By Jessica Hamzelou A similar process to the one breweries use to make alcohol can happen inside our bodiesurbancow/Getty A woman who urinates alcohol without having consumed any is the first person to be diagnosed with “urinary auto-brewery syndrome”. The condition is caused by yeast in the bladder, which ferments sugar in urine to produce… Read More »
Jason MerrittGetty Images Will Smith and the rest of his family appeared on his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk. They spoke about bodies, health, and wellness, including Will revealing that he reached his highest weight ever: 225 He also said that he could go three days without passing a bowel… Read More »
Lower back pain affects a high proportion of the population and the vast majority of those people fail to seek the help, advice and treatment that is needed. Back pain can affect everything from limiting peoples mobility to preventing people from playing their favourite sports. If left untreated back pain can not only cause severe… Read More »
Medical data is only as valuable as the uses it’s put toward. When shared between patients, providers, and payers, data becomes a tool for improving health outcomes and the healthcare experience. But as we gather and use more data, we also create more risk. Whenever data is transmitted between systems, there’s a chance it could… Read More »