Health

Young diabetic women are so terrified of gaining weight that they’re risking their lives by skipping their insulin jabs, recent investigation has revealed. Type 1 diabetic women between the ages of 15 to 30 are at risk of falling prey to a new image disorder which risks their health and could make them gravely ill. [...]

The HIV infection rate has declined among pregnant women in the Republic of Congo from 3.4 percent in 2009 to 2.8 percent in 2012, according to a study by the Ministry of Health, which said it had taken specific action to help this section of the population. “This significant decrease is due to many innovative [...]

A breakthrough that could lead to a potential cure for AIDS has been developed by Australian scientists, a latest study from Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) revealed on Wednesday. According to a statement from QIMR, Associate Professor David Harrich, from QIMR’s Molecular Virology Laboratory, has determined how to modify a protein in the virus, [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) 2012 Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty says infectious diseases remain key agents of the debilitating poverty afflicting so much of the world today. The report, which was made available to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday says, each year these diseases kill almost nine million people, [...]

The extent of illicit drug use has remained stable in five years, but the estimated 15.5 million to 38.6 million problem drug users, including those with drug dependence and drug-use disorders, remain of a particular concern. Globally, it is estimated that in 2010 between 153 million and 300 million people aged 15-64 years (3.4-6.6 per [...]

Africa is often the focus of the global development agenda, from HIV/Aids to economic growth, yet across the continent millions of people are also suffering from a little-known group of parasitic and bacterial infections called neglected tropical diseases – or NTDs. More than one in six people worldwide, including 500 million children, are infected by [...]

Islamabad: Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Thursday requested the provinces to establish vaccine management committees at provincial and district level for judicious use of vaccines, especially the vaccine for measles. A national vaccine management committee has also been constituted in the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) at federal level.The step has been taken in the [...]

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is confirming that one death has occurred in an elderly person as a result of the contagious influenza virus. Amy Cornell, a spokeswoman for the department, said someone over the age of 65 had died Tuesday. In a press conference this afternoon at the Health Department, Dr. Martin [...]

While speculations were flowing about the condition of Nelson Mandela after he was hospitalized, a recent report has confirmed that he has completely recovered from the lung infection. It has been confirmed by President Jacob Zuma that he is doing fine now after going through a surgical procedure to remove gallstones. “Mandela has made steady [...]

During foreplay, lick softly, blow gently and above all don’t bite! Be sure to alternate testicles as some men feel more sensation in one or the other. Blow air in the “Wallet Zone” — where the scrotum rests against his upper thighs. A few puffs there and you’ll take his breath away. Testicles hang outside [...]