Social Health
Italy launches plan to fight against childhood obesity
Fri Mar 12, 15:18 / comments: 0
Some 50,000 students from 2,600 primary schools in Italy will benefit from a pilot scheme to fight against obesity to improve nutrition and promote their sport, said Friday the Italian Ministry of Health.
Age: Men often more active than women
Wed Mar 10, 15:18 / comments: 0
Men are twice as likely as women to be sexually active at older ages, but, regardless of sex, be healthy is crucial for the sexual well being after these ages come, according to a study published Wednesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Influenza H1N1 continues to decline
Sat Mar 6, 10:18 / comments: 0
Pandemic influenza H1N1, which has killed 16,455 since March 2009, continues to decline worldwide, according to the latest report published Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Five thousand people die of food poisoning each year in the U.S.
Fri Mar 5, 13:18 / comments: 0
About 5,000 people die each year from food poisoning in the United States and this phenomenon is costing about $152 billion per year to the community, according to a report released Thursday.
Denmark allows heroin under medical supervision
Sun Feb 28, 16:08 / comments: 0
After Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and more limited in Spain, Denmark allows, in turn, controlled distribution of heroin under medical supervision.
The transmission of tuberculosis in planes
Mon Feb 22, 14:03 / comments: 0
Only two investigations have provided convincing evidence of transmission of tuberculosis. Among more than 2761 passengers and crew members screened, only 10 have had a test to intradermal tuberculin which became positive.
Dolphins can help understand human disease
Fri Feb 19, 04:26 / comments: 0
Dolphins and humans suffer from similar diseases. They are thus the first natural model for study of human diabetes, opening the possibility for discovery of treatments against the disease responsible for 5% of deaths worldwide per year, according to a study.
Should we all take cholesterol-lowering drugs?
Wed Feb 17, 15:20 / comments: 0
In the U.S., these cholesterol drugs are now allowed for a growing number of people without high cholesterol. To a significant cost.
The majority of smokers quit without assistance
Wed Feb 17, 15:18 / comments: 0
All experts agree that to stop smoking, it is primarily a powerful incentive based on certainty that smoking is bad for health.
Abu Dhabi gives 25 million dollars for the fight against malaria
Wed Feb 10, 20:18 / comments: 0
The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi announced on Wednesday it had donated $25 million over five years for a program to fight against malaria, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM).
Communicate by thought: A hope for patients
Sun Feb 7, 16:02 / comments: 0
The achievement of a medical team, managed to contact a man who believed in vegetative state, could help avoid future errors in diagnosis, better care for patients but also to avoid the aggressive treatment.
The H1N1 flu has killed 14,711 since its appearance
Sat Jan 30, 10:50 / comments: 0
H1N1 influenza pandemic which spread has slowed markedly in the northern hemisphere, has killed at least 14,711 people worldwide since its launch in March/April 2009, according to the latest report published Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Bisphenol-A: the American drug agency concerned about possible risk
Sun Jan 17, 01:04 / comments: 0
The FDA, the American drug agency, said it is now concerned about possible health risks of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in plastic bottles and food containers that were declared safe in 2008.
Telling your boss what you think is good for health
Wed Jan 13, 18:18 / comments: 0
Telling your boss what you think is good for health, says a study. When executives were receiving employee feedback, they were more inclined to change their management style and were therefore perceived as more effective managers.
TV makes us big, the study shows
Sat Dec 19, 15:13 / comments: 0
The overweight adult could burn more calories if they watched less television, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
Heating: When your home becomes unsafe
Thu Dec 17, 10:10 / comments: 0
Carbon monoxide poisoning results in most cases in headache, nausea, or vomiting. It can be fatal in the worst cases. To limit the risk of poisoning from carbon monoxide, please follow the recommendations.
H1N1: About 10,000 deaths in the United States
Fri Dec 11, 17:48 / comments: 0
The H1N1 flu has killed about 10,000, including 1,100 children and infected nearly 50 million people in the United States since April, according to an estimate of federal health authorities.
Indoor air pollution, sources of allergens
Mon Dec 7, 13:06 / comments: 0
Third of the population born after 1980 is allergic. Despite the frequency of this problem and its constant increase, people with respiratory allergy seem to be little aware of the risks associated with exposure to indoor air pollution.
Influenza A and pregnancy
Sat Dec 5, 10:16 / comments: 0
Whether containing an adjuvant or not, the only authorized on the market vaccines, which guarantees quality and safety of the product should be used. The experts recommend a vaccine without adjuvant for pregnant women from the second trimester of pregnancy.
Measles: Millions of children in danger
Fri Dec 4, 13:44 / comments: 0
Half a million children could die of measles in 2013, against 164,000 in 2008, when countries relax the pressure on this highly contagious disease, warned on Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO).
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