HEALTH popularity and HEALTH trends

The Health Professions' Council of South Africa has launched an investigation to verify the qualifications of more than 4500 medical professionals working in government hospitals.

When drunk in moderation beer provides a wider range of health benefits than wine and it doesn't matter whether you prefer ale of lager.

New cases of cancer in Ireland could rocket 72 per cent by 2030, health experts have warned.

This Sunday, millions of Americans will sit down in front of their television or computer, crack open a few beers, and watch the Super Bowl. But if those viewers live in a housing project for the homeless, that booze could get them booted back out to the street. Many homeless housing projects have strict abstinence policies, and require residents to be completely sober. Permitting alcohol, many...

This week we publish surprising and, on the face of it, disturbing findings. According to Christopher Murray and colleagues at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle, there were 1·24 million deaths (95% uncertainty interval 0·93–1·69 million) from malaria worldwide in 2010—around twice the figure of 655 000 estimated by WHO for the sam...

Federal authorities suspended a Cardinal Health facility's license to sell prescription pain killers from a Florida facility.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An outbreak of bacterial infections on the East Coast illustrates the popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk despite strong warnings from public health officials about the potential danger....

Decision concludes Health Canada’s release of documentation about approval of company’s asthma drug was within the law

Refugee children have scant access to medical care and are particularly vulnerable to disease. Fresh research results show that just a few hours of schooling a week may have a pronounced positive impact on their health not only in childhood but later in life when they achieve adulthood.

LONDON (AP) -- Bee Gee star Robin Gibb says he is making a strong recovery and putting on weight after suffering from a serious illness....

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay refutes report the injured star quarterback is cleared to play

Seven hospital trusts will get a £1.5 billion taxpayer bail-out because they are at "severe risk" of failing patients, the Department of Health said today.

The opacity surrounding health care prices and the practice of charging different buyers different prices for identical goods or services contribute mightily to the cost of health care, but at the least the former may be on the way out, an economist writes.

Daniel Radcliffe, the actor, has admitted that his excessive drinking was "unhealthy" and was "damaging" to his health.

AS THE chief rabbi of Amsterdam apologised for signing a declaration which described homosexuality as an illness, a new row has broken out in the Netherlands over a therapy promoted by a Christian mental health group to help homosexuals “repress their sinful urges”.

Before the health crisis, her ex-husband - and father of their daughters - reached out to the actress

Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren't at higher risk of early death than people who don't 'yo-yo diet,' according to a new report.

But it's doing very, very well. iRobot Corp., makers of the beloved Roomba (and a lot more), announced that it would be investing $6 million in InTouch Health, a telemedicine company operating in 80 hospitals around the world. Though $6 million represents just a minority stake in the company, it’s--needless to say--a substantial investment, and a strong expansion of a joint development and lice...

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The sedentary comforts of suburban expansion have fostered obesity, poor health, social isolation, excessive stress and depression.

CAIRO — At least 68 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday night in one of the deadliest incidents in the country in recent history, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry. Clashes broke out as fans streamed onto the field at a stadium at Port Said at the conclusion of a game between regional teams, the home town Al-Masry and Cairo’s Al-Ahly, according to news reports and w...

At least 25 people were killed and hundreds of others injured after asoccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said this evening, a health ministry official said.

TWO sets of China manufacturing data rose in January -- a mildly positive signal for the world's second-largest economy.

Europe is making a good start on learning about the health risks of low-dose radiation with a programme to share cold-war data and set research priorities. But the effort needs to be global.

Government finances in many advanced economies are already ailing. But unless politicians grasp the urgency of health-care reform soon, public balance sheets could look far sicklier.

by Dr Nancy Malik   Homeopathy is non-toxic system of medical science originated in Germany by Dr. Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) (the founder and father of homeopathy medicine). He was M.D. in conventional medicine. He realised his own school of conventional medicine was not helping the patients and spent years researching on homeopathy medicine.  The term “homoeop...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned it may downgrade "a number of highly rated" Group of 20 countries as of 2015 if their governments fail to enact reforms to curb rising health-care spending and other costs related to aging populations.

Politicians, health experts and drug companies have agreed a plan to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases over the next decade.

THE HEALTH Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) should be given the power to set standards and regulate professional home care services, according to the Law Reform Commission.

The Free State health department has recalled over a million condoms distributed for the ANC's centenary celebrations over quality concerns.

Calls the suggestion that his company doesn't care about the health and safety of workers in the supply chain he built "patently false and offensive" Cook Here's one thing that's changed since Steve Jobs died. When Tim Cook, Apple's (AAPL) new CEO, thinks his company has been wronged by the media, he doesn't shrink from hitting back -- swiftly and in a way that he knows will quickly become publ...

THE founder of a French breast implant company at the heart of a global health scare has been charged with manslaughter.

DAVOS, Switzerland—Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault SA (RNO.FR) and alliance partner Nissan Motor (NSANY), is excited about his companies’ prospects in Latin America, but currency volatility is giving him a headache. While the strength of the yen is causing problems for Nissan, Renault would benefit from a weaker euro, but only if the uncertainty [...]

Bill Gates has rescued a beleaguered health fund by pledging $750-million to fight three of world's killer diseases -- Aids, malaria and TB.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- A Cleveland Clinic women's health specialist has made a house call at the zoo to demonstrate how to fit an orangutan with a newer brand of implanted birth-control device....

