Indonesia: Tsunami hits Palu after strong earthquake
Sep 29, 2018, at 08:30 am
Jakarta, Sept 29 (IBNS): A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Friday, triggering a tsunami, officials said.
Pacific Islands on the front line of climate change: UN chief
Sep 29, 2018, at 07:27 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): The concerns of the Pacific Islands, on the front line of climate change, are at the heart of the United Nations work, said Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, at a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), an intergovernmental organization, which holds UN Observer status.
Sep 29, 2018, at 07:24 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): States across the world should act now to decriminalise abortion and make every effort to ensure women and girls have the right to make their own decisions about pregnancy, said a group of United Nations human rights experts on Friday, in a statement marking International Safe Abortion Day.
Violence and displacement in Ebola-hit DR Congo threatens humanitarian response
Sep 29, 2018, at 07:19 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Increasing violence in Ebola-affected areas of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens the safety of tens of thousands of people there, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Indonesia: 7.5 earthquake hits Central Sulawesi
Sep 28, 2018, at 05:50 pm
Jakarta, Sept 28 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale hit central Sulawesi in Indonesia on Friday, officials said.
Eating disorder study shows how the brain dictates food choices
Sep 28, 2018, at 05:11 pm
Washington Sept 28 (IBNS): Joanna Steinglass has worked with anorexia nervosa patients since 1999, when she was a resident psychiatry at the College of Physicians & Surgeons.
Burst of morning gene activity tells plants when to flower: Study
Sep 28, 2018, at 02:36 pm
Washington, Sept 28 (IBNS): For angiosperms — or flowering plants — one of the most important decisions facing them each year is when to flower. It is no trivial undertaking. To flower, they must cease vegetative growth and commit to making those energetically expensive reproductive structures that will bring about the next generation.
Chronic illnesses: UN stands up to stop 41 million avoidable deaths per year
Sep 28, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): “Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic Lyme disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses outlined by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, who drove home the danger by asking delegates to stand up, when they heard the name of an illness that had killed someone they loved: One by one, every single person in the room, got to their feet.
Fight against ‘vicious’ tuberculosis epidemic drastically underfunded: UN deputy chief
Sep 27, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): The fight against tuberculosis (TB) is drastically under-funded, with a gap of around $13 billion per year, said Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the first-ever High-Level TB Meeting, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Evidence that increased BMI causes lower mental wellbeing: Study
Sep 26, 2018, at 03:20 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): There is an increasing need to prevent obesity because of the consequences for mental as well as physical health, new research by academics at the University of Bristol has found.
Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate
Sep 26, 2018, at 11:20 am
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): If there was one issue that was a recurrent theme on Tuesday on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate, it was the potentially catastrophic impact of climate change , from Secretary-General António Guterres’s opening address warning global Heads of State and Government that “its speed has provoked a sonic boom SOS across the world”, to individual leaders highlighting their individual vulnerabilities.
Ebola-hit DRC faces ‘perfect storm’ as uptick in violence halts WHO operation
Sep 26, 2018, at 09:41 am
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): A "perfect storm" of active conflict and traumatized communities in Ebola-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could enable the deadly disease to spread, but there are “no plans” to pull UN workers out of the country despite concerns for their security, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Two mild intensity earthquakes hit Assam
Sep 25, 2018, at 10:29 am
Guwahati, Sep 25 (IBNS): Two mild intensity earthquakes rocked Assam on Tuesday morning.
More people should be encouraged to play golf and enjoy its health benefits: Experts
Sep 24, 2018, at 05:30 pm
London, Sept 24 (IBNS): More people should be encouraged to play golf and enjoy its many health benefits, an international panel of experts has concluded.
Eight of ten with cancer risk genes don’t know it: Study
Sep 23, 2018, at 07:01 pm
New York, Sept 23 (IBNS): A genomic screening approach of more than 50,000 people shows that more than 80 percent of those who carry an identifiable genetic risk for breast, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancer don’t know it despite frequent interaction with the healthcare system.
Insulin shows great potential against chronic Colitis: Study
Sep 22, 2018, at 05:26 pm
New York, Sept 22 (IBNS): Diabetes is not the only disease on which insulin has an effect, it appears. In a new study that involved tests on mice researchers from the University of Copenhagen, among others, have discovered a new method for treating chronic colitis with regular insulin.
Breast milk may help babies’ brain development: Study
Sep 22, 2018, at 05:07 pm
London, Sept 22 (IBNS): Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula, a study has found.
Sep 22, 2018, at 07:58 am
New York, Sept 22 (IBNS): New Ebola virus hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are threatening progress made in tackling the deadly disease and increasing its risk of spreading, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Alcohol abuse kills three million people a year, most of them men – WHO report
Sep 22, 2018, at 07:47 am
New York, Sept 22 (IBNS): More one in 20 deaths in 2016 – 3 million people, mostly men – were caused by harmful use of alcohol, according a report released on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mediterranean-style diet may lower women’s stroke risk: Study
Sep 21, 2018, at 06:22 pm
Londo, Sept 21 (IBNS): Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce stroke risk in women over 40 but not in men – according to new research led by the University of East Anglia.
Adults with varied sleep-wake times weigh more, have higher blood sugar, risk of disease: Study
Sep 21, 2018, at 05:11 pm
Durham, Sept 21 (IBNS): Sufficient sleep has been proven to help keep the body healthy and the mind sharp. But it’s not just an issue of logging at least seven hours of Z’s.
A Rotarian accounts the success story of Polio Eradication
Sep 21, 2018, at 04:37 pm
Ashok Mahajan, Past Rotary International Director and Past Trustee The Rotary Foundation in conversation with Subhojit Roy
Study shows new technology can predict fatal heart attacks
Sep 21, 2018, at 03:44 pm
London, Sept 21 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.
Scientists identify earliest known animal
Sep 21, 2018, at 09:43 am
Sydney, Sept 21 (IBNS): Scientists from ANU and overseas have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago.
Sep 21, 2018, at 08:31 am
New York, Sept 21 (IBNS): Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which continue to rely on help from the United Nations to meet their food needs, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.
WHO congratulates India for significantly reducing child deaths
Sep 19, 2018, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Sept 19 (IBNS): WHO has commended India for its concerted efforts to reduce child deaths, which have resulted in under-five mortality estimates to have fallen below the one million mark.
Blood test could aid cattle health and productivity, finds study
Sep 19, 2018, at 03:58 pm
London, Sept 19 (IBNS): A simple blood test could be used in the future to predict the health and productivity of dairy cows, research shows.
Strength-based exercises could help child obesity fight, study finds
Sep 19, 2018, at 03:55 pm
London, Sept 19 (IBNS): Encouraging young people to do strength-based exercises – such as squats, push ups and lunges – could play a key role in tackling child obesity, research suggests.
Sep 19, 2018, at 08:49 am
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS): Countries are not doing enough to end tuberculosis – the world’s deadliest infectious disease – by 2030, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, at the release of the latest Global Tuberculosis Report.
Sep 18, 2018, at 05:30 pm
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): A new computer program can analyze images of patients’ lung tumors, specify cancer types, and even identify altered genes driving abnormal cell growth, a new study shows.