Drug-resistant malaria may be the next global health crisis. Strains of malaria that are resistant to the drugs currently being used have been found in Myanmar and along the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.
Bad news: it’s the flu season and, unfortunately, the current vaccine available may not be as effective as we’d like it to be. The good news is there’s another treatment, and it’s free.
Lots of kids bring a lunch from home rather than eat what the school cafeteria dishes out. But the contents of those lunch boxes and brown bags may not be as healthy as what the school cafeteria offers.
Any child can badly hit their head at any age, but the way that they hit their heads (or get hit on the head) changes as they grow. Small children generally get head injuries while falling down. Teenagers get head injuries from assaults, car accidents, and whi…
The capacity to balance in one leg may reflect brain health as a new research discovered that the inability to balance in one leg for at least 20 seconds could signal a problem in the brain.
Cardiovascular disease still ranks as the number 1 killer all around the world. The good news is there are ways to significantly reduce the risk. These include staying away from air pollution as much as you can.
Women with no risk or with risk of mental health problems should receive extra support at all stages of pregnancy and even after childbirth. This is due to the rise of post-partum cases in the recent years.
