Category: Health alert
Long nights and lazy days could send you to an early grave
Sleeping more than nine hours a night, and sitting too much during the day could be a dangerous combination, particularly when added to a lack of exercise, according to new findings to emerge from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up […]
The global diet is getting sweeter
A paper published in the Lancet points out that food in the world is getting sweeter, beverages in particular. The paper is entitled Personal View paper and is written by Professor Barry M Popkin, School of Public Health, Carolina Population […]
E-cigarettes produce free radicals
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are found to produce free radicals, molecules that can damage cells and cause cancer, according to researchers from the Penn Stage College of Medicine. E-cigarettes use water vapo to deliver nicotine instead of burning tobacco. Instead of […]
Depression increases risk of death in breast cancer patients
Breast cancer patients who were depressed were 45% more likely to die from all causes than those without depression, according to a study led by King’s College London. The researchers suggest this finding could help to target and support those […]
Treat HIV early, scientists say
HIV patients should start antiretroviral therapy (ART) early in the infection, says scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). For many years, clinicians debated the best time to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV infection, with […]
Virus that causes baby deformities found in dengue mosquitoes
The Brazilian health ministry confirmed Saturday that there was a link between cases of microcephaly, a head deformity, in babies and the Zika virus, transmitted by mosquitoes that spread dengue. The outbreak of microcephaly in northeastern Brazil “is a unique […]
Number of AIDS deaths among young Asians doubles over past decade: UN
BANGKOK – The estimated number of adolescents dying of AIDS in the Asia Pacific region has more than doubled since 2005, experts said on Monday (Nov 30), warning of a “hidden epidemic”. UNICEF urged Asian countries to improve teenagers’ access […]
Skunk-like cannabis can damage brain
Smoking ‘skunk-like’ cannabis can damage a part of the brain responsible for communication between the left and right hemispheres, says a new study by the King’s College London and the Sapienza University of Rome. Today’s high potency ‘skunk-like’ products have […]
Text message intervention effective at cutting binge drinking
A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study revealed that text message intervention programs are effective in preventing binge drinking. The program, designed by lead author Brian Suffoletto, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine at Pitt, reduced binge drinking and […]
Bile can prevent heart attacks
Dr Andrew Bulmer from Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ) found that of a bile pigment called bilirubin may protect from heart attacks. Bile is a fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, bile’s function is […]
