Category: Health alert
Vitamin D deficiency linked to dementia
Vitamin D deficiency in the elderly is linked to mental decline and Alzheimer’s, says researchers from the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Rutgers University. Their research is published online in JAMA Neurology, a JAMA Network journal. The study was […]
South East Asian leaders sign declaration against tobacco
Health ministers from 11 countries in South East Asia signed a declaration to reduce tobacco use in the region. The Dili Declaration was signed yesterday in Timor Leste during the 68th Regional Committee Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Region. […]
Middle East construction workers face health risk under extreme heat
Last June, authorities imposed a “summer hours working ban” to protect construction workers from the extreme summer heat. Labourers were only allowed to work three to four hours in midday. The ban was lifted in Qatar last week. UAE, Kuwait, […]
Feeling blue? Sadness impairs your color perception, study says
“Feeling blue” has never been so appropriate. Researchers found out that sad people have trouble identifying blues and yellows. In one experiments, 127 students were randomly assigned to either watch a sad animated clip or a standup comedy clip. They […]
People with low self-esteem handle thoughts of death badly
Do you want to know when you’re going to die? A more important question would be how would you handle it? The answer depends on your self-esteem. Researchers from the University of Kent’s School of Psychology discovered that people with […]
1 in 5 elderly people consume unsafe level of alcohol
1 in 5 elderly people consume unsafe levels of alcohol, experts say. Analysis of health records in London found that heavier drinkers tended to be male and relatively affluent. For older people, the report said, drinking more than the recommended […]
Adult ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults is huge, yet hidden problem. “I wake up every morning a new woman. I think, ‘Today is the day I’m going to do everything right and get on top of the important things […]
Even one glass of wine daily increases risk of breast cancer in women
Researchers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston have found that when it comes to health, moderate consumption of alcohol doesn’t prevent illness, but causes various health problems. These include numerous cancers, especially those of the […]
Generic drugs for eczema may be costly
Patients, beware: those generic drugs for eczema that you had previously thought would be affordable can actually be costly. Researchers compared the average co-payments, or out-of-pocket prices, for several commonly prescribed topical corticosteroids, which have been used for decades to […]
Endometrial cancer increasing in the U.S
A new study has announced that the rate of endometrial cancer is rising fast. Most of its victims are black women who tend to get the most aggressive types of tumour and die from it. Researchers analyzed cancer registry data […]
