Health

Fish oil supplements don’t help dry eye disease: study

TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- Fish oil supplements have long been recommended to people suffering from dry eye disease, a…

Night owls risk dying younger, should sleep in: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to…

‘Emergency’ malnutrition in Rohingya refugee kids: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Malnutrition and anemia far exceed internationally established emergency levels among ethnic minority Rohingya children who…

Head injury boosts dementia risk: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Suffering a traumatic brain injury from a blow to the head boosted dementia risk by 24 percent…

Define Alzheimer’s by brain changes, not symptoms: experts

TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- In an effort to speed research toward a cure for the most common form of…

300 million hepatitis B sufferers but only one in 20 treated: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Some 300 million people worldwide are living with the deadly hepatitis B virus (HBV), but only…

Are lonely hearts prone to cardiovascular disease?

by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Feeling lonely contributes less to the risk of cardiovascular disease…

Wearable brain scanner is gamechanger for neural care

by Patrick Galey Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- British scientists on Wednesday unveiled a next-generation wearable brain scanner…

Study challenges ‘healthy but obese’ theory

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Being overweight or obese does pose a risk of heart disease, despite claims to the…

Mexican man, once the world’s fattest, dreams of walking again

by Ulises Ruiz with Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias in Mexico City Agence France-Presse GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AFP) -- The folds of flesh…

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