Category: Health alert
High blood pressure probably cause of trouble sleeping
Do you find yourself counting sheep at night? A new study from China explains that trouble falling asleep may be due to high blood pressure. This is the first study to show that certain people with insomnia are at risk […]
Your 30s the right time to worry about your cholesterol
Start worrying about your cholesterol level in your 30s because having high cholesterol during those years may lead to heart diseases later. “What we found is that people with prolonged exposure to high cholesterol levels are at a much higher […]
Spooked and paralysed? It’s just a sleep disorder
It was an ordinary night, but Salma, a 20-year-old student at The American University in Cairo, had a particularly frightening experience. She woke up, unable to move a muscle, and felt as though there were an intruder in her bedroom. […]
Avoid listeria during pregnancy
With food recalls and listeria outbreaks occurring regularly, it’s important for pregnant women to protect themselves. Your physician probably told you to nix unpasteurized cheeses, deli meats and sushi while you’re pregnant to avoid listeriosis, a serious infection caused by […]
Daily aspirin intake bad for you
If you pop aspirin daily to prevent heart diseases and strokes, you might want to think twice, In fact, it could make things worse for your health. Doctors will often tell patients to take a daily aspirin since doing so […]
Dozens sickened in Seattle due to superbug in scopes
A drug-resistant superbug infected 32 people at a Seattle hospital over a two-year period, with the bacteria spreading through contaminated medical scopes that had been cleaned to the manufacturer’s recommendation, officials said on Thursday. Eleven of the patients infected at […]
‘Doomsday’ nearer as climate change rises
Doomsday’ is nearer as climate change rises, a group of prominent scientists and Nobel laureates said Thursday. “It is now three minutes to midnight,” said Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as the group moved […]
Headache treatment increasingly expensive
Headache sufferers beware. A new trend in charging headaches sufferers steeply is on the rise. Contrary to most treatment guidelines for uncomplicated headaches, doctors are ordering expensive scans and referring patients to specialists more often, racking up unnecessary healthcare costs, […]
Kids tend to consume more calories on pizza days
On pizza eating days, kids ate an average of 83 more calories, and teens had an average of 230 more calories, than on non-pizza days. Kids and teens also got 3 to 5 more grams of saturated fat on pizza […]
Healthcare system in Ukraine collapsing
Ongoing conflict and under-equipped stocks of medicines and vaccines have led to a major crisis in eastern Ukraine. This makes people more vulnerable to illnesses such as polio, measles and tuberculosis, the World Health Organisation warns. In all, 5.1 million […]
