You Asked: Is Coconut Oil Healthy?
Source: Time By Markham Heid As health-conscious eaters have embraced dietary fat, coconut oil’s stock has skyrocketed. The oil, extracted from the meat of a coconut, is mostly saturated fat, but […]
Diet sodas may be tied to stroke, dementia risk
Source: CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN)Gulping down an artificially sweetened beverage not only may be associated with health risks for your body, but also possibly your brain, a new […]
Why Cinnamon Is Insanely Good for You
BY Amanda MacMillan Scientists have long suspected that cinnamon can help prevent blood-sugar spikes and protect against insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes. But how, exactly, has remained a mystery—and […]
Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine
Source: BBC By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightD POLAND/PATHImage captionThe vaccine has been tested extensively in more than 15,000 children The world’s first vaccine against […]
Al-Ain Mobile Eye Clinic inaugurated by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Al-Ain Mobile Eye Clinic will provide essential eye treatment in Africa On 23 April 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat […]
Early hip fracture surgery will save hundreds of lives
Source: BBC Hundreds of lives could be saved if patients with hip fractures were operated on in under 24 hours, a new study reveals. Researchers in Bristol found 8% more […]
Always Hungry? This One Ingredient May Be to Blame
Source: Time BY Amanda MacMillan / Health.com Everyone knows that salty foods make you thirsty. But according to new research, when people increase their sodium intake long-term, they actually drink less […]
Experts excited by brain ‘wonder-drug’
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThere is no drug that slows the pace of dementia Scientists hope they have found […]
A Cautionary Tale About Antibiotics
Source: Time BY Alice Park Apr 14, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Antibiotics are prescribed to treat infections from head to toe—from bronchitis to urinary tract infections (UTIs). […]
An Hour of Running May Add 7 Hours to Your Life
Source: The New York Times By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Running may be the single most effective exercise to increase life expectancy, according to a new review and analysis of past research […]
32 Foods That Turn Off the Stress Hormone That’s Making You Fat
Source: http://www.msn.com By Dana Leigh Smith and The Editors of Eat This, Not That! No, you can’t eat your emotions. But you can eat foods that are proven to fight […]
Dana Vollmer, the Olympic swimmer racing while six months pregnant
Source: BBC With a little more than 1,000 days to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begin, preparation – even at this stage – is key. Such is the case […]
Trump signs measure targeting Planned Parenthood funding
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has signed a new measure aimed at rolling back federal funding for the US women’s health group Planned Parenthood. The legislation removes an Obama-era […]
I was blinded by my contact lens
Source: BBC By Claire Bates Image copyrightNEW CITIZENSHIP PROJECT When Irenie Ekkeshis’s eye started to itch she assumed it would soon settle down. It didn’t. Before long, she found herself […]
Most Doctors’ Breast Cancer Advice May Be Out of Date
Source: Time By Alice Park Who needs a mammogram—and when? These are questions that have vexed women for years now as science—and the recommendations it informs—has shifted. In 2009, the […]
12 Grand challenges that matter in 2017
Source: BBC HOW CAN WE AVOID RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS? Grand Challenges Future Now asked 50 experts – scientists, technologists, business leaders and entrepreneurs – to name what they saw as […]
Here’s why one tech investor thinks some doctors will be ‘obsolete’ in five years
Source: CNBC By Christina Farr | @chrissyfarr Vinod Khosla once proclaimed that machines will replace 80 percent of doctors, which prompted waves of backlash from the medical community. Never one to […]
The health benefits of lemon water
Source: BBC Lemons and other citrus fruits are well known for their colourful pitted skins and tart, refreshing taste. Lemons contain citric acid and are well known for their high […]
Lung probe ‘to help cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics’
Source: BBC A lung probe that diagnoses bacterial infections could prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care units, researchers believe. The fibre-optic tube can show within 60 seconds whether […]
Night-time loo trips ‘linked to salt in diet’
Source: BBC People who wake at night with an urge to go to the loo may need to cut back on salt in their diets, doctors from Japan are suggesting.The […]