Health News

Singapore
2 April 2007

Dr Margaret Chan
Director-General of the World Health Organization

A foreign agent that invades sovereign territory, evades detection, kills civilians, and disrupts the economy is a security threat by most definitions. Not all new diseases are highly lethal, contagious, and able to spread internationally, inciting panic as they do. But those that can are international threats to health security.
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International Women's Day celebrated on 8 March is part of the growing international women's movement, which has been strengthened by four global United Nations women's conferences. The Day has become a rallying point for coordinated efforts to demand women's rights and participation in the political and economic process. The Day also provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress made, ...

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World health day 2007

The 2007 World Health Day slogan ‘Invest in health, build a safer future’addresses one of the most vital concerns of out times. Globalization, rapid travel and trade make it much easier for new and existing diseases to leap over national borders and threaten our collective security. Avian Influenza in 2006 and SARS in 2003 spread from one country and region to the ...

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At home, the phrase "Go watch TV" to kids has replaced "Go outside and play" in many families. At school, the daily hour of recess is dwindling. The combination is contributing to many kids not getting enough exercise, according to some experts.

"Parents are not allowing their kids to play after school because of the safety issue ...

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(CNN) -- Everybody knows exercise is key to a good ticker and a more sleek physique. But did you know working out may improve your sex life, trigger a better night's sleep and help you stop smoking?



"Obviously, exercise helps with weight loss, lowering cholesterol and blood pressure and reducing risk for such things as osteoporosis ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- In what could become a new weapon in the battle of the bulge, scientists on Monday reported initial success with an experimental vaccine for obesity.



The researchers found that when they gave rats a vaccine against a "hunger hormone" called ghrelin, the animals were able to live the dream of eating what they ...

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Growing up in upstate New York, I remember eating blueberries the size of marbles. But those were cultivated berries -- not the tiny wild ones that are in season right now, as I discovered last year when I visited the wild blueberry fields in Maine. These petite gems don't grow on big bushes like the cultivated ones, but on small ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- Eating just one meal high in saturated fat -- in this case, carrot cake and a milkshake -- can quickly prevent "good" cholesterol from protecting the body against clogged arteries, a small study shows.

The results of the research weren't a surprise to the experts, but they say the findings reaffirm something ...

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