Health

Endocrine disruptors can have a harmful effect on health and reproduction

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals found in everyday products. They interfere with the normal functioning of human hormones and can have a harmful effect on health and reproduction. The endocrine system is a network of glands which produce and secrete hormones that regulate crucial body functions, including growth, reproduction, sleep and energy levels. Transported through the bloodstream, each hormone is tailor-made to act on specific organs or tissues. When chemicals from the environment – even in […]

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Death by overwork: Japan’s 100-hour overtime cap sparks anger

by Natsuko Fukue Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to give it the boot, saying an “outrageous” 100-hour-a-month cap will do nothing to tackle karoshi, or death from overwork. Tokyo’s bid to ease a national health crisis comes after the top executive at advertising giant Dentsu quit late last year in response to the suicide of a young employee who regularly logged […]

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Toddlers playing with touchscreens sleep less: study

PARIS, France (AFP) — The more toddlers play with touchscreen devices the less they sleep, according to a study released Thursday that suggests the findings could be cause for concern. For every additional hour using a touchscreen phone or tablet during the day, children aged six months to three years slept nearly 16 minutes less in each 24 hour period, researchers reported in the journal Scientific Reports. But the study could not determine if the […]

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Two billion people drinking contaminated water: WHO

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) — Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that nearly two billion people currently use faecal-contaminated water. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year because they are forced to drink contaminated water, the WHO said, urging large investments to help provide universal access to safe drinking water. “Today, almost two billion people use a source of drinking-water contaminated with […]

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Genetically modified crops, idinipensa ng mga health expert

Patuloy pa rin ang usapin tungkol sa kaligtasan at epekto ng Genetically Modified Crops. Marami pa rin kasing mga kababayan  natin ang hindi pabor sa mga GMO product.  Tulad ng BT talong at golden rice. Ayon kay Dr. Milton Strokes , Director for Global Health and Nutrition Outreach ng Monsato. Makakatulong ang GM crops sa Pilipinas upang matugunan ang nutritional requirements ng mga Pinoy.

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Global smoking deaths up by 5% since 1990: study

by Marlowe Hood PARIS, France (AFP) — The percentage of men and women who use tobacco every day has dropped in most nations since 1990, but the total number of smokers and tobacco-related deaths has increased, a consortium of researchers reported Thursday. Mortality could rise even further as major tobacco companies aggressively target new markets, especially in the developing world, they warned in a report, published in the medical journal The Lancet. One in four men […]

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Mosquitoes more attracted to already-infected blood

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) — Swedish scientists have discovered that the malaria parasite in infected humans sends out a signal to attract mosquitoes to feed from them and continue the cycle of infection. Together with their colleagues, Professor Ingrid Faye of the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Noushin Emami, post-doctoral researcher at the Wenner-Gren Institute at Stockholm University, discovered that the system helps the malaria parasite to spread and survive without killing the hosts. In a […]

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Brains of ‘super-agers’ don’t shrink as fast as others

by Kerry Sheridan MIAMI, United States (AFP) — As we age, our brain shrinks, but a select group of elders known as “super-agers” lose less brain volume than regular seniors, which may help them stay sharp, researchers said Tuesday. The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association show that super-agers, 80 and older, have a significantly thicker brain cortex than people who are aging normally. The cortex is the largest part of the […]

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“The journey of women in ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease and Epilepsy”

“The journey of women in ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease and Epilepsy” ito ang tema ng talakayan ng mga eksperto sa naturang mga sakit na dinaranas ng maraming mga kababaihan sa kasalukuyan. Isa ang Alzheimer ’s disease sa mga neurological disoders na nararanasan ngayon ng maraming mga kababihan lalong lalo na ang may edad 60 pataas. Ayon kay Dra. Socorro Martinez, chairperson, dementia council of the Philippine neurological association, ang Alzheimers disease ay isang kundisyon kung kailan […]

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Surge in coal pollution led to smaller newborns: study

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — In fresh evidence about the dangers of coal pollution, a scientist on Monday said a switch to coal-fired power in a southern United States state after a nuclear accident in 1979 led to a sharp fall in birthweight, a benchmark of health. The study looked at the aftermath of the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, which caused two nuclear plants in Tennessee to be shuttered and their […]

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Quadriplegic man regains use of arm in medical first: study

by Joshua MELVIN Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A decade after a bike crash that left an American man paralyzed from the shoulders down, he can again feed himself, researchers hailing a medical first reported Wednesday. The remarkable advance hinges on a prosthesis which circumvents rather than repairs his spinal injury, using wires, electrodes as well as computer software to reconnect the severed link between his brain and muscles. “To our knowledge, this […]

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Bangladeshi ‘tree girl’ leaves hospital

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A young Bangladeshi girl diagnosed with a rare condition known as “tree man syndrome” has left hospital, her father told AFP Monday, saying he feared she would never be cured. Surgeons operated on Sahana Khatun last month and removed some of the bark-like growths she has developed from the extremely rare condition of epidermodysplasia verruciformisa. The 10-year-old is believed to be the first female in the world to suffer from the […]

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