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President Yoon Suk Yeol reaffirmed on Thursday the government's plan to increase the number of doctors in the country by letting more students into medical schools to address shortages of physicians in essential treatment departments and remote, non-urban areas.

Inflammation is one of the body's superpowers. It helps us fight off infections and heal wounds. "If you don't have inflammation, then you'll die," Ed Rainger, a professor who studies chronic inflammation at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., told Live Science. "It's as simple as that." 

Exciting new research on anxious adolescents shows that successful therapy is associated with positive changes in the brain.

Over 2,000 years ago, the Stoic philosophers from ancient Greece and Rome postulated a reliable method for leading a good life. Their instruction: Become virtuous. Virtue, according to them, is the perfection of human reason and rationality (logos). By developing virtues, we can not only align ourselves with what’s best in us but also live in agreement with nature (“He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe,” wrote Marcus Aurelius.) This, for the Stoics, is the goal of life itself.

South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued a warning urging people to stop eating deep fried toothpicks. Videos of people preparing and eating the toothpicks have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram in recent months, and appear to be especially popular in South Korea. 

It can start small: a peculiar numbness; a subtle facial tic; an inexplicably stiff muscle. But then time goes by — and eventually, the tremors set in. Roughly a million people in the United States (and roughly 10 million people worldwide) live with Parkinson’s disease, a potent neurological disorder that progressively kills neurons in the brain. As it does so, it can trigger a host of crippling symptoms, from violent tremors to excruciating muscle cramps, terrifying nightmares and constant brain fog. While medical treatments can alleviate some of these effects, researchers still don’t know exactly what causes the disease to occur in the first place.

In a remarkable shift, a new study has revealed that the long-standing disparity in life expectancy between men and women is gradually narrowing across the globe. This trend, driven by changing lifestyles and increased awareness of health issues, challenges the historical norm of women outliving men.

Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America. Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping.

The billions upon billions of items of plastic waste choking our oceans, lakes, and rivers and piling up on land is more than unsightly and harmful to plants and wildlife. Plastic Pollution is a very real and growing threat to human health.

We want to challenge the misconception that tofu is boring with this simple yet delicious red lentil tofu recipe. It is really easy to make at home and requires just two ingredients: red lentils and water.