INCREASED numbers of workers pull the night shift. Teenagers text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack cheaper overnight flights.
Nodding off behind the wheel is not the only threat from a lack of sleep. Evidence is growing that people who regularly sleep too little and at the wrong time suffer long-lasting consequences [...]
ONE in six cancers worldwide is caused by preventable or treatable infections, a new study finds.
Infections cause about 2 million cancer cases a year, and 80 % of those cases occur in less developed areas of the world, according to the study, which was published online May 8 in The Lancet Oncology. Of the 7.5 [...]
HEART attack survivors are more likely to resume their sex lives if doctors reassure them it’s safe, a new study shows.
University of Chicago Medicine researchers surveyed nearly 1,900 heart attack survivors for the study. Among patients who were sexually active before their heart attack, those who received counseling about sex before they were discharged from [...]
COMMON chemicals found in household products, cosmetics and medicines may be causing cancers, fertility problems and other illnesses including diabetes and obesity, according to a study.
Europe’s environmental watchdog, the European Environment Agency, has warned that products containing endocrine disrupting chemicals should be treated with caution until their true effects are better known. However, it stopped [...]
NEW DELHI, India – Depletion of groundwater and its increasing pollution could be leading to a silent, nationwide public health crisis as aquifers in many stretches across India are becoming unfit for drinking.
Data submitted in Parliament by the water resources ministry has revealed that groundwater in the pockets of 158 out of the 639 districts [...]
BUTTERWORTH – More than two million Malaysians are unaware that they are diabetic, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin.
This is because they have not had regular medical check-ups.
“A study has revealed that more than two million people who have high glucose levels in their blood are unaware that they have a problem.
“What [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Health has issued an alert for imported formaldehyde-tainted cabbages.
Director-general of health Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman, in a statement, said so far checks conducted on 24 samples of vegetables, including cabbages found no traces of formaldehyde.
He said a risk assessment on formaldehyde exposure conducted on fish found that [...]
KUALA LUMPUR -he aedes mosquito breeding rate is high due to the lack of gotong-royong activities to get rid of aedes breeding grounds, resulting in dengue cases to continue occurring.
Director-general of Health, Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said this happened in the hot spots such as Site B, Sekincan where only one gotong-royong activity [...]
CHINA – Pharmacy supervision agencies nationwide are required to strictly monitor the confiscated capsules made from toxic industrial gelatin to prevent them from flowing back into the market, said the top drug regulator.
Drug administrative authorities should keep a tight rein on unqualified capsules to make sure that these products are totally destroyed, the State Food [...]
LIFE-SAVING implantable pacemakers or defibrillators pose a risk for developing deadly infections, a new study suggests.
More than 4.2 million people in the United States had a permanent pacemaker or defibrillator implanted between 1993 and 2008, and heart-device infections increased 210 percent during that time, according to the study.
“These infections tend to occur in very vulnerable [...]
