Cancer is a growing global threat and prevention is key, UN study shows
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:09 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): More than 18 million new cases of cancer are expected this year and it’s estimated that 9.6 million people will die from various forms of the disease in 2018, the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said on Wednesday.
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board convenes for the first time in Geneva
Sep 11, 2018, at 09:23 am
Geneva, Sept 11 (IBNS): WHO and the World Bank Group on Monday convened the first meeting of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a new body set up to monitor the world’s readiness to respond to outbreaks and other health emergencies.
Change your diet to save both water and your health: Study
Sep 11, 2018, at 09:10 am
London, Sept 11 (IBNS): Shifting to a healthy diet is not only good for us, but it also saves a lot of precious fresh water, according to a JRC study published in Nature Sustainability.
Middle-aged drinkers should have alcohol free days, urges health chiefs
Sep 10, 2018, at 05:58 pm
London, Sept 10 (IBNS): A YouGov poll has found that one in five of UK adults are drinking above the Chief Medical Officer’s low risk drinking guidelines and more than two thirds of these say they would find cutting down on their drinking harder to do than one or more other lifestyle changes - improving their diet, exercising more, or reducing their smoking, if they were smokers.
800,000 people commit suicide every year: WHO
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:27 pm
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016.
'Mindful people' feel less pain; MRI imaging pinpoints supporting brain activity
Sep 08, 2018, at 04:53 pm
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers – mindfulness.
Sri Sathya Sai Hospital to hold free medical camp in Kolkata
Sep 08, 2018, at 03:53 pm
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IBNS): Sri Sathya Sai Hospital, part of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Trust, and Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations in West Bengal will conduct a free of cost medical camp on September 30, 2018 at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.
Countries in WHO South-East Asia to intensify efforts to control dengue, eliminate malaria
Sep 07, 2018, at 07:51 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS) Countries in WHO South-East Asia resolved to accelerate efforts to control dengue which threatens nearly 1.3 billion people with frequent and largescale outbreaks, and control malaria, that continues to be endemic in the Region.
More daytime sleepiness may trigger Alzheimer’s disease: Study
Sep 07, 2018, at 03:44 pm
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): Analysis of data captured during a long-term study of aging adults shows that those who report being very sleepy during the day were nearly three times more likely than those who didn’t to have brain deposits of beta amyloid, a protein that’s a hallmark for Alzheimer’s disease, years later.
Sep 06, 2018, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Thursday called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to strengthen emergency medical teams, to be better prepared to respond to public health emergencies.
Albinism: UN official welcomes latest developments in ‘landmark’ Malawi murder case
Sep 06, 2018, at 09:32 am
New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): The top United Nations representative in Malawi is urging the Government to promptly prosecute those allegedly responsible for the death of a young man with albinism whose butchered body was found earlier this year.
Inactivity puts physical and mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk, says WHO
Sep 05, 2018, at 09:18 am
New York, Sept 5 (IBNS): Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall quality of life, according to a newly released United Nations health agency study.
Sep 04, 2018, at 06:42 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region on Tuesday committed to make essential medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices affordable and accessible to all, both within the Region and beyond.
Leptospirosis claims 12 lives in flood-ravaged Kerala
Sep 03, 2018, at 11:33 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 3 (IBNS): After floods, the south Indian state of Kerala is now witnessing the death of 12 people due to the waterborne disease leptospirosis, media reports said on Monday.
Scientists identify 35 genes associated with cannabis use
Sep 02, 2018, at 06:55 pm
London, Sept 2 (IBNS): A large-scale genetic study found that some of the same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality types and psychiatric conditions.
Chinese medicine ingredient can help reduce obesity: Study
Sep 02, 2018, at 04:48 pm
Berlin, Sept 2 (IBNS): A plant-derived substance widely used in traditional Chinese medicine has demonstrated promising weight loss effects.
Stroke doubles dementia risk, concludes large-scale study
Aug 31, 2018, at 03:37 pm
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): People who have had a stroke are around twice as likely to develop dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted.
Impressive African health gains at risk from changing trends: WHO report
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:43 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Life expectancy across Africa has improved significantly, says a new United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Thursday, but national health systems must be improved to ensure that services get to the people who need them most.
UN food relief agency airlifts aid to DR Congo province hit by Ebola outbreak
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:40 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Emergency food aid is being delivered to people affected by the Ebola virus in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.
Aug 30, 2018, at 04:41 pm
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS): Sanjiban Hospital (Howrah, India) and Lincoln University College Malaysia recently signed an agreement to launch a Doctor of Medicine program at Sanjiban Hospital campus.
New method to detect early cancer using malaria protein from UNSW, Sydney
Aug 29, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Sydney, Aug 28 (IBNS): Researchers have come up with a new method to detect cancer in its early stages by way of a malaria protein that sticks to cancer tumour cells in the blood.
As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support
Aug 29, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year – with some 250 schools in Ebola-affected health zones – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is scaling up education; health and water; sanitation; and hygiene programmes to assist children and their teachers.
Deadly swine fever threatens Asia, UN agriculture agency warns, urging regional collaboration
Aug 29, 2018, at 08:23 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an imminent threat to other Asian countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday.
As carbon dioxide levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies: Study
Aug 28, 2018, at 04:31 pm
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc deficient and 122 million people becoming protein deficient by 2050, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Happy older people live longer, say researchers
Aug 28, 2018, at 03:05 pm
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, the authors found that an increase in happiness is directly proportional with a reduction in mortality.
Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN
Aug 28, 2018, at 11:42 am
New York, Aug Aug 28 (IBNS): Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene remains “a huge challenge,” the United Nations warned on Monday
Gut enzymes could hold key to producing universal blood: Study
Aug 26, 2018, at 06:28 pm
New York, Aug 26 (IBNS): For blood transfusions to be safe, the donor and patient blood types must match. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new, more powerful group of enzymes that can turn any type of blood into the universally usable type O—expanding the pool of potential blood donors and making blood matching safer and easier.
Men place less value on care-oriented careers like nursing: UBC study
Aug 26, 2018, at 06:14 pm
London, Aug 26 (IBNS): Men assign less importance to care-oriented careers than women do, possibly because men internalize different values than women, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.
Better sleep linked with family tree strength: Study
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:59 pm
London, Aug 25 (IBNS): The question of why we sleep has been a longstanding subject of debate, with some theories suggesting that slumber provides respite for the brain, which allows it to filter out insignificant neural connections, build new ones, strengthen memories and even repair itself.
People with low muscle strength more likely to die prematurely: Study
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:36 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to new research from the University of Michigan.