MEDICINE & HEALTH

Progenitor Cells Linked to Age-Related Prostate Growth, UCLA Study Finds

Researchers at UCLA have discovered a link between progenitor cells and age-related prostate growth. The study found that the prostates of older mice contained more luminal progenitor cells than the prostates of younger mice. Progenitor cells are cells that are capable of generating new prostate tissue.

Smoking As A Nonsmoker Due To Air Pollution

Nonsmokers think that they have freed themselves from the risks of developing lung diseases by not smoking, but breathing in air pollution is like smoking a pack everyday.

Anxiety and Addiction: Is There a Relation?

Almost everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. It can be triggered by challenges at work, difficulties in relationships or any kind of stress. Interestingly, that many people do not always recognize that they feel anxious until they feel physical symptoms of it. As anxiety causes distressing feelings and strong negative emotions, an individual seeks for relief. Some people struggling with anxiety choose substances to get rid of negative emotions.

WHO removes transgenders in the list of 'mental disorder'

This move is expected to improve the acceptance among transgenders in society The World Health Organization uses gender incongruence as a way to describe transgender people, and it is now removed in the list of mental disorders, voted by WHO's legislative panel.

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