research Laboratory (LAB) revealed that the problems of leaf mottling, curling and stunting In the Royal Award 80 strawberries, important causes of growth and quantity were found. which affec

The recent outbreak of a flesh-eating disease caused by streptococcus bacteria in Japan has spread to Italy, with an alarming increase in cases reported in both countries. Known as the “killer streptococcus,” this dangerous infection can rapidly destroy tissue and lead to serious health complications.

According to a report from Virgilio News, Japan has seen a record number of cases of the flesh-eating disease, with hospitals overwhelmed by the influx of patients suffering from the devastating effects of

Smoking makes you slim – that was previously the common opinion. Researchers from Denmark now claim the opposite.

It is well known that smoking is bad for your health. But how exactly does frequent nicotine consumption affect our figure? As a recent study from the University of Copenhagen shows, people who smoke a lot of cigarettes are much more likely to develop unhealthy belly fat than non-smokers.

New Study: Smoking May Increase the Amount of Belly Fat

The researchers analyzed genetic data from more than a million people to investigate whe

▲ Schematic diagram of a computer methodology for predicting metabolites and metabolic pathways associated with cancer somatic mutations (Photo = Provided by KAIST)

[메디컬투데이=이재혁 기자] Unlike normal cells, cancer undergoes metabolic reactions caused by abnormal accumulation within cells, and these cancer metabolic reactions are being studied in a variety of ways for the purpose of cancer treatment and diagnosis.

Accordingly, KAIST researchers succeeded in building metabolic models for 1,043 cancer patients corresponding to 24 types of cancer using computers.

At KAIST, the research team of Professor Hyunwook Kim and Distinguished Professor Sangyeop Lee of the Department of Biochemical Engineering, through joint research with the research team of Professor Youngil Ko, Professor Hongseok Yoon, and Professor Changwook Jeong at Seoul National University Hospital, developed a computer methodology to predict new metabolites and metabolic pathways associated with cancer somatic gene mutations. It was announced on the 18th that it had been developed.

Recently, the discovery of cancer-causing metabolites (oncometabolites) and new drugs targeting them