The good news is that even if obesity runs in your family and you are genetically predisposed to overweight, you are not condemned to a lifetime of flab. For a long time the general assumption has been that a large percentage of people who suffer from obesity are genetically programmed with the problem and have [...]
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Health officials have said that in 2009 there were half a million new sexually transmitted infections reported. Out of these, many of those affected were women under the age of 25 and teenagers. Officials believe that one of the reasons for the increase in STIs is due to a reluctance to put on a condom. 12,000 [...] Over-the-counter Drugs Being Used to Dope Young Children. According to research published today it is not uncommon for parents to make use of over-the-counter, non-prescription, medications in order to dope their kids. They are under the impression that this is better than spanking a child or losing your temper with them. The Journal of Pediatrics [...] Over the past fifty years it has slowly become accepted by most people that the reason more men take risks than women is due to social pressures and not due to a predisposition of biology. In particular, when it comes to risk taking men are more likely to take risks with their health, while women [...] Some people refrain from offering CPR to those who have collapsed suddenly because they are wary about providing mouth to mouth resuscitation, however, according to two new studies CPR that only uses hands may be just as effective as the traditional counterpart. Gene Emery stated that many times mouth to mouth efforts are not even needed [...] Studies have shown that most patients in Wales who suffer a mini stroke (TIA) miss out on what is potentially a life-saving operation. Nationally the figures are higher for patients receiving this surgery, compared to Wales. For example, only 16% of patients received treatment within 2 weeks compared to 33% throughput the UK. Consultant vascular surgeon, Sue [...] People who use a mobile phone on a regular basis, and have done so for four years or more, are more likely to develop tinnitus – a constant buzzing or ringing in their ears. Studies have found that mobile phone users who use their phones for even ten minutes per day have more than 50 per [...] The Archives of Disease in Childhood has published a study that found overweight youngsters are affected both physically and psychologically, with most negatively perceiving their bodies. This has led youngsters to suffer poor self-confidence and in turn lead them to be less likely to participate in group exercise, in particular, while at school. For the last [...] Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, called on the drinks industry today to back the Change4Life anti-obesity drive backed by the government. He also through out the £75m marketing budget set aside by Labour for the campaign. Lanlsey stated that the coalition government will instead utilize social media in order to get the word about Change4Life across [...] The NI Health Minister has embraced recommendations about the swine flu pandemic from an independent review board. Dame Deirdre described the UK’s approach to the virus epidemic that involved expenditures of £1.2b as appropriate and very effective. However, due to contracts that lacked flexibility the Government was left with many vaccines that went unused. According to [...] |
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