One-tenth of premature deaths are linked to sitting at workplace and leisure time, reveals a study. Source: Sky https://bit.ly/2Ueeu4u
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Learn ways to promote healthy growth in children and prevent obesity. About 1 in 5 (19%) children in the United States has obesity. Certain groups of children are more affected than others. National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month provides a chance for all of us to learn more about this serious health condition. While there is no simple […]
An HIV cure is a step closer after scientists found a molecular “kill switch” that stops infected cells from reproducing. A Lifelong drug treatment can prevent the virus leading to AIDS from reproducing— but it remains dormant and can re-awaken if therapy is stopped. But now, scientists in the US believe they have made a breakthrough […]
Do you know that eating ‘ultra-processed’ foods such as cake and pizza reduces longevity? Source: Daily Mirror https://bit.ly/2SR7k4u
A new German study has found that taller people are at a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The study titled, “Associations of short stature and components of height with incidence of type 2 diabetes: mediating effects of cardiometabolic risk factors,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Diabetologia. For this large study the […]
Vitamin D is essential for strong bones. This is universally agreed upon. We also know vitamin D is manufactured in our skin cells when exposed to as little as 10-15 minutes of the summer sun over most of the body surface. However, for people in cold northern climes, this kind of sun is rare for […]
Modest and sustained decreases in blood pressure and cholesterol levels reduces the lifetime risk of developing fatal heart and circulatory diseases, such as heart attack and stroke, according to research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The findings are being presented at the European […]
Progress in suicide prevention activities in some countries, but much more is needed The number of countries with national suicide prevention strategies has increased in the five years since the publication of WHO’s first global report on suicide, said the World Health Organization in the lead-up to World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September. But […]
Modest and sustained decreases in blood pressure and cholesterol levels reduce the lifetime risk of developing fatal heart and circulatory diseases, such as heart attack and stroke, according to research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The findings are being presented at the European […]
In wealthy countries that have vaccination programs, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has significantly reduced the rate of HPV-related infections. Researchers at the Université Laval in Quebec who looked at 66 million young men and women found that the problems caused by the virus have significantly decreased across a number of wealthy countries. The meta-analysis […]
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