Category: Health alert
5 billion people cut off from much-needed surgery
Two-thirds of the world’s population have no access to safe and affordable surgery, according to a new study in The Lancet – more than double the number in previous estimates. It means millions of people are dying from treatable conditions […]
Study: Cholesterol-lowering Statin Drugs Worsen Coronary Calcium Tests
Coronary artery calcification has been found to be associated with cardiovascular events. In other words, there are more cardiovascular events when there is a higher coronary artery calcification score. The coronary calcium score can be measured with a coronary CT […]
More doctors revealed to fake cancer diagnosis in patients
It happens more often than you can imagine, but more Doctors are finally getting caught in the act of misrepresenting their oath and fraudulently diagnosing healthy patients with cancer to turn a quick buck from kickbacks on chemotherapy poisons. Is […]
World Malaria Day: call to close gaps in prevention and treatment to defeat malaria
WHO is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000, more than half a million lives are still lost […]
Raw milk hugely increases risk for foodborne Illness, analysis finds
An analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) found that the risks of drinking raw (unpasteurized) cow’s milk are significant. Consumers are nearly 100 times more likely to get foodborne illness from drinking […]
Cheap peanuts as effective as more expensive ones
Nuts, a food you may have been avoiding because of their high fat content, have been gaining traction as an all-natural health food. Tree nuts like almonds, pecans, and walnuts are especially prized for their rich cargo of vitamins, minerals, […]
Hallucinations 101
My maid was behaving weirdly the other day. She claimed that she saw a woman in her room, telling her that her daughter in Indonesia had died. When I went to check, there was no one in the room. I […]
More than 26,000 infected with Ebola: WHO
More than 26,000 people have been infected with Ebola since the outbreak began and more than 10,800 have died, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday (Apr 22). The UN health body also warned that the decline in confirmed cases […]
One child in five still not vaccinated: WHO
One-fifth of the world’s children are still not receiving routine life-saving vaccinations and efforts to ensure global immunisation coverage remain “far off track,” the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Nearly 22 million infants, many living in the world’s poorest countries, […]
Exploding Head Syndrome is a real sleeping disorder
Have you ever been awakened by imaginary loud noises? You may be suffering from ‘exploding head’ syndrome. Seriously. Nearly one in five college students may suffer from “exploding head syndrome”, a psychological condition in which people are abruptly awakened from […]
