Category: Health alert
Bullying from brothers and sisters may be harmful
Bullying has been linked to worse health later in life, and new findings from the UK suggest that’s also true when the bullies are a child’s brothers or sisters. In a study of about 7,000 people, those bullied by brothers […]
Five Southeast Asian nations team up to eliminate kala-azar
DHAKA – Five nations in Southeast Asia have teamed up through signing a Memorandum of Understanding, or MoU, to collaborate in the elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis from their countries. Health ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Thailand singed the […]
“Third wave” of malaria resistance lurks on Thai-Cambodia border
PHNOM PENH – Public health experts and scientists warn history’s third major bout of drug-resistant malaria could spread across Asia to Africa unless “radical action” is taken. Artemisinin-resistant strains on the Thailand-Cambodia border threaten the treatment’s efficacy and pose containment […]
Antibiotics in the chicken we eat
It is imperative that the government takes urgent steps to deal with the growing misuse of antibiotics in the poultry industry The road from Hyderabad to Bangalore is full of history. On the way is Banganapalli in Rayalaseema, a place […]
Eating disorder kills 1 in 20 victims
It is a disorder that eats at you in the mind and the body. Chronic victims of anorexia nervosa, characterised by an intense fear of becoming fat, may even die, doctors told The New Paper. The mortality rate for anorexia […]
WHO calls for action to reduce global suicide rate of 800,000 a year
More than 800,000 people each year worldwide commit suicide – around one person every 40 seconds – with many using poisoning, hanging or shooting to end their own lives, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. In its first […]
South Korea lifts ban on beef with feed additive: food ministry
South Korea has lifted a ban on the use of animal feed additive zilpaterol in beef, opening the door to imports containing the growth enhancer as well as domestic sales of the product. Seoul said last October that it intended […]
Is your deodorant drugging you through the armpits daily with this neurotoxin?
As the temperature rises in the body, thousands of sweat glands begin to bead up, preparing to cool the body down. The average person possesses about 2.6 millions sweat glands — a built in thermostat. This system is made up […]
Japan confirms more dengue infections
TOKYO: An outbreak of dengue fever in Japan — the first since World War II — could have affected up to 20 people, media reported Monday, as officials confirmed three more cases. The new cases, who are in their teens […]
Climate change poses growing health threat: UN
Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned on Wednesday, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and spread disease. “Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue,” said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, […]
