health and fitness
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 day 2 hours 50 minutes ago
Doctors will decide next Tuesday whether to operate on two conjoined twins born in a London hospital last week.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 50 minutes ago
Much of Zimbabwe's capital Harare is without water reportedly due to a lack of purification chemicals, during a cholera outbreak.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 day 10 hours 50 minutes ago
Reuters - India's health minister on Saturday said he wants to push all school-going children to learn yoga, in the hope that it can reduce the prevalence of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in years to come.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 days 11 hours 50 minutes ago
A strategy of testing adults every year for HIV and immediately treating every person found to be infected could virtually end the AIDS epidemic in Africa in about a decade, new research suggests. While nobody is seriously espousing that approach, the "thought experiment" outlined this...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 days 10 hours 50 minutes ago
Federal health officials have changed their guidance on the health risks of melamine in infant formula, saying trace amounts of the industrial compound alone are not harmful. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration said it was "currently unable to establish any level of melamine...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 8 hours 50 minutes ago
AP - Disclosure that laboratory tests have detected traces of contamination in several major brands of infant formula generated concern and confusion Wednesday, with a national consumer's group and the Illinois attorney general demanding a Food and Drug Administration recall and the federal agency saying it...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 days 23 hours 49 minutes ago
Severe pollution has made one-third of China's Yellow river unusable, according to new research.Known as the country's "mother river", it supplies water to millions of people in the north of China. But in recent years the quality has deteriorated due to factory discharges and sewage from...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 23 hours 50 minutes ago
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the cholera outbreak is now his country's biggest threat.
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Julia Leigh 5 days 9 hours 59 minutes ago
Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said last month it was unable to identify any melamine exposure level as safe for infants, but...(more)
comments (0) |
report problem
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 days 23 hours 50 minutes ago
Reuters - Older African Americans more likely to rate their health as poor compared with older white Americans, even though when the two groups "are functioning extremely well, new research suggests.
comments (0) |
report problem
