Walking faster linked to ‘significantly lower risk’ of developing type 2 diabetes
Until now it was unclear what walking speed was needed to reduce risk of type 2 diabetesWalking faster is linked to a significantly lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to the first global study of its kind.Type 2 diabetes is one of the world ’s major health threats, with its prevalence rising sharply in the last three decades, according to the World Health Organization.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Diabetes Society Walking UK news Health Medical research Source Type: news
Novavax ’s Covid vaccine wins critical World Health Organization green light
The agency's authorization opens the door to 194 markets. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 28, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Sara Gilgore Source Type: news
The labor market will stay tight as shifting demographics keep draining the talent pool, warns multinational recruitment agency CEO
Across the world, many countries are facing a rapidly aging population. This, combined with declining birth rates in these markets, will lead to long-term workforce worries, and in turn, serious consequences for developed economies. According to the World Health Organization, from 2015 to 2050,…#randstad #workmonitorpulse #sandervantnoordende #hollywood #nonemelinda #fortunecom #fortune (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Disease Could Become Bigger Killer Than Bombs In Gaza, WHO Warns
Disease may claim more lives in Gaza than bombs, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, highlighting the dire humanitarian conditions inside the Palestinian enclave as a truce between Israel and Hamas is on its fifth day. At a UN briefing in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said…#gaza #palestinian #israel #hamas #geneva #margaretharris #israeli #antonioguterres #egypt #jasonlee (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide, Another Face of the Crisis in Venezuela
Suicide rates doubled in Venezuela during the harshest years of its humanitarian crisis. Males between the ages of 30 and 50, a productive age when it is very hard to be left without employment and income, are a group particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted violence. CREDIT: IhpiBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Nov 28 2023 (IPS) In the wee hours of one morning in early November, Ernesto, 50, swallowed several glasses of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in the apartment where he lived alone in the Venezuelan capital, ending a life tormented by declining health and lack of resources to cope as he would have liked.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Suicide Venezuela Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health
[allAfrica] Lusaka, Zambia -- In recognition of his unwavering dedication to advancing global health and his transformative leadership during unprecedented crises, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was bestowed with the prestigious 2023 CPHIA Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health. This accolade was presented at the International Conference on Public Health in Africa conference, being held in Lusaka, Zambia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Enhancing injury prevention and control in China: establishment of evidence system - Duan L, Yu M, Zhao M, Wu J.
Injuries, alongside communicable and chronic non-communicable diseases, represent significant public health challenges impacting global population health (1). The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in 2019, approximately 4.4 million deaths wer... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen and Natalija Gormalova Tags: Hepatitis Medicine and Health International Relations Developing Countries World Health Organization Africa Egypt Ghana your-feed-healthcare your-feed-science Source Type: news
Is the New Mpox 'Outbreak' Deadlier?
(MedPage Today) -- An outbreak* of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the case fatality rate -- the percent of detected cases... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 27, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Confirms Spread of MPox in DR Congo
[allAfrica] Harare -- The World Health Organization said that it documented sexual transmission of mpox ( previously monkeypox ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the first time during the nation's largest epidemic, a troubling finding that African scientists say might make it more difficult to stop the illness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Somalia: WHO Scales up Cholera Response in Somalia As Death Toll Hits 42
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday it's ramping up response to prevent cholera transmission in Somalia as flash floods from heavy downpours intensify across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Somalia Source Type: news
China, WHO Try To Calm Nerves on Respiratory Illness Outbreak
The Chinese government and the World Health Organization are attempting to calm worries around the spread of respiratory illness in the world’s second-largest economy, as the outbreak brings back memories of the Covid-19 pandemic. China’s health ministry clarified on Sunday that the current spike…#mifeng #mariavankerkhove #wuhan #beijing #vishakhasaxena #doubtsabout #covidpushes #worldsfactory #chinareveals #coviddeaths (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
BEIJING — A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country’s health ministry said Sunday. Recent clusters of respiratory infections are caused by an…#beijing #rsv #mifeng #wuhan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Illness Surge in China Is Not From a Novel Pathogen, Data Suggests
The W.H.O. had requested detailed information about a reported surge in respiratory illnesses in children in China. Chinese data suggested the surge was caused by known bacteria and viruses. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vivian Wang Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Medicine and Health Disease Rates Hospitals World Health Organization China Beijing (China) Liaoning (China) Source Type: news
