Health

New Zealand announced a ban on disposable vapes Tuesday, tightening the nation’s chokehold on smoking as it also phases in a near-total prohibition on tobacco sales. Disposable vapes — defined as those without removable or replaceable batteries — will be banned from August, Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said. “Too many young people are vaping, which is why we’re making a ...

Sri Lanka will slash the price of 60 essential drugs by 16% from June 15, the Health Minister said on Tuesday, as the country sees a glimmer of relief from its worst financial crisis in decades. The island off India’s southern coast plunged into crisis last year as its foreign exchange reserves ran out, food and energy prices spiralled and ...

Losing weight is no easy, breezy walk in the park. It requires hard work, dedication, solid motivation, and establishing a game plan that works best for you. Whether you’re just starting out on your journey or you’re weeks in, there are certain habits you should absolutely avoid at all costs. In fact, you’ll never lose weight if you still do ...

The heat wave sweeping across the country has resulted in health issues, affecting children, the elderly, and people with pre-existing conditions. An alarming surge in patients suffering from dehydration, asthma, hypertension, fever, and diarrhea due to the extreme heat has been reported by hospitals and private practices. “The excessive heatwave can lead to dehydration, low blood pressure, cardiac collapse, heat ...

The Drug List Update Committee for Community Clinics has decided to include hypertension and diabetes medicines in community clinics to ensure primary health care at the door steps of common people in rural areas. The committee in a meeting on May 14 took the decision to include “Amlodipine 5mg” for hypertension and “Metformin 500mg” for diabetes in the drug list ...

Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively commonplace — and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting. A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis has now been shown to reduce this risk by a quarter in a large group of early-stage survivors, offering patients new hope. Results from a clinical trial were presented Friday ...

The number of high blood pressure patients is increasing day by day. Earlier it was thought that this problem only affects the elderly. But that perception has changed. High blood pressure problem is also occurring among many young people now. Experts blame it on our lifestyle. It is important to make lifestyle changes to reduce the problem of high blood ...

Bangladesh reported two more COVID-19-linked deaths and 89 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,448 and caseload to 2,039,506, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 5.87 per cent from Thursday’s 5.99 per cent as 1,515 samples were ...

People with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) may be able to better control their blood sugar levels by making a small adjustment to the first meal of the day, according to an international team of researchers led by UBC Okanagan academics. In the UBCO Faculty of Health and Social Development, Dr. Barbara Oliveira collaborates on research projects with Dr. Jonathan Little’s ...

The US drug regulator approved a second vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), its American developer Pfizer said Wednesday, a month after the authorization of the first shot against the pathogen, a leading cause of lung infections. The announcement comes only weeks after the regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, approved Arexvy from British drugmaker GSK — the world’s first ...