Typhoon season is in full swing in Southeast Asia, bringing with it destruction and misery that stays well after the storms have passed. Hundreds of people are killed every year at this time of the year from flooding, landslides and deadly diseases. This year’s casualty numbers are some of the highest in recent memory. Residents […]
Tuberculosis has long been a scourge for humanity since ancient times. Today, a third of the world’s population is believed to be infected with the causative organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tubercolosis (TB) is a particularly deadly disease, killing millions of people every year. Those in developing countries are especially vulnerable because of poor sanitary conditions and […]
Experts have become increasingly worried as dozens of children born in the United States and Canada are fatherless due to the increasing popularity of sperm donors and sperm bank facilities. Currently, there are no laws either in the United States or in Canada where the number of children should be limited coming from a single […]
Despite the decrease in the number of new detected cases for leprosy worldwide, new cases numbering over 250,000 are detected each year, and the eradication of leprosy remains elusive. Currently, there are medical options to prevent leprosy such as BCG vaccination and contact tracing of infants. There are also new future medical options including chemoprophylaxis. […]
A health panel from the U.S. government said Friday that prostate cancer routine screening does not make any difference in helping save lives among healthy men but instead triggers the necessity of more prostate tests and treatments. The draft recommendations of the Task Force will be made available for public scrutiny by Tuesday. The recommendation […]
A new study has been released linking certain cancers and fertility problems among women whose mothers had used DES, a synthetic estrogen, during their pregnancy before the drug was banned in 1971. The study has already been published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine .DES or diethylstilbestrol have been prescribed to pregnant women […]
New York – A new research was published after conducting a study among kids with asthma. The study discredits the relationship between being properly treated in the hospital and having lesser chance to get confined again for the same illness in the future. The study also suggests that there is no difference among hospitals giving […]
Sibutramine, a medicine for anti-obesity, has been approved Tuesday in Brazil despite being banned in the United States and in Europe. An agency, National Health Surveillance (Anvisa), announced it would ban the selling of amphetamine based weight-loss medications in Brazil but would certainly allow the selling and use of sibutramine based anti-obesity medicines under heightened […]
Malnutrition in Africa continues to spiral out of control despite the sustained efforts of relief organizations. In the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia, it could not get any worse. According to the United Nations, some 13.3 million people, many of them children, are near-death from starvation. Not getting enough food and nutrients will lead to […]
Organic foods producers and supporters petitioned Tuesday the U.S. government for the mandatory labeling of all genetically engineered foods produced in the market nowadays. The same group had encouraged all consumers to join their cause and try to go online. A total of 21 petitioners have pleaded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the […]
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