Also On Wellness
Health and Wellness News
A GENETIC cause of severe obesity has been uncovered that causes rapid weight gain even without extra food. Although rare, affecting less than one per cent of the obese population, the defect raises new questions about obesity metabolism. The US research highlights the role of a gene calledMrap2 which exists in mice and has a human counterpart.
July 19, 2013
London- (PRWEB -UK-) -19 July 2013 - The biggest killer in the -UK- today is cardiovascular disease, also known as (CHD), causing around 82,000 deaths each year. About one in five men and one in eight women die from the disease. In the -UK-, there are an estimated 2.7m people living with the condition and 2m people affected by angina (the most common symptom of coronary heart disease).1 According to...
July 19, 2013
JOHANNESBURG - Hospital visitors said -Nelson Mandela- smiled and nodded Thursday - his 95th birthday - and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president's health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death. Children sang "Happy Birthday" at school assemblies nationwide, and many honored the man known as "the father of the nation" by performing acts of charity for...
July 19, 2013
A recently discovered wild strawberry provides new genetic material for plant research and may lead to a new class of commercial strawberries, according to a -US Department of Agriculture- (USDA) scientist. Genes from the newly-created strawberries may yield new flavors or disease resistance, Physorg said. Agricultural Research Service- (ARS) scientist -Kim Hummer-, with the National Clonal Germplasm...
July 18, 2013
Bismark, ND (PRWEB) -July 18, 2013 - Online -USA- Doctors, the novel -telemedicine portal- that has just been launched, is already on its way to provide long-term and sustainable solutions to some of America's most pressing health care problems. This portal offers many diagnostic and treatment services that seek to revolutionize the U.S. health care sector by making medical help readily accessible...
July 18, 2013
Fountain, CO- (PRWEB) -July 18, 2013 - In -the United States-, 2.6 percent of the adult population is living with bipolar disorder. An astounding 82.9 percent of these cases are considered severe. In "The Agony and Ecstasy of the Bipolar Mind," -Joy A. Paz- chronicles her journey with her husband to live healthily, meaningfully and faithfully despite both having severe bipolar disorder. Blending personal...
July 18, 2013
Health groups have condemned the government for failing to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol and substituting measures to curb excessive drinking that they say will not work. They warn more lives will now be lost. The Alcohol Health Alliance- (AHA), which includes medical royal colleges and specialist doctors, accused the government of buckling to pressure from the drinks industry, which has...
July 18, 2013
A 24-year-old doctor who plans to open a high-street chain of cosmetic treatment clinics has become the latest winner of BBC1's reality show The Apprentice, despite -Lord Sugar's- fear that the industry might be "completely alien" to him. Leah Totton-, who works in the accident and emergency department of a -London- hospital, convinced the Labour peer to invest pounds 250,000 in her business in the...
July 18, 2013
SEATTLE-, -July 18 - The -University of Washington- issued the following news release: - As the weather gets warmer, -Harborview Medical Center- reports a significant increase in the number of children needing treatment because they fell from an open window. Each year between 3,000 and 5,000 children in -the United States-, most of them toddlers, will experience a window fall. Dr. Brian Johnston-,...
July 18, 2013
NEW YORK- (AP) - Johnson & Johnson- shares edged lower Wednesday after analysts said the company's second-quarter results were solid but added that the health care giant's stock is trading at a fair price. THE OPINION: The -New Brunswick, N.J.-, company said its profit more than doubled in the second quarter because of lower charges and higher sales for medicines and some medical devices. Johnson &...
July 17, 2013
(PRWEB -UK-) -17 July 2013 - According to the -Hastings Observer - , a campaign has been launched to highlight the risk of secondary smoke after a recent study revealed that there were high levels of passive smoking occurring in homes and cars throughout the region. At highest risk were 14 and 15 year olds who were in danger of developing a range of ailments including cancer, heart disease and meningitis...
July 17, 2013
BOSTON-, -July 16 - The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group- issued the following news release: - Federal subsidies for commodity crops are subsidizing junk food additives like high-fructose corn syrup, at a rate that would buy 20 Twinkies for each taxpayer every year, according to MASSPIRG's new report, "Apples to Twinkies 2013." Meanwhile, limited subsidies for fresh fruits and vegetables...
July 16, 2013
People with dementia are experiencing poor care in hospital, according to the -Royal College of Psychiatrists. Less than half the 7,987 the elderly dementia patients in a national audit were assessed in hospital, an "alarmingly low" number. Despite the growing numbers of elderly people needing treatment, a third of hospitals do not have guidance to ensure that the patient's carer is fully informed...
