Global Warming has been a problem at the heart of Earth’s environmental issues for nearly 5 decades, with the potential to affect a significant portion of the global population. Changes in Earth’s climate due to the rise in global temperatures will have an enormous impact on communities ...

Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by a compromised skin barrier, excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and an abnormal immune response involving a complex interaction between cytokines such as IL-4, IL-13, IL-31, and TNF-&alph...

Nutrition is a fundamental factor shaping human health, daily energy levels, well-being, and quality of life. A major report on the global food system states that less than 1% of the world's population follows a diet beneficial to both the planet and human health. According to The Lancet, approx...

The Primo Vascular System (PVS) has been hypothesized as a third circulatory system different from the blood and lymphatic systems, which might represent the anatomical substratum of acupuncture meridians and nodes. Recently, there has been emerging evidence that the PVS is critically involved in st...

  Vitamin A, not naturally produced by the body, undergoes a series of metabolic steps to become retinyl esters, which are then stored and activated in the liver. Before being stored as retinyl ester in HSCs (hepatic stellate cells), though, the liver receives retinol bound to chylomicrons f...

Sulfur ion pharmacopuncture is a newly developed treatment method of traditional Korean medicine (TKM). Sulfur ion pharmacopuncture is a form of pharmacopuncture that uses ionized sulfur compounds to induce tissue regeneration, immune modulation, and organ function restoration. This treatment method...

African Americans are often viewed as a monolithic group in the United States because Black people generally have been subjected to the same racism and prejudice throughout American society. While African Americans have had many similar experiences in the United States, their opinions on the current...

Clove oil, Eugenia caryophyllata, is portrayed as an alternative form of local anesthesia through immersion. The active ingredient eugenol allows for clove oil to inhibit voltage gated sodium channels. Nevertheless, anesthesia administration through immersion is comparable to topical application on ...

Phthalocyanines (PCs) are of great interest as second-generation photosensitizers for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). They have strong absorption in the red and near-infrared region, high singlet oxygen quantum yield, and excellent photochemical stability. Although there are many experime...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of Phoenix dactylifera (dates) on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Drosophila melanogaster. AD is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that causes memory loss. It is hypothesized that incorporating dates into the diet of genetically mo...