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...
TB (Tuberculosis): Know It, Test It, Stop It TB (Tuberculosis) has followed humanity for centuries, often beginning quietly with symptoms that are easy to overlook. In 2024, an estimated 10.7 million people developed TB and 1.23 million died from the disease. Yet around 2.4 million people were either not diagnosed or not officially reported. Closing this gap begins with earlier, faster, and more a...
