Leprosy was once feared as a highly contagious and devastating disease, but now it is established that it does not spread easily and treatment is very effective. However, if left untreated, the nerve damage it causes can result in crippling of hands and feet, paralysis, and blindness. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment prevents disability related to the disease.
May 27, 2017
Leprosy - An Overview of Current Public Health Burden
Hansen's disease (also known as leprosy) is a long-lasting infection caused by bacteria. The disease was once feared as a highly contagious and devastating disease. Now, however, the disease is relatively rare and easily treated. Early diagnosis and treatment usually prevents disability related to the disease.
May 24, 2017
Poor Sleepers Have Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
People who sleep badly or not long enough have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This does not apply to people who only sleep for a few hours, but wake up feeling fit and rested.
May 14, 2017
Ebola Virus Disease: WHO Issues Statement On New Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
KINSHASA, 12 May. The Minister of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr Oly Ilunga Kalenga, has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of “an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)” in Likati health district (Aketi, Bas-Uélé province), more than 1300 kilometres from Kinshasa in the northern DRC, following confirmation of the disease by the National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), the national reference laboratory.
December 16, 2016
Norovirus - Symptoms, Treatment and Key Facts
Norovirus, also called winter vomiting bug in the UK, is the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in humans. It is a very contagious virus that can be transmitted from person-to-person, and also from food, water or surfaces contaminated by feces or aerosolization of vomited virus.
December 13, 2016
American Heart Association Statement on Hypertension and Cognitive Function
Dementia is a major, growing public health problem, and cardiovascular risk factors and conditions are also highly prevalent. The American Heart Association (AHA) had previously addressed the role of vascular risk factors in cognitive impairment, but has now critically reviewed current evidence regarding the association of cognitive function with hypertension.
October 03, 2016
COPD - Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Key Facts
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung ailment that is characterized by a persistent blockage of airflow from the lungs. It is an under-diagnosed, life-threatening lung disease that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible. The more familiar terms of chronic bronchitis and emphysema are no longer used; they are now included within the COPD diagnosis.
September 27, 2016
Asthma - - Symptoms, Treatment and Key Facts
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse.
September 04, 2016
HIV Disease - An Overview of Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Key Facts
The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus typically transmitted via sexual intercourse, shared intravenous drug paraphernalia, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which can occur during the birth process or during breastfeeding. HIV disease is caused by infection with HIV-1 or HIV-2, which are retroviruses in the Retroviridae family, Lentivirus genus.
February 06, 2016
CDC Issues New Guidelines for Pregnant Women and Safe-Sex Around Zika Virus Infection
Men exposed to the Zika virus and who have a pregnant partner should use a condom or abstain from sex until the baby is born, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Friday in guidelines aimed at preventing sexual transmission of the virus.
February 05, 2016
Active Zika Virus Discovered In Saliva and Urine
Active Zika virus has been detected in saliva and urine, a Brazilian public health institute said Friday, posing new questions on the possibility of the Zika virus infection occurring through these routes.
February 04, 2016
Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) - Fact Sheet Of A Disease on the Verge of Eradication
Dracunculiasis (commonly known as guinea-worm disease) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis - a long, thread-like worm. It is transmitted exclusively when people drink stagnant water contaminated with parasite-infected water fleas.
February 03, 2016
WHO Moves to Protect Children from Tobacco Addiction Through Film Rating
WHO Urge Governments to Rate All Movies with Tobacco Scenes
The World Health Organization, WHO, has called on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco.
The World Health Organization, WHO, has called on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco.
United States Record First Case of Zika Virus Transmission, Attributes it to Sex
The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.
February 01, 2016
WHO Declares Zika Virus Global Health Emergency, Says Causal Link to Brain Defects ‘strongly suspected’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the explosive spread of the Zika virus in the Americas is an "extraordinary event" that merits being declared an international emergency.
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