Almost Half of American Adults Experience Loneliness, Survey Reveals Posted June 16, 2018 Results of a survey revealed that almost 50% of American adults are lonely. Cigna, a multinational health insurance company, has collaborated with market research agency Ipsos …
E. Coli Outbreak in the US Linked to Romaine Lettuce Posted June 5, 2018 A bacterial outbreak in the United States has been linked to contaminated romaine lettuce. Store-bought chopped lettuce was discovered to have E. coli, a bacterium usu…
Staying up Late Poses Health Problems, Research Finds Posted May 30, 2018 A study found that people who stay up late are more likely to suffer from health problems than those who sleep and get up early. Researchers from Northwestern University and th…
Man Diagnosed with Rare Condition after Eating Pepper Posted May 20, 2018 A 34-year-old man has suffered from a rare health condition after consuming a Carolina Reaper pepper in a chili-eating contest. Days after the contest, the man developed “thund…
Court Orders Cancer Warning Signs on Coffee Products Posted May 12, 2018 A court recently ordered coffee businesses in California to put signs in shops or on labels to warn customers about coffee’s link to cancer. In 2010, the Council for Education …
Lower Back Pain Often Treated Incorrectly, Research Finds Posted May 3, 2018 Lower back pain is usually being treated incorrectly, a new research has found. A series of reports published in the medical journal The Lancet looked into
Public Health England Releases New Health Guidelines for Companies Posted April 28, 2018 Public Health England (PHE) has released a set of health guidelines for companies in March this year. The PHE’s 55-page health guidelines, which were developed in cooperation w…
Husband Revives Wife with CPR Posted April 21, 2018 A man from Wisconsin, USA found that his wife had collapsed in their home just five weeks after giving birth to their son. Luke Benrud recounted
Low-Fat and Low-Carb Diets Found to be Effective Posted April 13, 2018 Low-fat and low-carbohydrate (low-carb) diets can both lead to effective weight loss, study reveals. Stanford University School of Medicine researchers examined the weight loss…
Guidelines for Depression Screening among Teenagers Revised Posted April 11, 2018 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recently updated the guidelines for adolescent depression screening in primary care. The original two-part guidelines were publishe…