The world is past the moment of no return as far as the 2016 Rio Olympics is concerned, it seems. All the authorities concerned have thrown their weight behind the event, rejecting…
Category: Health
Sugar Tax Will Burden The Poorest In UK
The sugar tax, announced by the chancellor as he unveiled his budget, will be a burden on the poorest families in UK, Taxpayers’ Alliance says.
Children In UK Do Not Receive Adequate Mental Health Support
An alarming report has revealed that more than a quarter of children in UK who were referred to mental health services in England last year received no health support.
The lung disease contagion in the UK
We are oblivious to the hard work that our organs perform day after day to enable us to breathe and live. Consider the lungs which are among the hardest working organs in…
Teen Suicide: Exam Pressure A Major Cause
An alarming increase in teen suicide cases in the last few years has led researchers to investigate into the causes that are contributory factors in the suicides of young people in the UK.
Air pollution can lead to stillbirths and is bad for pregnant women
Studies by environmental organizations have been consistently highlighting the grave damage that pollution is causing to our health and to the health of our beleaguered planet. Clearly, we are all on the…
Are cattle drugs responsible for environmental damage?
According to recent researches, administering antibiotics in farm animals results in higher methane release. Scientists are of the opinion that the drugs are instrumental in producing such gut organisms that bring in…
Antibiotic Cut down: GPs Praised For Reduction In Prescriptions
A dramatic reduction in the prescriptions of antibiotics to patients has won praise for the GPs in England who have “dramatically” reduced the number of antibiotics they give to patients.
Black Death maps of medieval Britain: Guide to the level of devastation
Archaeologists and historians alike have debated much over the actual level of death and destruction caused due to the deadly disease – ‘Black Death’ that engulfed 14th century rural England. Professor Carenza…
It’s a tough road for premature babies
From the day that a woman learns that she is pregnant, her overriding concern each day of her pregnancy is that she gives birth to a healthy child. But despite a mother’s…
Fat Intake: Advice to eat more fat ‘irresponsible’
Advice to eat more fat by the National Obesity Forum, which has advised that eating fat could cut down the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, has been termed as an irresponsible and potentially deadly advice by the Public Health England’s chief nutritionist
Zika Virus Strain Detected In Africa
The World Health Organization has announced that Zika virus strain, responsible for the outbreaks in Brazil, has been detected in Africa for the first time.
The drug resistance contagion
Next time you pop an antibiotic for a minor ailment like a stomach bug or a persistent common cold, remember that this habit of treating antibiotics like sweets could send you to…
Teenage Clumsiness Blamed On Brain
Scientists may have now found the explanation for the clumsiness that most teenage boys display during their teenage years.
‘Carers’ In Their 80S Increasing In Numbers In UK
Lack of state support in the UK has made people in their 80s take up the role of ‘carers’, an unpaid care that they provide to their family or friends.