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Nuts can keep cholesterol low?! How can that be when they have lots of fats that can clog arteries and lead to heart attack? Contrary to what we usually know, researchers of a new study reveal that those who eat plenty of nuts, of any kind, had lower cholesterol levels compared to those who don’t […]
On this 7th day of April 2010, the international community is celebrating the World Health Day. This year, the celebration is focused on urbanization and its impact to health – 1000 Cities. 1000 Lives. Cities around the world will join the celebration by conducting different programs and activities that will open for a healthful place […]
St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, will no longer hire employees who smoke starting May 1 this year. This is by far the first hospital to work out no-smoking policy. St. Luke’s Senior Vice President of Human Resource Bob Zimmel said, making a healthier workplace will benefit everyone, even if others consider […]
Over the past hundred years, TB was successful in sending 200 million to grave. The MDR or multi-drug resistant and XDR or extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis killed 150,000 in 2008. Sadly, even the developed lands were unable to totally rule out this deadly disease. In a region of the developed Russian country, more than half of […]
Supporters look on as U.S. President Barack Obama signs the health-care bill Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press) 219-212 votes in favor of the bill finally swung the health insurance door wide open to more American people. What will this mean to Americans, insurers, people in nursing scrubs, Obama administration, and the United States of America […]
Adults and children both face health risks if their weight has gone far beyond the ideal. While it is almost normal for adults to acquire excessive body fat through time, many of us can hardly believe how a child is able to reach an obese weight that’s comparable to and adult’s 30 body mass index. […]
