Category: Health alert
Long hours in front of the computer? Beware of RSI
Pain around the neck and upper limbs? Beware! It could be Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) that comes from spending long hours before a computer. At the NH Narayana Multispeciality hospital in Bangalore, an average of 200 patients, all in the […]
Is mold making you sick?
Suffering from brain fog, chronic fatigue or insomnia? How about depression, migraines or inflammation? If so, you may have a problem with an internal mold infection. Associated with an astounding number of health issues, mold toxicity is a common — […]
Beware! Permanent hair dye may cause cancer
Permanent hair dyes and perming treatments at salons may contain banned aromatic amines called toluidines that have carcinogenic properties, researchers warn. A new study from Lund University has found that hairdressers may still be exposed to these carcinogens. Permanent hair […]
Synthetic narcotics an alarming new trend
SINGAPORE – There is a new and alarming trend in the abuse of recreational drugs. According to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report just out, designer drugs – officially called New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) – had […]
Malnutrition can have lasting effects
Child malnutrition has long-term effects on gut health that affect development even after treatment, a study suggests. A team studied the gut health of malnourished children in Bangladesh. Writing in the journal Nature they said the bacterial make-up was not […]
Microwave Test – an eye opener
Below is a Science fair project presented by a girl in a secondary school in Sussex. In it she took filtered water and divided it into two parts. The first part she heated to boiling in a pan on the […]
Could using your phone at night cause blindness?
A Chinese man who texted his girlfriend for hours in the dark risked going blind after his retina detached from the back of his eye. The 26-year-old suffered the condition retinal detachment after using the messaging app, WeChat, almost constantly […]
Dangers of night time low blood sugar
People with diabetes should be on guard against nocturnal hypoglycemia or night time low blood sugar because this can cause coma, seizures, brain damage and death, according to Dr. Richard Elwyn Fernando, a diabetes specialist and president of Diabetes Philippines. […]
Ant bites can cause fatal allergic reactions
They are small but terrible. They can cause life-threatening allergic reactions, fatal infections and fires. In case you’re wondering what kind of critter this is, we are talking about the common household ant that many people take for granted. Ants […]
The 9 most dangerous health foods
Have you ever eaten something because you thought it was healthy, but later found out that food wasn’t good for you at all? Don’t be embarrassed if the answer is “yes.” Advertising and misinformation surround what we eat and can […]
