Health & Fitness
FAO discusses strategy for combating ruminant virus PPR
April 1, 2015
FAO discusses strategy for combating ruminant virus PPR
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has begun to consider the guidelines of its strategy to eliminate the…
Campaign promotes donation of unused medication
April 1, 2015
Campaign promotes donation of unused medication
With the value of redundant medication estimated at LE1 billion annually, a pharmacist launched a campaign encouraging Egyptians to donate…
HEALTHBEAT: Exercise may help speed recovery for some ICU patients medically able to try
March 31, 2015
HEALTHBEAT: Exercise may help speed recovery for some ICU patients medically able to try
The intensive care unit is a last frontier for physical therapy: It's hard to exercise patients hooked to ventilators.Some hospitals…
An Apple a Day May Not Keep the Doctor Away, Study Says
March 31, 2015
An Apple a Day May Not Keep the Doctor Away, Study Says
An apple a day doesn't necessarily keep the doctor away. That's according to proverb-busting research that found daily apple eaters…
Sleep deprived? Naps might help your immune system
March 30, 2015
Sleep deprived? Naps might help your immune system
Getting too little sleep is linked to poor health, but short naps might partly offset that effect, a small study…
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
March 30, 2015
Britain to offer all infants meningitis B vaccine
Britain says it will become the first country to offer all babies a vaccine for potentially fatal meningitis B after…
Modi government says to push for cow slaughter ban in India
March 30, 2015
Modi government says to push for cow slaughter ban in India
(Reuters) - India will use all its "might" to ban cow slaughter across the country, interior minister Rajnath Singh said…
Time to control online sales of breastmilk, say experts
March 25, 2015
Time to control online sales of breastmilk, say experts
Health watchdogs should regulate online sales of breast milk, so prone to contamination that babies may be placed at risk,…
Study: Fast-food curb did not cut obesity rate in South LA
March 19, 2015
Study: Fast-food curb did not cut obesity rate in South LA
A much-hailed law that restricted the opening of new stand-alone fast-food restaurants in one of the poorest sections of Los…
Britain on smog alert as foreign pollution blows in
March 19, 2015
Britain on smog alert as foreign pollution blows in
Britain is on smog alert on Thursday as dirty air from the continent blows in to add to home-grown pollution,…