Category: Health alert
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 […]
Parental stress affects children
Parents’ anxiety easily transmits to children without genetics playing any part whatsoever. This according to the results of a study carried out on twins by researchers from various universities in the United States, Great Britain and Sweden. The transmission of […]
Medical equipment can be taken over and controlled remotely by hackers
The development of a form of medical technology known as telesurgery, which uses robotic arms capable of performing surgery that can be remotely controlled, has tremendous potential to save lives and money. The ability to remotely perform a surgical procedure […]
South Asians more likely to be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer
South Asian women are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage breast cancer compared to the general population, while Chinese women are more likely to be diagnosed with early stage cancer, according to a study published in the journal […]
World failing in fight against antibiotic resistance: WHO
GENEVA – The world is doing far too little to combat the misuse of antibiotics which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing long-treatable diseases to become killers, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. In its first ever analysis of how […]
