Sociologists and Philanthropists need not worry about the population explosion any more; the tobacco epidemic is doing its job. If the governments across the globe do not take appropriate action, over 500 million people could die who have all the...
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Suffering from pneumonia? Get ready to lie on a hospital bed. Yes! This was the common remark a person, struggling with pneumonia, would normally get from doctors and others. However, the situation seems to be taking a new turn now, in fact, a...
With the record of 33.2 million patients infected with AIDS globally this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations AIDS agency said this number is better compared to last year's 39.5 million.
A decline of 6 million in recorded...
The world health organization is looking forward to improve the care for terminal cancer patients in the developing nations. In these developing countries, about two thirds of deaths occur due to cancer. In this parts of the world, more than often the...
As per the WHO new diseases are now emerging at the "historically unprecedented" rate of one per year.This means that infectious dieses are spreading faster than ever before. The huge numbers of airline passengers flying each year and the worldwide...
With more than 2.1 billion air passengers traveling each year, the risk of infectious diseases such as AIDS, SARS and Ebola fever is high and new diseases are emerging and spreading fast all over the world which could lead to another epidemic if...
It is well established that progress in civilization, directly as well as indirectly, has exposed humankind to several kinds of threats, one of which is exposure to harmful chemicals.
However, when it comes to children's exposure to these harmful...
The WHO has warned that a new strain of drug resistant tuberculosis called XDR-TB is striking up to 30,000 people a year. The organization says that the scenario could be a great disaster if we are not equipped to tackle this problem. The United Nations...
Tainted foods; the term is not new for Asians. However, for many of us, we realized that the problem does persist after the allegations, made by U.S. targeted china. We see it everyday, but we remain ignored and that is the way it goes all around the...
The World Health Organization has issued a stern warning to all the countries in the world to band smoking at public places. Smoking is the root cause of many ills.
According to WHO, use of tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death,...
The deadly disease malaria has been ailing human civilisation for a long time now. It is a public health problem in more than 90 countries and reckoned as the world's most important parasitic disease. It kills more people than HIV or any other...
Climate change spreading its devastating tentacles across the world coupled with bird-flu fears are generating urgent requirement of placing them at the top of ‘protection guidelines for people’ at any international health forum.
These...
Right from school, everyone is taught the uses of salt or idione for us. A dish without salt sounds tasteless. And salt is an essential part of our diet. But, recently World Health Organization has come up with a report that warns from over use of salt...
With the swelling tide of globalization no doubt, world economy is destined to clinch new landmarks but this picture has other side too, which is somewhat bleak, means this so-called globalization has given health experts a reason to worry about. Main...
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