Category: Health alert
Osteoporosis linked to higher risk of sudden deafness
People with osteoporosis may be almost twice as likely to develop sudden hearing loss, compared to people without the bone disease, according to researchers in Taiwan. The cause of this sudden deafness is unknown, but the rapid loss of hearing […]
Air pollution causes babies to be born smaller
Air pollution causes babies to be born smaller, according to a study of babies born just after the Beijing Olympics. The research surveyed the birth weights of 83,672 babies born in Beijing after the 2008 Olympics, when the government closed […]
Why measles infection stay for years
Measles can harm the immune system for up to three years, leaving survivors at a higher risk of catching other infectious and potentially deadly diseases, researchers said Thursday. It was previously known that measles could suppress the body’s natural defenses […]
What you need to know about: Nose Bleed (Epistaxis)
Overview A nose bleed occurs when a small vein, along the lining of nose, bursts Most nosebleeds look scary, but are harmless Can be treated at home Common in children/elderly Causes Dryness Nose picking Blowing nose with force Use of […]
Liver biopsy 101
What is a Liver Biopsy? A liver biopsy is the collection of liver tissue for the purpose of diagnosing liver disease. This procedure is increasingly common in India due to the high rates of fatty liver disease and chronic viral hepatitis (in some Indian […]
Obese children are stigmatised and likely to flunk school
Obese children are far less likely to finish school than peers of normal weight, according to European research Thursday which also highlighted body image problems in kids as young as six. And these problems are likely to become bigger and […]
At least 265 dead in Niger meningitis epidemic
At least 265 people have died so far this year in a meningitis epidemic in Niger amid a shortage of vaccines needed to prevent the disease’s spread, the West African nation’s health minister said on Tuesday. Some 3,856 cases of […]
Fathers have big influence on teens’ drinking habits
Parents’ influence on teens’ drinking varies in girls and boys, suggests a new study from Taiwan. While the drinking behaviors of both genders were mostly influenced by fathers, the behaviors of girls were also somewhat influenced by their mothers, researchers […]
Whooping cough among children bank – no thanks to lack of immunisation
Healther Petersons listened to her five-year-old daughter, Camille, and worried. “She would cough and cough and cough and then she would be gasping to take a breath,” Petersons recalled. “Her eyes would be watering from coughing. The coughing wiped her […]
Obesity a major problem in Europe
Nearly all Irish adults are likely to be overweight in 15 years’ time, said a study Wednesday that warned of a European “obesity crisis of enormous proportions”. On current trends, some 89 % of Irish men will be overweight by […]
