A recently published 29-year study reveals a 17-fold and 11-fold increase of childhood obesity among boys and girls, respectively, in rural Shandong province in China. The catastrophic rise of obese children in nearly three decades coincides with the country's immense GDP growth along with penetration of Western diet in Chinese modern food culture.
The UK-based Royal College of Physicians has recently published a 200-page report on Thursday advising and even recommending e-cigarettes as an effective smoking cessation aid for smokers. The report, however, contradicts earlier US findings linking vaping devices to higher likelihood of trying or going back to traditional tobacco-based smoking habit.
Scientists examine demographic records and find that women who have more children tend to have shorter lifespans than those who have just one or no child.
A new McMaster University study says that people who exercise for just a minute can benefit as much as those who exercise for 45 minutes.
An ongoing UK-based study offers a promising Type 2 diabetes treatment involving a strict diet regimen. Type diabetes is a chronic and often incurable diseases linked to obesity-related health conditions affecting around 400 million people worldwide.
A study recently published in the medical journal Lancet suggests that anti-smoking cessation drugs like varenicline and bupropion are now considered safe by experts in a large international research commissioned by FDA. The two drugs, marketed as Pfizer’s Chantix and GlaxoSmithKline’s Zyban, are extremely restricted due to ‘Black Box Warning’ printed on their labels.
FDA-commissioned international study revealed that anti-smoking cessation smoking pills like Chantix are not linked to any suicide risk or psychiatric side effects. Following the published report on the controversial medication for smokers, drug manufacturers like Pfizer hope to have the Black Box warning lifted before their patent expires.
A recently published report featured on Pediatrics revealed a significant increase in poisoning of toddlers after ingesting laundry and dishwashing detergent pods mistakenly thought of as sweets. With fatalities 5 to 24 times higher than usual cases of detergent poisoning, doctors advise switching to safer alternatives.
Babies who eat a lot of rice show higher concentrations of the carcinogen arsenic in their urine, says a new study.
The entire world is praying for health and recovery of Formula 1 champion, Michael Schumacher. However, the recent health status update has a very different story to tell.
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