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About a decade ago, scientists found that people can lower their risk of heart disease and stroke by managing seven easily understood risk factors—things like diet, exercise and smoking status. This collection was dubbed “Life’s Simple 7.” The way it works is simple, too: The more of those factors in a person’s favor, the higher their chance of living longer […]
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An interdisciplinary panel of infectious disease clinicians and public health experts led by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a first edition of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes. Africa Union (AU) Member States and public health stakeholders have identified […]
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Students who have repeated a grade have higher risks of being victims of bullying in countries around the world, according to a new study of nearly half a million students publishing November 11 in PLOS Medicine by Xiayun Zuo of Fudan University, China, and colleagues. The study is a part of the PLOS Medicine Special Issue on Global Child Health. […]
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How ventricular fibrillation will behave in an individual patient can be accurately modeled and predicted using a single mathematical equation, according to Flinders University researchers. Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a life-threatening heart rhythm, or arrhythmia, that causes the heart to beat irregularly and is one of the leading causes of sudden death in Australia. The findings, recently published in the […]
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Despite being uniquely vulnerable to the hazards of climate change, Australia does not have a national plan to address the health risks it faces, says a national assessment of health and climate change released this week in the Medical Journal of Australia‘s 2021 MJA-Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. The report, produced by a coalition of Australia’s top universities […]
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Almost all cells regulate their biological processes over a 24-hour period, otherwise called a cell’s circadian rhythm. To do so, cells use a biological clock that cycles different genes on and off throughout the day and night. Scientists already know that our metabolic health can suffer when our biological clock breaks down, due to shift work or sleep disorders, for […]
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Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A heart attack occurs in the U.S. every 40 seconds. A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, happens when a part of the heart muscle does not get enough blood. The more time that passes without treatment, the […]
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Schizophrenic Kenyan man, 48, is left with a stump after chopping off his penis with a kitchen knife following ‘marriage problems’ A schizophrenic man amputated his own penis with a kitchen knife in Kenya Doctors could not reattach the penis because it was not preserved properly They operated on the wound to prevent it becoming infected and healed well A […]
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Dehumidifiers are an increasingly popular choice, but does a dehumidifier cool a room? Not only can reducing humidity make your room more pleasant, but it can also help protect the people in your home from a host of health issues, including respiratory problems and allergies. Dehumidifiers can also stop the growth of mold, which can be damaging and dangerous to […]
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Smokers who switch to e-cigs instead of quitting all tobacco products are 10% more likely to relapse and use cigarettes again, study finds A person who drops cigarettes for e-cigarettes is less likely to successfully quit smoking than someone who drops tobacco entirely, a new study finds More than 50% of people who dropped tobacco did not relapse within the next […]
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