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Elderly women who exercise regularly may break fewer bones
Elderly women who start exercising regularly may be able to reduce their risk of falls that result in broken bones or other serious injuries, a small study suggests. Researchers offered a group of women in their 70s supervised workouts combining […]
US man has first skull and scalp transplant
The first skull and scalp transplant has been performed in a 15-hour operation, say doctors in the US. James Boysen, who is 55 and from Texas, was missing the whole of the crown of his head after treatment for a […]
South Korea grapples to contain MERS as 1,369 in quarantine
The World Health Organization warned that the MERS outbreak in South Korea is likely to grow, as the number of people under quarantine crept up to 1,369 on Wednesday. The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed five new […]
Swedish fathers to receive three months of paid paternity leave from 2016
The Swedish government to introduce a third month of paid paternity leave for fathers as of next year to increase gender equality. Sweden offers a generous 16-month parental leave which can be taken by either mothers or fathers, with two […]
Do this to calculate how long you have to live
Health researchers have developed a scientifically rigorous death risk calculator that predicts a person’s risk of dying within five years and say they hope people will use it to improve their health. Using a simple set of around a dozen […]
Pakistan sees drop in polio cases
Polio cases in Pakistan have dropped by 70% this year as troops make territorial advances in the north against militants opposed to vaccination programmes, government officials have told the BBC. They say that so far in 2015 there have been […]
Effects of cancer-related pain on quality of life revealed
Mundipharma, a multinational pharmaceutical leader in pain management, will present the abstract of its first and largest cross-sectional evaluation of patients’ perspectives on cancer pain management at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Chicago, Illinois, from 29 May to […]
Nestle to reduce amount of salt in its products
Nestle USA said on Tuesday it would remove artificial flavours and reduce salt by 10 percent in its frozen pizza and snack products by the end of this year. The move will include more than 250 products sold under the […]
Crossfit is making waves in Malaysia
Crossfit was founded by Greg Glassman in the early 2000s, and there are now more than 11,000 CrossFit affiliated gyms around the world today. Back in 2012, when I first stumbled upon the training system (which combines elements of strength training, […]
To beat the biological clock, women are freezing their eggs for later
At a recent party at the Viceroy Santa Monica in the United States, the guests, almost all female, were chatting quietly, hesitantly, in pairs or trios. This wasn’t a group of good friends – Prosecco and hors d’oeuvres aside. The […]
