MEDICINE & HEALTH

Mining Linked To Students With Poor School Results - Study

MEDICINE & HEALTH 10.11.2015 22:55 PM

There have been programs for the good and benefits of the next generation of children growing up in the toxic metal-rich communities.

Weight Loss Power With Five Kitchen Necessities

10.11.2015 22:38 PM

In the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, weight loss refers to a reduction of body weight resulting from voluntary (diet and exercise) or involuntary (illness) circumstances. Most of the weight loss arises due to the loss of body fat.

Challenging Perceptions and Myths of Eating Disorder

10.11.2015 22:15 PM

There are still a lot of misconceptions and myths of eating disorders that most of us needs to know.

Down Syndrome Life Expectancy Today Has Increased

10.11.2015 21:43 PM

October is the Down Syndrome Awareness Month, a time to have a chance to spread awareness. This is a celebration with people with Down Syndrome and makes people aware of their abilities and accomplishments.

Grandmother Wins Over BRCA-1 Cancer Gene Patent

10.08.2015 00:15 AM

The study and application of gene mutation for breast cancer continue to put a woman’s life in danger.

Scientists Call For Urgent Trials To Judge Flu Drugs For Pandemics

10.07.2015 23:15 PM

Scientists still don't know if two commonly-used flu drugs -- Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza -- really work in seasonal or pandemic flu outbreaks and say robust clinical trials are urgently needed to find out.

Baby, Maternal Deaths Soar In Sierra Leone On Ebola Fear --Researchers

10.07.2015 23:07 PM

Maternal and newborn deaths in Sierra Leone have soared since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as fear of being infected and mistrust of health workers deter pregnant women from giving birth in health facilities, researchers said on Tuesday.

FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Long-Awaited Diabetes Drug

10.06.2015 22:52 PM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Tresiba, two years after rejecting the long-acting form of insulin.

Mental Health Discussions Opens To Aboriginal Communities

10.06.2015 22:27 PM

The awareness on mental health was raised to indigenous peoples. Aboriginal people have a unique and diverse culture with an interesting and rich history.

Over-The-Counter Pharmacy Prohibits After Codeine Related Deaths

10.06.2015 22:17 PM

A movement was created calling to educate the people who are using Codeine drugs. Related deaths in Australia have been more than doubled in number between the year 2000 and 2009.

Chronic Pain Is Linked To Ringing of Ears

10.06.2015 21:57 PM

The ringing of ears can affect the same impaired brain processes behind chronic pain and this might have to take into considerations when experienced.

Fentanyl Drugs Heightens Public Health Crisis In Calgary

10.06.2015 21:57 PM

Fetanyl is a common content in drugs. However, safety precautions are needed for this type of substance.

Calcium Intake Is Not Good For Bones -- Experts

10.06.2015 21:56 PM

For so long, everyone thought that calcium is good for the bones. Men and women of all ages are even advising to take as much as calcium for healthier and stronger bones.

Leiomodin 2 (Lmod2): A Key to Treat Nemaline Myopathy

10.06.2015 21:56 PM

Understanding not only how the molecule works, but also to help us understand how this type of family works as the leiomodin family is a large one

Mislabeled Medicine: Increased Of Destructive Cases

10.01.2015 03:55 AM

People must be read over and over again the labels of their medicines. Mislabeling a prescription involves misidentifying the drug in the container, printing the improper use of instructions on a drug label or including insufficient or invalid warnings surrounding the use of the drug.