Category: Community
Bigger may not be better for China’s ‘super hospitals’
Just before midnight, the pavement outside the glowing high-rise towers of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University is littered with slumbering bodies. Splayed on colorful mats or tucked into folding cots, these are patients’ relatives. Inside, beds line hallways […]
Organized programs help prevent or delay diabetes
Organized diet and exercise programs can stave off diabetes for those at risk, according to a new recommendation. The Community Preventive Services Task Force, an independent, unpaid group of public health and prevention experts who develop recommendations for community health, […]
How to Stay Active as You Get Older
How Physical Activity Helps to Stay Active Healthy and active lifestyle with a lot of physical activity, either through routine or leisure activities, is one of the ways to stay healthy and age gracefully. Physical exercise may not always be […]
Eating disorders at Ramadan: One teenager’s experience
It is coming to the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset for a month. The 18-hour fasts are not easy and for some the month can be a difficult challenge, especially for people with eating disorders. […]
Pledges of $3.4 billion for Ebola recovery made at United Nations
Some $3.4 billion in pledges were made at the United Nations on Friday to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea stamp out Ebola and begin rebuilding health systems and economies devastated by the worst outbreak on record of the deadly […]
Fat Stigma Fuels Weight Bullying
Being “fat” is the most common reason children are bullied, and something needs to be done about it. That is the predominant view of thousands of adults from four different countries who, when asked why children are bullied, said the […]
WHO ‘unfit for health emergencies’
The Ebola crisis proves the World Health Organization (WHO) lacks the “capacity and culture” to deal with global health emergencies, says a damning independent report, commissioned by the WHO itself. The review panel says WHO was too slow to act […]
World’s oldest man dies at 112 in Japan
The world’s oldest man, Sakari Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112, an official said Tuesday. Momoi, born months before the Wright brothers made their first successful flight, passed away late Sunday, said the official […]
The battle for control of the growing breast milk industry
It could trade for 400 times more than the price of crude oil and 2,000 times more than iron ore. If sold off the shelf, it could cost more than 150 times the price of a gallon of cow’s milk […]
WHO urges govts to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking
Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate funds for stronger health services, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. In a report entitled “The Global Tobacco Epidemic 2015″, […]