Portugal legend Eusebio toasted his 70th birthday on Wednesday with a glass of wine after recovering from a recent health scare.

Headline Title:  Egyptian blogger released "months too late" 24 January 2012 The release of an Egyptian blogger and prisoner of conscience whose trial was flagrantly unfair comes months too late, Amnesty International said today. “The end of Maikel Nabil’s cruel ordeal at the ...

An accused suspect in a high-profile $2bn health scandal in India's Uttar Pradesh state commits suicide.

A family spokesman says former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who is battling lung cancer, is in serious condition after experiencing health complications

The renowned physicist was due to attend a VIP reception last night at the Science Museum in London in honour of his birthday and celebrated work.

(Reuters) - Popular health information website WebMD Health Corp said it called off talks to sell itself last week because it believed bidders thought it was worth less than its market value at the...

"The chosen people have to be perfect," wrote journalist Ilse van Heusden of childbirth in Israel’s health care system.

The UNO's World Health Organization has congratulated India on taking important steps towards eradicating poliomyelitis. Once considered the world's epicentre of the disease, in 2011 India did not register a single case and if the pending samples taken prove negative, the country will be officially declared free of polio.

SCIENTISTS are calling for volunteer divers to help survey the health of a remote corner of the Great Barrier Reef.

The Mihealth app will allow patients to carry a digital version of their health record with them at all times and ease communications with doctors and nurses

Tennis:Former world number one Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for health reasons. The 31-year-old, a finalist in 2003, has not played a competitive match since pulling out of last of last year’s US Open in August after being diagnosed with Sjorgen’s Syndrome, an auto-immune disease.

But England's opponents have some way to go before they can be given a clean bill of health.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron attacked The Iron Lady for portraying Margaret Thatcher's declining mental health.

The England captain has instructed solicitors to take action after a picture of his face was found to have been printed on anti-smoking warnings in the Asian country

Boston Medical Center is one of a relative few of U.S. hospitals that have managed to break down bureaucratic barriers to exchange electronic medical records with community health centers having different owners—a first step toward statewide and nationwide exchanges to improve health-care quality and reduce waste. Meg Aranow, the hospital’s chief information officer, and Andrew Ulrich, an emerg...

The FIH must surely have learned a few home truths about India, the 'home of field hockey'. After having its fingers well and truly burned by attempting to nurse its ailing baby to health, the world body has brought upon itself untold vexation caused by the stand-off between two bodies (the IHF and HI) claiming sole administrative rights for the so-called national game. So much so that the 20...

Jennifer Lopez revealed she feared there was something wrong with her daughter when she discovered a lump on her head.

Die wichtigste US-Einrichtung für medizinische Forschung will Experimente an Schimpansen ab sofort stark reduzieren. Der Chef der National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, erklärte seine Einrichtung wolle entsprechenden Empfehlungen des nicht-staatlichen Institute of Medicine (IOM) nachkommen.

SOCCER:MANCHESTER UNITED have suffered another serious setback in their defence of the Premier League title amid fears at Old Trafford that Darren Fletcher’s career is on the line because of the health issues that have ruled him out for the season and left Alex Ferguson with a gaping hole in his midfield.

Qualcomm aims to integrate home-health monitoring devices, and give doctors easier access.

Das Düsseldorfer Bankhaus Lampe hat das Kursziel für Symrise nach deren Investorentag von 22,00 auf 22,50 Euro angehoben und die Einstufung auf "Kaufen" belassen. Seine positive Einschätzung des Aromen- und Duftstoffherstellers habe sich bestätigt, schrieb Analyst Heiko Feber in einer Studie vom Freitag. Vom Wettbewerb hebe sich Symrise in den Bereichen Life Essentials und Consumer Health ab, d...

Widespread child marriage jeopardizes Yemeni girls’ access to education, harms their health, and keeps them second-class citizens. The government of Yemen should set 18 as the minimum age for marriage to improve girls’ opportunities and protect their human rights. (Beirut) – Widespread child marriage jeopardizes Yemeni girls’ access to ed...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc is recalling about 32,000 Rocketfish battery cases for iPhones because of a fire hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said.

Shanghai-based e-commerce company Lenian.cn has gained a CNY20 million infusion from an investment management company in Hangzhou, China. Founded in September 2010, Lenian.cn is an enterprise engaged in the sales of health products and professional health consulting services. The company has established a strategic partnership with Real Nutriceutical, a Hong Kong-listed health-related products ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Baseball's new labor deal will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought....

As the clock is ticking for the super committee to make some $1.2 trillion in cuts, companies and groups are spending more to influence what's on the chopping block.

A new Canadian study has some interesting findings about who is most guilty of showing up at the office or factory sneezing, coughing and generally sharing their germs with all comers

Nicole’s appearance does nothing to dispel my fear. She’s lean and healthy-looking, and her intense blue eyes feed my suspicion that I’m in the clutches of a health fanatic. I contacted Nicole because I’d heard good things about her date chèvre truffles and her pork tamales. For some reason, it never occurred to me that truffles and tamales could be part of a health agenda; I’d already committe...

Haiti's two most prominent health care organizations are preparing a new assault on the country's deadly cholera epidemic.

The fall from grace of 'health godmother' Ma Yueling highlights the fraudulent practices of a number of self-declared health gurus.