Category: Health alert
Quit smoking while your brain can still heal
Damage to the brain’s outer layer caused by smoking may be reversible after quitting, but it could take years, reveals a recent study. Brain scans of 500 Scottish septuagenarians confirmed a link between smoking and an acceleration of age-related thinning […]
Damage to skin hours after sun exposure due to melanin
Much of the damage that ultraviolet radiation (UV) does to skin occurs hours after sun exposure, and this delayed reaction appears to be due to the skin pigment melanin, a U.S. study said Thursday. Melanin, which gives skin its color, […]
CRE superbug outbreak: what is it and what can be done?
The UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) was recently shaken by 179 infections and two deaths from a ‘superbug’ called the “Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae” or CRE for short. Currently, according to news reports, an 18 year old man is battling for his life after […]
H7N9 human cases reach 53 in Guangdong, China
A 78-year-old man from Meixian District in Meizhou City was diagnosed with the disease on Thursday. Despite medical attention, he died the same day, the provincial health and family planning commission said in a press release. H7N9 is a bird […]
5 medical personnel under investigation for Ebola
Five UK Ebola nurses and doctors are under investigation by regulators, Public Health England says. They are looking into the screening of medics who flew back to England on 28 December after treating patients in Sierra Leone. On this flight […]
Use single-use smart syringes: WHO
Smart syringes that break after one use should be used for injections by 2020, the World Health Organization has announced. Reusing syringes leads to more than two million people being infected with diseases including HIV and hepatitis each year. The […]
Vitamin D deficiency one cause of diabetes
People who have low levels of vitamin D are more likely to have diabetes, regardless of how much they weigh, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The results help clarify the […]
It’s confirmed: processed food are highly addictive
Craving that hamburger and Coke? Well, study has confirmed that highly processed food are indeed addictive. Highly processed food are those that have been touched up with extra fat, refined carbohydrates from white flour and added sugar, among other things. […]
Myopia more prevalent in middle-income students
In one of the largest population-based studies ever conducted on near-sightedness in children, researchers have discovered that lower-income students in China have better vision than their middle-class counterparts. Data show that near-sightedness, also called myopia, is twice as prevalent in […]
Nearly 600 people killed in India by swine flu
India is putting in efforts to combat the swine flu that has claimed nearly 600 people. Of the 585 lives claimed by the deadly H1N1 virus so far, 100 died in just three days leading up to Feb. 15, according […]
