Health
Zika Virus Has Explosive Pandemic Potential
American specialists have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to take urgent action over the Zika virus, which they say has "explosive pandemic potential". Writing...
Zika Outbreak: Brazil to Use Army Against Virus
Brazil will deploy 220,000 troops in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus. The troops will go from home to home handing out leaflets...
An Expert Guide To Health In The Workplace
Health is an extremely important part of life. Everyone needs to ensure that they take care of themselves. Healthy people will live a lot...
Zika Outbreak: Virus Likely to Spread Across Americas
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas. The Zika virus, which causes...
Zika Outbreak: Rio Authorities Announce Olympics Plans
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have announced plans to prevent the spread of the Zika virus during the Olympic Games later this year. Zika outbreak...
Zika Outbreak: Specialists Warn Women to Avoid Pregnancy
Officials in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica have warned women to avoid pregnancy amid concerns over an illness causing severe birth defects. The four...
Zika Outbreak: Thousands of Brazilian Babies Born with Birth Defects
According to new figures, more Brazilian babies were born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus. There have been 3,893 cases...
Gavi Signs $5 Million Deal for Ebola Vaccine Deal
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has signed a $5 million deal for an Ebola vaccine, to protect against future outbreaks of the deadly disease. The deal...
How To Deal With Loneliness In The Age of Social Media
Today at the age of social media technologies one can hardly believe that loneliness still exists and flourishes. Nevertheless, as the recent study shows...
Yoga tips for beginners
Whole-body health means more than just how many push ups you can do. Mental and spiritual health are part of one’s overall well being...
Vital essentials you need to know about hormone replacement therapy
For a number of years, doctors routinely recommended HRT or hormone replacement therapy for the treatment of menopause and the various uncomfortable symptoms associated...
Guinea Declared Free of Ebola Virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Guinea free of Ebola, two years after the epidemic began in the country. Guineans are expected to celebrate...
FDA Announcement on Health Apps
Until now, the regulation of health apps has more or less been left in the hands of the tech firms creating and selling them,...
Robert Spitzer Dead: Influential Psychiatrist Dies from Heart Problems Aged 83
Influential psychiatrist Robert Spitzer, who is credited with establishing a modern classification of mental disorders, has died at the age of 83. Dr. Robert Spitzer...
Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak: Fast-Food Chain Changes Cooking Methods
Fast-food restaurant chain Chipotle has announced it is changing its cooking methods in an effort to address food safety concerns, sparked by an E....
Nurofen to Be Taken off Australian Shelves
Australia has ordered Reckitt Benckiser to take the Nurofen pain relief range off the Australian shelves after a court said UK-based drug giant misled...
Can Drug Toxicity Really Be Classed as Accidental Death? The New Life Lodge Story
Lindsey Poteet was at the end of her month-long drug rehabilitation program at New Life Lodge. However, tragic events unfolded and instead of being...
Make Life Easier with Neurology Medical Transcription Services
Neurology is one of the most complicated branches of medicine. If you’re a neurologist running your own practice or working with a team, you’ll...
Accidents Happen: Living with Spinal Cord Trauma
Spinal cord trauma can result in injuries which are particularly difficult to treat and often very panful. The spinal cord is one of the...
Zika Fever: Brazil Links Mosquito-Borne Virus to High Incidence of Birth Defects
Brazil’s health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects. The fever is...
What is Planned Parenthood?
Two civilians and a police officer were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in a nearly six-hour standoff...
Daraprim: Turing to Cut HIV Drug Price for Some Users
Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company that sparked an outcry by raising the price of HIV drug Daraprim by 5,000%, says it will cut its price...
Retinol 101: How to Get the Benefits Without the Drawbacks
Sure, retinol isn’t the latest breakthrough skincare find—it’s been around for a while and is no longer splashing across beauty magazine covers. But that...
Cyclins: Key to Malaria’s Rampant Growth Explained
A new study led by UK scientists has explained the key to malaria's rampant growth. Scientists say it is down to protein molecules called cyclins...
Obesity Rates Rising Again among American Adults
According to a recent study, obesity rates are rising again among American adults, despite national efforts to promote healthy lifestyles. Rates of obesity had been...
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