World Thyroid Day: Care for Your "Butterfly Gland" May 25th marks World Thyroid Day, an annual international health initiative launched by the Thyroid Federation International (TFI) in 2008 to raise public awareness of thyroid health and related diseases. Known as the "body’s metabolic control center", this butterfly-shaped gland in the front of the neck produces hormones that ...
The Echo of Tuberculosis in Your Immune System: Understanding TB-IGRA I. A Disease That Has Never Faded Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world‘s oldest and most persistent infectious diseases, causing over 10 million new cases and 1.3 million deaths annually. It primarily affects the lungs but can spread via the bloodstream to bones, kidneys, the brain, and lymph nodes. The greatest challenge...
