This is a little bizarre: while cases of mouth cancers caused by tobacco and alcohol have being decreasing since 1982, due to their lower consume, a new culprit for this type of cancer is causing increasingly more victims: oral sex. More specifically, a human papilloma virus (HPV), which can be transmitted through oral sex, causes tongue, mouth and throat cancers, besides cervical, penile and anal cancers. The number of this type of cancers has risen by 33% from 1973 to 2004, as found by a t...
Before World War II, researchers were puzzled by the eritroblastosis fetalis, a severe disease that affected newborn children and manifested through the decomposition of red blood cells.
A study in Australia has shown that changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese children from as young as six, warning signs that might be linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
Previously, these changes — widening of veins and narrowing of arteries — were only observed in the retinas of heavy teenagers and adults, and this is the first time that such troubling signs have been seen in children so young.
There is no better way to describe Union Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss. He seems to piss off everyone he has to deal with. Read the lastest episode here.“Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said the controversy over his statement that a doctor from Bihar was the sole cause for Britain for de-recognising MBBS graduates [...]
Health authorities in Manipur held a three-day seminar and training on methods to check outbreak of bird flu in the state in the wake of the disease resurfacing in neighbouring Tripura.