Category: Health alert
More Malaysians becoming obese; fast-food to blame
The United States may be dubbed as the “fast food nation”, but Malaysia is also struggling with a similar problem. Studies have suggested Malaysia is Southeast Asia’s most obese nation, partly thanks to its version of fast food joints – […]
Lung cancer overtakes breast cancer as the deadliest disease for women
For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in rich countries. The reason is smoking, which peaked years later for women than it did for men. Lung cancer has […]
A new leap in the study of diabetes
A probiotic pill developed at Cornell University sent glucose levels plummeting by as much as 30 percent in diabetic rats, according to the researchers who took part in the study. They engineered a strain of lactobacillus — commonly found in […]
Packaged food for toddlers not as nutritious as we think
In the U.S., commercial foods for toddlers often have high amounts of sodium or added sugars, a new study shows. For younger babies, most commercial foods were low in sodium and the majority of infant meals, vegetables, fruits, and dry […]
Think these foods are a no-no? Think again
Pizza – According to a 2014 report from the Department of Agriculture, on any given day about 13 percent of Americans eat pizza. “I’m from Chicago, so it’s in my DNA to be a pizza lover! I order thin crust, […]
Young adults in the US more likely to use multiple birth control methods
Up to 17 percent of young adults in the U.S. may be using “withdrawal” to prevent pregnancy, although not necessarily relying just on that method, a new study finds. In the sample population of 15-24 year olds, men and women […]
Facebook causes compassion fatigue
Facing friends and family, and this stress is “contagious,” says researchers. Using your favourite social media does not produce stress on its own. A report by the Pew Research Center and Rutgers University researchers concluded that the stress facing some […]
UN: Various solutions needed to fight HIV
The Asia-Pacific region will not meet the goal of ending the HIV epidemic in 15 years unless it changes laws and attitudes hostile to people living with HIV, the head of the United Nations agency on AIDS said on Wednesday. Governments need to […]
Medical pot not OK unless for sick kids
A new policy by the American Academy of Pediatrics has stated that medical proof is only okay to be used for severely-ill kids that cannot be treated by other drugs. This is because marijuana may harm developing brains. Some parents […]
WHO: Plague grips Madagascar
57 people out of 213 known cases in Madagascar have been killed by a plague caused by a flood which saw the spread of rats, the World Health Organization says. The U.N. agency’s first update since late November, when there […]
