The United States continues to face a growing obesity epidemic. The number of people living with excess weight has tripled since 1975, standing at 39% of the American population. Carrying extra pounds is linked with lifelong illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
The Texas Birth Defects Registry received new funding from the CDC to help Texas track and trend the most accurate data to identify at-risk populations better and increase our States ability to protect pregnant people and babies.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection results from 1 of 2 similar retroviruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) that destroy CD4+ T lymphocytes and impair cell-mediated immunity, increasing risk of certain infections and cancers.
Medical science has made tremendous strides since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek developed microscopy and revealed the world of microbes. From that day forward, the leaps and bounds...