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by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — More than 90 percent of the global population is breathing in high levels of pollutants, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming poor air quality for some seven million deaths annually. Fresh data from the UN health body showed that every corner of the globe is dealing with air pollution, although the problem is far worse in poorer countries. “Air pollution threatens us all, but […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhKm8N7ab8 With temperatures continuing to rise this summer season, it is best to know what you should do so you can avoid heat stroke. One of the best ways to avoid heat stroke is to drink plenty of water often and to stay indoors if possible during very hot weather. Heat stroke is the most severe form of heat illness when the body overheats and cannot cool down, according to an advisory from the Department […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Long-term use of certain anti-depressants have been linked to dementia in a large British study, researchers said Thursday, though they could not definitively conclude that the drugs were the cause. The study in more than 300,000 people in Britain found that those diagnosed with dementia were almost a third more likely to have been prescribed so-called anticholinergic medicines to treat depression and certain bladder conditions between four and 20 years earlier. […]
(Eagle News) — Summer season na! Kaya naman pag ganitong panahon, marami sa ating mga kababayan ang nag-a-outing sa beach man o sa swimming pool. Dahil dito, marami din ang nakakaranas ng sunburn. Ayon sa mga eksperto, ang sunburn ay mapula, mahapdi, mainit at makati na pakiramdam sa balat– makaraan na magbabad ng ilang oras sa sikat ng araw. Ayon sa mga eksperto, hindi dapat binabalewala kung nakaranas ng sunburn, kaya narito ang ilang simpleng […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease. Engineering and IT conglomerate Hitachi developed the basic technology to detect breast or colon cancer from urine samples two years ago. It will now begin testing the method using some 250 urine samples, to see if samples at room […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — Fish oil supplements have long been recommended to people suffering from dry eye disease, a common ailment that affects millions worldwide — but a study out Friday says they don’t work. “Omega-3 supplements are no more effective than placebo at alleviating dry eye symptoms,” read the findings from a randomized clinical trial involving 535 people and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dry eye disease affects more than […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the Sun, researchers said Thursday. A survey of more than 430,000 people in Britain found that the night owl had a 10-percent higher risk of dying in the 6.5-year study period than “larks.” “This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored,” said […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Malnutrition and anemia far exceed internationally established emergency levels among ethnic minority Rohingya children who have fled to refugee camps in Bangladesh, US researchers warned on Tuesday. A total of 269 children aged between six months and five years were examined in the Kutupalong refugee camp in October 2017, said researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 700,000 Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority, have fled […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Suffering a traumatic brain injury from a blow to the head boosted dementia risk by 24 percent in a Danish study group of nearly three million people, researchers said Wednesday. The survey of 36 years’ worth of data — collected from the Danish national patient register — found that the risk of dementia rose with the number and severity of brain injuries, a team wrote in The Lancet Psychiatry, a medical journal. […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — In an effort to speed research toward a cure for the most common form of dementia, experts urged a new framework Tuesday to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease using biological clues, rather than symptoms of memory loss. Alzheimer’s affects some 44 million people around the world, but remains poorly understood, with no effective treatments despite billions of dollars spent on research. Clinical trials have stumbled, with recent research showing that up to […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Some 300 million people worldwide are living with the deadly hepatitis B virus (HBV), but only one in 20 received adequate treatment, researchers reported Tuesday. For expectant mothers carrying the virus — which can be transmitted to their children — that percentage drops to one in 100, they reported in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology medical journal. If left untreated, HBV can cause serious diseases of the liver, including cancer. An […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Feeling lonely contributes less to the risk of cardiovascular disease than recent research suggests, scientists said Tuesday, but social isolation really does up the odds of dying after a heart attack or stroke. The alleged link between loneliness and heart disease essentially disappears once other well-known risk factors — smoking, drinking, poor diet, lack of exercise — are factored in, according to a study that […]