July 12, 2013
Eleven children die daily in -Kenya- from rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Kenyan Heart National Foundation- on Thursday launched an awareness campaign to reverse the high number of deaths caused by untreated 'strep-sore-throats' in children that later develop into rheumatic heart disease. "The disease arises from a sore throat which is ignored or treated with a pair of lozenges, without...
July 11, 2013
MENIFEE, Calif.- (AP) - The father of an 11-year-old -California- boy who went missing and is believed dead says his son did not have autism, as his ex-wife and authorities have said. Terry Dewayne Smith Sr.- told The Associated Press on Thursday that his son moved to -California- to be with his mother in 2011 and was not autistic. Authorities have arrested the half-brother of -Terry Dewayne Smith...
July 11, 2013
H7N9 bird flu virus has left 43 people dead in country so far. BEIJING - H7N9, the new type bird flu virus, has left 43 people dead in -China- so far. The virus has infected 132 people and killed 43. The other patients are being treated in hospitals, according to the -National Health- and -Family Planning Commission. Official statistics showed that the H7N9 avian influenza was first reported in humans...
July 11, 2013
Los Angeles, CA- (PRWEB) -July 11, 2013 - Writers In Treatment, 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is calling on people in recovery and the general public to write letters to the -U.S. Postal Service- (USPS) asking them to place the co-founder of -Alcoholics Anonymous-, -Bill Wilson-, on a commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp in honor of AA's 80th Anniversary on -June 10, 2015. The campaign is spearheaded...
July 11, 2013
The Associated Press - NASHVILLE, Tenn. The publicist for -Randy Travis- says the country music singer has suffered a stroke in a -Texas- hospital. Publicist -Kirt Webster- said Wednesday night that Travis, 54, suffered the stroke while he was being treated for congestive heart failure because of a viral illness. Webster said Travis was undergoing surgery Wednesday night to relieve pressure on his...
July 11, 2013
One moment's negligence might have caused 43-year-old -Sunil Deshmane- a lifetime of grief had it not been for an efficient medical team at Hadapsar's -Noble Hospital. On -February 28- around -9.30am-, paper factory employee Deshmane was working at a paper cutting machine when his left hand got stuck in the machine. His left limb was completely sliced away from his body. "Colleagues rushed Deshmane...
July 11, 2013
Berkeley, CA- (PRWEB) -July 11, 2013 - With all of the media enthusiasm in -Washington- regarding President Obama's recent comment about broccoli being his favorite food, it is timely to bring an important and recent scientific discovery about a phytonutrient found in broccoli to light. A compound found in broccoli, called -Diindolylmethane- (-DIM-), formed during the digestion of this vegetable, has...
July 11, 2013
Beijing (dpa) - A policy of providing free, coal-fired winter heating to residents of northern China produced air pollution that cut about 5.5 years from average life expectancy, according to a study published Tuesday. Total suspended particles north of the Huai River averaged 55 per cent higher than in southern areas, the Chinese, US and Israeli researchers reported in the Proceedings of the US National...
July 9, 2013
Frankfurt (dpa) - "Faecal therapy" for recurrent diarrhoea does not exactly sound appealing, so "stool transplant" is now the treatment's usual name. "Bacterial transfer" is even more inoffensive. Whatever it is called, inserting faecal material from a healthy person into the gut of a patient is currently "one of the most interesting topics in gastroenterology," according to the German Society for...
July 9, 2013
Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand's Public Health Ministry is launching a campaign to fight a sharp upsurge in dengue fever, which officials fear could hit a record high of 120,000 cases this year, reports said Monday. In the past week, 5,276 new dengue fever cases and six deaths have been recorded throughout the country, with the highest concentration of cases in the northern region, state broadcaster MCOT...
July 8, 2013
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - A female orang-utan made obese by junk food fed to her by visitors has been put on a strict diet amid health concerns, an official in eastern Malaysia said Friday Named Jackie by park officials, she has been allowed only leafy vegetables and "fruits that contain fibrous material" since she was moved to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park in Kota Kinabalu in the state of Sabah, said state...
July 5, 2013
London (dpa) - Britain is to begin charging non-EU visitors for access to its free health care system, the government announced Wednesday, as part of efforts to clamp down on "health tourism." It is the latest attempt by the government to toughen up on immigration, as opinion polls suggest it will be one of voters' top concerns in the run-up to an election due in 2015. Most treatments through the National...
July 3, 2013
Featured Posts
©2025 Wellness®.com is a registered trademark of Wellness.com, Inc. 