Health

A balanced diet is fundamental for overall health, but excessive calcium intake might pose risks, particularly when it comes from supplements rather than food sources. Dr Howard E. LeWine, Chief Medical Editor at Harvard Health Publishing, stresses the importance of understanding calcium needs and highlights the potential dangers of overconsumption, reports TBS. For adults, the US recommends 1,000 mg of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added the LC16m8 mpox vaccine to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL), marking it as the second mpox vaccine to receive this designation following the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on August 14, 2024. According to a statement, which came on Tuesday (Geneva local time), this decision aims ...

Five more dengue patients died and 1,034 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its daily update mentioned that with the new update, the total number of cases rose to 83,154 while 427 deaths from dengue were reported during the period. Among the new ...

Fitness has evolved from a passing trend to a full-fledged lifestyle. With everything from pre-dawn yoga sessions to late-night gym workouts, people are increasingly finding inventive ways to fit exercise into their busy lives. The popularity of fitness challenges, social media transformation stories, and wearable trackers underscores the growing commitment to health and wellness. However, as the drive to achieve ...

Six more dengue patients died and 1,083 were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till Monday morning. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its daily update mentioned that eith the new update, the total number of cases rose to 81,068 while 421 deaths from dengue were reported during the period. Among the new ...

Officials and employees, who have been recruited on a contractual basis during COVID-19 pandemic, have been staging protest in front of the Health Directorate, urging the authorities to extend their employment contracts beyond December. They said they worked keeping their lives in risk during the pandemic but now, their 1004 employees have been passing days in negligence. From 10AM on ...

The interim government in its maiden 100 days has given utmost priority to find out ways to prevent the spread of dengue disease. It has finalized the draft of the National Dengue Prevention and Control Strategy (2024-2030) as the vector-borne disease continues infecting people in the country. “The draft of the National Dengue Prevention and Control Strategy (2024-2030) has been ...

Measles cases have surged globally, with an estimated 10.3 million infections reported in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The surge is primarily attributed to insufficient immunization coverage worldwide. Despite the availability of a highly effective vaccine, more ...

Screening men born with a high risk of developing prostate cancer, once they reach the age of 45, makes financial sense, a cancer charity says. But Prostate Cancer Research also acknowledges more accurate tests would be needed to justify screening all men. There is no prostate-cancer screening programme in the UK, unlike those for breast, bowel and cervical cancer. Instead, ...

Failing hospitals will be revealed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they do not turn things around, the health secretary has told health leaders at a conference in Liverpool. Wes Streeting is promising a “no-holds-barred, sweeping review” of NHS performance in England. Hospitals can expect to be ranked on indicators such as care delivery and finances, so patients ...