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Japanese birth rate to plunge to a record low in 2017
The number of births in Japan this year has fallen to its lowest since records began more than a century ago with about 941,000 new babies, the health ministry said on Friday, proof if any were needed that it faces […]
How well young people manage their type 1 diabetes maybe influenced by peers
How young people with type 1 diabetes relate to their peers may have important effects on how well they manage the disease and how distressing it is for them, a small study suggests. Peers can help teens and young adults […]
Even low-level air pollution can claim lives
A new study has found that air pollution – even when below the limit considered safe by U.S. regulators – can claim the lives of older adults. Researchers looked at 22 million deaths nationwide to see if there was any […]
Chocolate makers luring their health-conscious customers with new product innovations
Chocolate giants are cashing on the demand for healthier chocolates, releasing products such as raw chocolate KitKats, Dark Milk, vegan bars with quinoa and now “ruby” chocolate. Sales of mainstream milk chocolate bars have stagnated as consumers worried about obesity […]
Substance abusers who work with nutritionists have better chance at recovery
For substance abusers who want to recover from their addiction, working closely with nutritionists might just help, according to a team of authors writing in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. They say registered dietician nutritionists could […]
Support from social media community helps improve the outlook of chronically ill patients
Social media can help people with chronic illnessease their worries and connect them to health information, reducing their anxiety and depression, a new U.S. study suggests. In a nine-month experiment with liver-transplant patients, researchers found that participants came to rely […]
Thailand battling drug-resistant malaria
Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas, Thailand’s border town of Bo Rai finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate global attempts to stamp out the disease. Malaria […]
Ebola victims bring Sierra Leone government to court over alleged corruption
Two survivors in Sierra Leone of the deadly Ebola disease have sued the government, saying that it mismanaged funds during the outbreak that claimed more than 3,000 people. More than 11,300 people died in total during the worst outbreak of […]
How Zika causes nerve disorder
New findings are shedding light on how the mosquito-borne Zika virus causes a rare neurological condition. Experts say this discovery can have implications on how companies develop Zika vaccines. The Zika outbreak that swept through the Americas in 2015 and […]
Head and neck cancer affect the cognitive functions of survivors in the long run
Survivors of head and neck cancers are more likely to see their cognitive abilities decline, a recent study suggests. The findings are drawn from cognitive assessments for 80 survivors of these tumours and a control group of 40 otherwise similar […]
