Vitamin D deficiency: Signs you may lack this vitamin

Dec 10, 2019 09:13 am UTC| Health

As the world today becomes more fast-paced, people resort to living unhealthy lifestyles, which result in deficiencies in certain vitamins like vitamin D. Here are the signs and symptoms of a possible vitamin D deficiency...

Social deprivation linked to changes in eating styles in early childhood

Dec 10, 2019 05:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Childhood obesity rates are high in the UK, but not all children are affected equally a familys wealth makes a big difference to a childs risk. Rates of overweight and obesity among children are twice as high in the...

Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities

Dec 10, 2019 05:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Antibiotic-resistant infections already cause at least 700,000 deaths globally every year. Although the phenomenon is most concerning for serious infections people are admitted to hospital with, antibiotic resistance...

Chronic pain, a silent yet devastating disease in the workplace

Dec 10, 2019 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Back, neck, wrist or neuropathic pain, sciatica, restless-legs syndrome… In France, one person out of three suffers from chronic pain. According to academic research, 15 to 20% of the adult population suffers from...

Cholesterol: The best fruit supplement to take to lower cholesterol levels

Dec 09, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Health

Along with a healthy diet and exercise, many people can help lower their cholesterol levels with the use of supplements. It has been reported that one fruit supplement can help lower cholesterol in a person. Having high...

Lung cancer symptoms: A sitting down test that can spot the presence of the disease

Dec 09, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Health

Lung cancer is one of the many types of cancer that strike the worlds population every year, with the symptoms only showing as the disease progresses. There is a simple test that can determine whether someone may be...

Scarlet fever: Over 400 children infected in England

Dec 09, 2019 06:01 am UTC| Health

The plague has been reported to come back, but now it seems that another disease that plagued thousands of people over a hundred years ago is also making a return. It was recently reported that hundreds of children in...