Collection of Articles about Ebola
Epigraph: Whoso saves one life, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind. (Al Quran 5:33) The lead article is by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]
Ebola outbreak ‘running much faster’ than response
Watch the full interview with Dr. Peter Piot on “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN (CNN) — The current Ebola outbreak is “running […]
Rationality, Fear, Hype and Response to Ebola
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times October 16, 2014 “We have nothing to fear but fear itself,” are the famous words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, […]
(Ebola?) The US Is Suffering From An STD Epidemic
businessinsider.com: Infectious diseases seem to come and go, sometimes causing scary outbreaks, while other times seeming to disappear. But some infectious pathogens are always with us, lurking just below the surface of society. Sexually transmitted diseases are one major group of diseases that make for ongoing hidden epidemics: In the […]
Ebola Video: Would You Go to Emory University or Dallas Hospital?
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/health/2014/10/15/newday-cohen-second-healthcare-worker-texas-ebola.cnn (CNN) — A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, health officials said Wednesday — casting […]
Ebola Vaccine Would Likely Have Been Found By Now If Not For Budget Cuts: NIH Director
By Sam Stein BETHESDA, Md. — As the federal government frantically works to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and as it responds to a second diagnosis of the disease at home, […]
First Ebola transmission in U.S.: Texas healthcare worker tests positive
The Muslim Times Tagline: Ebola is here to show the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others that we are all one and in same boat. May God keep us safe. Ameen! (CNN) — […]
How the world’s health organizations failed to stop the Ebola disaster
A Perfect Storm…. Possible Pandemic By 2015… CDC Director: ‘A Scene Out Of Dante… WHO: ‘We Could Have Responded Faster’… Mothers Afraid To Touch Their Children… Hopes Pinned On Radical […]
NYTimes: Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body's Blood Sugar Controls
Source: NY Times Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can be a precursor to diabetes, researchers are reporting. That is “the […]
NYTimes: Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body’s Blood Sugar Controls
Source: NY Times Artificial sweeteners may disrupt the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar, causing metabolic changes that can be a precursor to diabetes, researchers are reporting. That is “the […]
Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Honey, Bees and Religion
Epigraph: And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, ‘Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises which they build. Then eat of every […]
Bacteria from bees possible alternative to antibiotics
Epigraph: And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, ‘Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises which they build. Then eat of every […]
Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to fight Ebola
Epigraph: Whoso saved a life of one, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind. (Al Quran 5:33) http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/09/10/nr-ebola-gates-foundation-sue-desmond-hellmann-intv.cnn By Jacque Wilson and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Bill […]
This Is What Weight Loss Does To Your Brain
Source: Time Magazine New research shows weight loss surgery can reverse the negative effects body fat may have on the brain Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin Obesity harms most organs in the body, […]
Scientists Take the Edge Off Bad Memories in Mice
Source: New York Times By PAM BELLUCK AUG. 27, 2014 Memories and the feelings associated with them are not set in stone. You may have happy memories about your family’s annual ski […]
Breastfeeding ‘cuts depression risk’, according to study
Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC News website Breastfeeding can halve the risk of post-natal depression, according to a large study of 14,000 new mothers. However, there is a large increase in the risk of depression in women planning to breastfeed who are then unable to do so. The […]
Depression: The Everywhere and Everyone Illness
Source: Huffington Post By Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Medical director, New York State Office of Mental Health Twenty-five hundred years ago, well before Christ, Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine, identified melancholia […]
Robin Williams… and My Dad
Source: The Huffington Post By Rev. Chuck Currie: United Church of Christ minister The shocking news about Robin Williams’ apparent suicide isn’t really shocking so much as it is commonplace. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control reported 39,518 suicides, which makes suicide the 10th leading cause of death for Americans. In […]
The Muslim Times’ Response to Rising Suicide Rate in Contemporary Society
Epigraph: Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort. Those who believe and do good works — happiness shall be theirs, and an excellent place of return. (Al Quran 13:29-30) Robin Williams […]
Why Should a Successful Actor Like Robin Williams Commit Suicide?
Epigraph: Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort. Those who believe […]