Mental health problems are found in almost every country. However, reports suggest that perception and availability of treatments are varied in different regions, particularly between developed and developing countries. Know more here!
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Social Science Series #4: Stigmatization of Infectious Diseases
Social Science Series #4: Stigmatization of Infectious Diseases What are infectious diseases? Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms in our[…]
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Social Science Series #3: PTSD in Covid-19 Survivors
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety problem that develops in some people after extremely traumatic events, such as combat, crime, an accident or natural disaster. Know more here!
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Social Science Series #2: Psychological well-being of women with breast cancer
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the breast; the cancer forms in either the lobules or the ducts of the breast. Lobules are the glands that produce milk and ducts are the pathways that bring the milk from the glands to the nipple. Cancer can also occur in the fatty tissue or the fibrous connective tissue within the breast.
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Social Science Series #1: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)
NGOs are “legal or social entities created for the purpose of producing goods and services whose status does not permit them to be a source of income, profit or other financial gain for the units that establish, control or finance them” (System of National Accounts in 1993).
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Toxicity Evaluation of ConvitVax
ConvitVax is a personalized vaccine for the treatment of breast cancer, composed of autologous tumor cells, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and low concentrations of formalin…
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Science Series #12: COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines allow the immune system to develop antibodies against the virus prior to coming in contact with the illness. Vaccination exposes the body to infectious foreign antigens, which are the spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 that lead to the onset of antibody production and immune system activation.
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Science Series #11: COVID-19 and Cancer
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world in a drastic way, leading to over 3 million deaths and 132 million confirmed cases of infection. Unfortunately, some individuals, such as cancer patients, are more susceptible to catching the virus than others and are at a higher risk of severe infection…
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Science Series #10: Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are types of interventional research studies, conducted in order to test new emerging or already approved treatments to evaluate their effects on health outcomes…
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Science Series #9: Cancer Vaccines
Cancer vaccines are a form of immunotherapy that can help educate the immune system about what cancer cells “look like” so that it can recognize and eliminate them…
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