Health Guide

Making bicycle helmets compulsory will not reduce head injuries, but
will put cyclists off, new research said. The belief that enforced
bicycle helmet laws improve health remains hotly contested in some
quarters. Several studies suggest that cyclists who.

With increasing cases of prostate cancer, a new research has really come up with encouraging news. It shows that men may keep this disease from spreading! No medication or exercise or strict diet — just consume fatty fish, such as canned tuna, that are..

Guard against breast cancer while preventing pregnancy with the same drug. It is no dream. Such new generation of contraceptive could be available within five years, according to scientists.

A drug is used in higher doses to cause abortions. And…

More than 100 people have been infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, mostly from close contact with infected poultry. But, the virus does not seem to spread easily from its pioneering human hosts to other humans. This phenomenon has been a…

Tuberculosis infections resistant to both the first- and second-line antibiotics used against TB are increasing around the world, health officials said Thursday. This soaring health crisis is pretty disturbing.

To reveal this, from 2000 to 2004, the CDC.

Are you fond of seafood? ‘Eat Seafood 4 to 7 Times a Week’ this is not what I am suggesting. A panel of experts convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has confirmed the health benefits of seafood. And they have…

Compared to women, men are twice as likely to die between the ages of 30 and 65, a German study reveals. The reasons for men’s higher mortality included their greater readiness to take health risks and their more dangerous working conditions, the study…

It was late last year, China reported its first human death from the deadly bird flu. A 29-year-old woman has become the 11th person to die from the virulent H5N1 strain in the country, state media have reported.

A migrant to Shanghai, the woman is…

Alzheimer’s may be a diabetes-like disease! To give more weight to the notion, researchers say rats depleted of insulin in the brain went on to develop an Alzheimer’s-like illness.

By depleting insulin and its related proteins in the rodent’s…

In a Jewish settlement the West Bank, the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus has been found in poultry, according to the Israeli agriculture ministry. On Wednesday, Initial tests found dozens of birds had died of the virus. It occurred in the Bekaot…