Researchers advice that professional footballers should be screened for exercise-induced asthma. Findings from a study revealed that three players in ten could be affected. Source: BBC bbc.in/2jx0IZp
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Researchers advice that professional footballers should be screened for exercise-induced asthma. Findings from a study revealed that three players in ten could be affected. Source: BBC bbc.in/2jx0IZp
Folic acid should always be added in flour to protect babies from conditions such as spina bifida, researchers reveal. Spina bifida is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy, thereby causing a gap in the spine. Management of spina […]
Healthy adults should not take a daily aspirin because the possible benefits are cancelled out by the risk of bleeding in the stomach, a study warns. Source: The Times bit.ly/2RrHGP9
Some scientists have found that garlic can reduce the risk of developing certain kinds of cancers, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Source: Independent https//ind.pn/2KOSx3r
Folic acid supplements reduce the risk of a stroke in people with high blood pressure by a massive 75 per cent, reveals a study. Source: Daily Mail https://daily.ai/2IwebLB
A study has revealed the need to cut age for breast cancer scans. Up to 90,000 women with a family history of breast cancer should have annual exams from 35 years of age. Source: Daily Mail https://dailym.ai/2GIeNwn
One-tenth of premature deaths are linked to sitting at workplace and leisure time, reveals a study. Source: Sky https://bit.ly/2Ueeu4u
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
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 […]