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Basic hygiene blamed for mass food poisoning in Philippines
Philippine authorities said Thursday the poison in a batch of candy that sent nearly 2,000 children to hospital was likely a common germ from dirty hands or sweaty armpits. Health Secretary Janette Garin appealed for better hygiene standards in the […]
Restaurant food not much healthier than fast food
Home cooking is still the best way to control the calories, fat, sugar and other nutrients that families consume, a new U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that eating food from restaurants – whether from fast food places, or better establishments […]
Invest more in mental health in hard times: WHO
Rich and poor countries alike must invest more in mental health care, especially during economic crises when rates of depression and suicide tend to rise, the World Health Organization (WHO)said on Tuesday. One in 10 people worldwide has a mental […]
No proven link between eating raw fish and bacterial infection: MOH
There has not been any proven link between eating fish, raw or otherwise, and the Group B streptococcus (GBS) bacteria disease, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Jul 13). MOH said it is aware of a message circulating […]
Pledges of $3.4 billion for Ebola recovery made at United Nations
Some $3.4 billion in pledges were made at the United Nations on Friday to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea stamp out Ebola and begin rebuilding health systems and economies devastated by the worst outbreak on record of the deadly […]
Healthier meals do cost families more
Shopping for healthier groceries, like whole wheat bread instead of white bread and lean meat instead of fattier cuts, would cost a family of four about $1,500 more a year at their regular stores, according to a new US study. […]
MERS incubation period in doubt
South Korean health authorities said Sunday they were tracing the route of infection for the most recent case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, whose symptoms may have manifested a week after the estimated maximum incubation period of the disease. […]
Suspected Congo Ebola victims test negative for the virus
Six hunters in the Democratic Republic of Congo who fell sick and were suspected to have Ebola have tested negative for the virus, the health minister said on Saturday. The government and World Health Organization investigated a possible outbreak about […]
Brown fat transplant reverses type 1 diabetes in mice
Transplanting “good” brown fat from embryos into adult mice cured their type 1 diabetes in a recent study by a team from Vanderbilt University in the US state of Tennessee. Brown adipose tissue is well known to burn energy, upping […]
Women with PSTD more likely to suffer from heart attacks, strokes
Women with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be at an increased risk for heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new study. Women with the most symptoms were about 60 % more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, compared to […]
