Category: Features
WHO FCTC leaders request banning delegates with ties to tobacco industry
Leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)is keeping out delegates linked to state-owned tobacco firms from the upcoming seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to shut out tobacco industry influence from […]
Ebola virus mutated to easily infect people in outbreak, studies found
Two studies have found a mutation in the Ebola virus that increased its ability to easily infect human cells fourfold during the first few months of the 2014-2015 outbreak, which is the largest in recorded history. The Ebola virus causes […]
People with health anxiety more likely to suffer from heart diseases
Those who worry too much about their health have a higher risk of developing heart diseases, according to a new study in Norway. A nationwide cardiovascular research project was conducted in Norway where researchers analyzed data from over 7,000 Norwegians […]
Becoming a breast cancer survivor
An estimated 100,000 people in Malaysia suffer from cancer every year, with most of that number being women, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr.Hilmi Yahaya in earlier reports this year. The five main cancers affecting Malaysians are breast cancer […]
Harnessing the healthcare data revolution
By Alessandro Porro, Senior Vice President, International Sales, APAC, Ipswitch Data is the key element of success in the 21st century business environment. Multiple industries have embraced the data revolution by gathering and analyzing data stored in their organizations. This […]
Stephen Hawking Predicts, “This Pill Will Change Humanity”
Recently Hawking made some comments in an interview with Anderson Cooper about a brain booster that would become the biggest event in human history Stephen Hawking credits his ability to function and maintained focused on such a high level to […]
UK to trial online therapy for children with chronic fatigue syndrome
Up to 2% of children and young people in the UK are affected by chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalopathy (ME). Now, more than 700 of these young people will participate in the largest clinical trial ever […]
Side effects halt trials of game-changing male contraceptives
An experimental birth control injection for men was found to be 96% effective in a recent trial involving 320 men over a period that lasted more than a year. However, the trials were briefly ended as some of the participants […]
Low-cost breast, cervical cancer interventions could save thousands of women
Scientists say that low-cost health interventions, costing as little as US$1.72 per person, could help prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of women in developing countries all over the world from breast and cervical cancer. Every year, almost 800,000 […]
HIV Patient Zero absolved from being the “father” of AIDS outbreak in the US
Gaëtan Dugas, a French-Canadian homosexual flight attendant, who was a relatively early HIV patient and AIDS activist was widely blamed for starting the epidemic in the US and dubbed as Patient Zero. But a new study exonerates him from all […]
