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Switzerland, Scandinavia top global ‘happy’ index
Switzerland is the happiest country in the world, closely followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada, according to a global ranking of happiness unveiled in New York on Thursday. The 2015 World Happiness Report is the third annual report seeking […]
World’s first malaria vaccine moves closer to use in Africa
The world’s first malaria vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline, could be approved by international regulators for use in Africa from October after final trial data showed it offered partial protection for up to four years. The shot, called RTS,S and designed […]
Corporate prevention programs reduce fatal malaria cases
Companies are increasingly sending employees on global assignments. WHO advises “Non-immune travellers from malaria-free areas are very vulnerable to the disease when they get infected.”1 A large global company found that their employee malaria prevention programme reduced their fatal cases […]
The negative impact of alcohol marketing on drinking behaviours
Underage youth who cite alcohol marketing and the influence of adults, movies or other media as the main reasons for choosing to consume a specific brand of alcohol are more likely to drink more and report adverse consequences from their […]
Raw milk hugely increases risk for foodborne Illness, analysis finds
An analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) found that the risks of drinking raw (unpasteurized) cow’s milk are significant. Consumers are nearly 100 times more likely to get foodborne illness from drinking […]
Cheap peanuts as effective as more expensive ones
Nuts, a food you may have been avoiding because of their high fat content, have been gaining traction as an all-natural health food. Tree nuts like almonds, pecans, and walnuts are especially prized for their rich cargo of vitamins, minerals, […]
Hallucinations 101
My maid was behaving weirdly the other day. She claimed that she saw a woman in her room, telling her that her daughter in Indonesia had died. When I went to check, there was no one in the room. I […]
More than 26,000 infected with Ebola: WHO
More than 26,000 people have been infected with Ebola since the outbreak began and more than 10,800 have died, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday (Apr 22). The UN health body also warned that the decline in confirmed cases […]
Australian health blogger’s lies outed
An Australian “wellness” blogger who built a successful business on claims she survived terminal cancer has admitted she never had the disease. “None of it’s true”, Belle Gibson told Australia’s Women’s Weekly magazine in an interview. Ms Gibson chronicled her […]
One child in five still not vaccinated: WHO
One-fifth of the world’s children are still not receiving routine life-saving vaccinations and efforts to ensure global immunisation coverage remain “far off track,” the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Nearly 22 million infants, many living in the world’s poorest countries, […]
