GENEVA, Switzerland – On the sidelines of a conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, just three months ago, a senior health official from Belarus met privately with Mario Raviglione, whose job here at the World Health Organization’s headquarters is to control the spread of tuberculosis around the world. Belarus needed help. It […]
Book of the Year: Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism A sea-change is happening in the world of autism. Just a few years ago, the loudest voices in media coverage of […]
Top 10 health stories of 2011: food chemicals, vitamin D and brain waves • EEG shows awareness in some vegetative patients. Canadian researchers discover that the brains of patients in […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times December 2011 Human sexual desire may be insatiable, the more we indulge in it the stronger it grows, until […]
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf A famous, almost legendary mystic poet from Punjab Pakistan, Bullah Shah wrote: پڑھ پڑھ علم تے فاضل ھوییں تے کدے اپنے آپ نوں پڑھیا نھیں بھج بھج وڑناں اے […]
According to Joe Schwarz, Director of the McGill Office for Science and Society, the lack of doctors in Quebec is driving people towards alternative medicine – and he doesn’t mince his words when asked to share his thoughts on this development. “The problem with some of the alternative medicines is […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times August 21, 2011 The Bible is ambivalent about alcohol at best, while the Holy Quran gives a clear […]
Arab News: As usual, I find it appropriate to elaborate on one aspect of Ramadan, to celebrate this holy month and to appreciate the spirit of fasting with its many rewarding facets. Very few realize that the practice comes with multiple and diverse benefits to our bodies, spirits, emotions, characters, […]
According to a new study, adolescents who consume high quantities of folate in their diets may have increased academic success. Folate and folic acid are forms of a water-soluble B vitamin. Folic acid is the synthetic form of this vitamin, while folate occurs naturally in some foods. Sources include leafy […]
Source/Credit: The Times Of Malta, Saturday July 16th 2011 The biggest medical forum on AIDS kicks off tomorrow to a buzz of excitement about potential strategies for curbing a pandemic that has now claimed 30 million lives in its three-decade history. A four-day conference in Rome will mull dramatic evidence […]
A controversial new editorial is firing up the debate about what to do about kids who have become severely overweight, suggesting that some of them should be placed into foster care. In an opinion piece in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association, an obesity specialist and his co-author discuss […]
by Isobel Leybold in Zurich, swissinfo.ch Insect expert Hans Rudolf Herren’s work in tackling the devastating cassava mealybug crop pest in Africa saved millions of lives and won him the 1995 World Food Prize. Herren, the subject of a new biography, tells swissinfo.ch how he managed to naturally control the bug […]
Germany Approves Genetic Testing For Human Embryos In a conscience vote held Thursday, the German parliament approved the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), a procedure in which one or two cells are extracted from a developing embryo in order to test for genetic disorders, according to Reuters reports. In […]
Employers given guidance on Facebook misconduct Social networking guidance is being issued to nurses and midwives by their regulatory body following an increase in misconduct cases relating to online activities and ethical code breaches. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said it was publishing practical advice on responsible use of […]
Emma Mills-Rittmann quit Facebook because, she says, other kids ruined it for her. “[Your friends] hang out with other people and they didn’t call you,” said the 14-year-old, who goes to St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Savage. “Then you see the pictures.” Minnetonka teen Allison Jensen knows the feeling. […]
Major public and private donors have pledged more than U.S.$4.3 billion to immunize at least 250 million of the world’s poorest children against life-threatening diseases over the next five years and prevent more than four million premature deaths. “It’s absolutely brilliant value for money. For the price of a cup […]
Nairobi — One person dies weekly in Kenya due to a shortage of anesthetics and the situation is worse in slums and rural areas across the country. In areas like […]
…….. Having “bad genes,” does not at all mean you’re doomed to suffer some inevitable fate. Genes are merely blueprints, and these blueprints are activated and controlled by something else entirely, namely their environment. This environmental information—which includes diet, toxic exposures, as well as thoughts and emotions, and more—can create […]
by Dr. Monzur Ahmed The honey bee exhibits a combination of individual traits and social co-operation which is unparalleled in the animal kingdom. A glimpse into the nest makes it apparent why honey bees have fascinated us from the earliest days of scientific observations. The infrastructure of the nest, the […]
Weight loss programs are a multi-million dollar industry in the US, with each company claiming that their way is the best. At the heart of the debate has been the issue of carbohydrates. How much should we be consuming? There have been several studies conducted in the last decade comparing […]