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Researchers at the UKs University of Cambridge have highlighted the anti-depressive effects of new anti-inflammatory drugs, usually prescribed to treat autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Certain types of anti-inflammatory drugs could have positive side effects on the...
PepsiCo Inc. is doubling down on its health push, announcing new targets Monday to reduce sugar, salt and fat in its beverages and snacks by 2025. The new goals by the maker of Lay’s potato chips, Gatorade sports drinks and Quaker oatmeal coincide with global concerns about rising obesity, including...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will closely monitor blood banks in the country to prevent the spread of the Zika virus via blood transfusions after Malaysia recorded 40 suspected new cases. Each state has at least one blood bank, while main hospitals in the country also have their own blood bank. “We...
Researchers with the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina recently tracked the progress of 1,787 veterans who underwent gastric bypass surgery. They found that one year after surgery patients lost 98 pounds on average. Ten years later they gained back only about 7 pounds. Earlier studies...
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia recorded its first locally-transmitted Zika case when a 61-year-old man tested positive for the virus in Likas, Sabah. The finding makes the man the countrys second case. Two days ago, the health authorities confirmed that a 58-year-old woman from Klang had the virus after...
Good news for Burger lover. Most of us, heard news that burger have bad impact on our health but University researcher Dr. Stephen Smith told cattle producers that he has found subjects whose health benefitted from eating literally dozens of burgers over the span of six weeks. Brisket has...
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia confirms its first case of Zika infection. A 58 year-old woman who visited Singapore on Aug 19 tested positive, said the countrys Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam in a press conference on Thursday (Sept 1). The woman who lives in Bandar Botanic in Klang, was admitted to Sungei...
Malaysias Health Ministry said it has increased its monitoring at the two main entry points to Johor following reports of confirmed Zika cases in Singapore. In a statement yesterday, health director general Noor Hisham Abdullah pointed to reports about a 47-year-old Malaysian woman in Singapore who...
A number of Olympians including the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, Michael Phelps have been photographed with large red circles on their skin. What are they, and why is everyone suddenly going dotty over them? The mark of an Olympic athlete, at least at Rio 2016, seems to be a...
Following a slew of consumer complaints, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety alert (which is rare for beauty products) regarding a line of cleansing hair conditioners by Wen — products that are already the target of an ongoing class-action lawsuit from 2014 over hair-loss...
Researchers suggest the current Zika epidemic will burn itself out in 2-3 years. The researchers from Imperial College London, United Kingdom predict Zika is unlikely to resurge on an epidemic scale again in Latin America for 10 years or more. The lead researcher, Professor Neil Ferguson explains that :...
Are you a driver ? You know that burning feeling on your right side when you’re in your car and stuck in a mid-afternoon jam? This, scientists say may be a cause to worry. The right side of our face may be at a higher risk of sun damage and is ageing faster from our daily driving, says a study. The study...
Painkillers is one way to relief pain but is it really help? Yes, it could but in small amount. The new finding from University of Colorado Boulder in US found the explosion of painkiller addiction in the past few decades. The lead reasearcher, Peter Grace said “We are showing for the first time that...
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has confirmed that the Quaker Oats brand available in the local market does not contain glyphosate, a type of weed killer. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said according to sub-regulation 41(3) of the Food Regulations 1985, the permitted amount of glyphosate...
On 12th May , all nurse celebrate the National Nurse Day. The day, International Nurse Day (IND) is an international day to mark the contributions nurses make to society. This day has been celebrated since 1965. In January 1974, 12th May was chosen to celebrate the day as it is the anniversary of the birth...
Driving is an activity that quickly becomes second nature.Because driving an automobile is common across society, it is easy to forget the inherent dangers associated with controlling a lump of metal as it careers along asphalt at 50 km/h. The current research reminds us that what we do while we are behind...
The risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure and other cardiac events could be predicted by measuring levels of two vitamin D components, suggest researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, UT. Lead researcher Dr. Heidi May, a cardiovascular epidemiologist at the...
Heat stroke is the most severe form of heat injury and happens when the body fails to cool down. It happens when the body temperature is between 104 and 105 degrees Fahrenheit which start to manifest once the body fails to recover from heat exhaustion. Under this condition, heat stroke victims are not able...
MIRI, Feb 26 (Bernama) The Health Ministry will consult the Sarawak state government to discuss on the possibility of using alternative energy to improve the quality of health services in the states interior. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said among the things to be discussed...
Orthopedic procedures, such as hip and pelvic surgery, require the accurate positioning of a thin metallic wire to guide the positioning of a fixating screw. However, the surgical procedure is often hampered by deflection, bending and even breakage of the guide-wire, which then requires repair while...
