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Team up with your domestic partner for better health
If you would like to be healthier, for example, by quitting smoking or going on an exercise regimen, do it with your domestic partner for better results. Researchers had known that couples tend to share unhealthy habits, but this is […]
Instant noodles pose health risk for women
Consuming instant noodles, such as Ramen, increases the likelihood of illnesses such as high blof pressure, elevated blood sugar and high cholesterol, a Harvard study found. The study looked at data from 10,711 adults – just over half of whom […]
Targeted Therapy helps cure melanoma
Melanoma,a type of skin cancer, is usually treatable when it’s detected early, and can be addressed by Targeted Therapy drugs, which, unlike chemo, kills only cancer cells. Below are some of Targeted Therapy drugs: Vemurafenib. The FDA approved this drug for […]
This year’s flu vaccine only 23% effective
A health official has said that this year’s flu vaccine is only 23% effective. The poor showing is primarily because the vaccine doesn’t include the bug that is making most people sick, health officials say. In the last decade, flu […]
$100 million Euros to find Ebola cure
Johnson & Johnson announced that 100 million euros ($115 million) would be given from Europe’s Innovative Medicines Initiative to speed up work on developing Ebola vaccine. This follows the drugmaker’s announcement earlir this month that it had begun clinical trials […]
Healthcare system in Ukraine collapsing
Ongoing conflict and under-equipped stocks of medicines and vaccines have led to a major crisis in eastern Ukraine. This makes people more vulnerable to illnesses such as polio, measles and tuberculosis, the World Health Organisation warns. In all, 5.1 million […]
Two killed by H7N9 bird flu in China
The H7N9 bird flu have claimed two lives in Chna’s Fujian province, local health officials say. The province had 15 confirmed cases of the strain so far this year, while Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai had also reported human […]
Try some least-used gym equipments
Try using exercise equipments that others usually do not use, but which may still boost your health, health experts say. For example, what the rower and the moving stairs may lack in traffic, they can make up for in effectiveness […]
There is hope for a cure of Alzheimer’s, a doctor says
Dr Rick Livesey and his team at the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge are working with Alzheimer’s Research UK, using state-of-the-art stem cell technology to develop a better understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease starts and then progresses. “Most people know someone close […]
Environment, more than genetics, shape immune system
Environment, more so than genetics, shape our immune system, a new study has found. Children’s immune system are more likely to be influenced by their parents, but this changes as they become adults, with environment trumping genetics in determining just […]
