Flight attendant breastfeeds passenger’s baby

By CNN,

A flight attendant went the extra mile for a mother who had run out of formula to feed her baby on a domestic flight in the Philippines. Philippine...

breastfeeding , Flight attendant , Patrisha Organo , Philippine Airlines

African Islands Call for Help as Climate Change Impacts Health

By VOA,

African island states this week said they need more help to cope with the health impacts of climate change, from worsening nutrition to a resurgence i...

Cape Verde , Dengue fever , Seychelles , World Health Organization (WHO).

Fathers’ exercise impacts the health of their children

By VOA,

Many people know that a woman’s health, including her diet and exercise habits, can impact the health of her baby even before she gets pregnant. But...

Children health , Impact of exercise

Plants and extreme fitness: How one man added years to his life

By CNN,

Three years ago, Khaled Al-Suwaidi, now 35, received advice that changed his life forever. He was warned that he might not live much longer. Origin...

diet , exercise , Fitness , health , Khaled Al-Suwaidi

Why a vacation matters for your health

By CNN,

January 30 is National Plan a Vacation Day. While it seems from Instagram that literally everyone you know is on a vacation or preparing for one, the ...

china , Framingham Heart Study , New Zealand , Vacation DAys

Obesity, low BMI linked to increased risk of death, study reveals

By CNN,

Excessively high or low body mass index (BMI) measurements have been linked to an increased risk of dying from nearly every major cause except transpo...

BMI , cancer , obesity

Dogs can sniff out malaria parasites on your clothes

By CNN,

Dogs could someday be a powerful tool in diagnosing malaria, a new study shows. The animals were trained to identify whether someone was infected w...

Tall people at greater risk of cancer, study says

By CNN,

Tall people are at a greater risk of cancer because they have more cells in their body, new research has suggested. A person's risk of developing c...

Cancer Research UK

Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes – study reveals

By CNN,

We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health tha...

Diabetes , health , sedentary lifestyle , smoking

Lack of exercise worse for your health than smoking, diabetes

By CNN,

We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health tha...

Diabetes , heart disease risk , smoking

Reduce cost of medicine for asthma, diabetes, Uhuru says

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on international pharmaceuticals to reduce the cost of medicines against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). He s...

asthma , cataract , Diabetes , Non communicable diseases

Diabetes drugs less affordable, less available in lower income countries

By Reuters,

People who live in low-income and middle-income countries may have a harder time finding and affording essential diabetes drugs than residents of weal...

Diabetes , insulin , metformin

How to break carb cravings, once and for all

By CNN,

If you're like many people I know, the thought of giving up pasta and bread in an effort to shed a few pounds (or more) might seem like an unfair puni...

Busia: Woman gives birth to 6.3kg baby boy

By Frankline Bwire,

A woman in Busia has given birth to a baby weighing 6.3kgs in Teso South. Everlyne Atieno Osinya from Ong'ariama village had the baby boy through ...

busia baby , Everlyne Atieno Osinya

Why alcohol makes you hungry

By CNN,

If you're like many people, the more you drink, the more you eat. Munching on a bag of Doritos while guzzling a beer or nibbling at cheese cubes wi...

alcohol , Calories , losing weight

Infertility: Causes, remedies and options

By CNN,

Baby-making seems easy. There is a lot of education, even anxiety, around preventing unwanted pregnancy once we become sexually active. But many coupl...

Women with diabetes have higher cancer risk than men

By Reuters,

People with diabetes are more likely to develop certain cancers than those without the condition, and a new analysis suggests that the increased risk ...

cancer , Diabetes , obesity

How to lose your love handles

By CNN,

By Dr. Melina Jampolis If you ask almost any fitness professional how to lose your love handles, they will tell you two things: No amount of abdomi...

exercise , fat , Fitness , high intensity , hollywood actors , love handles , WEIGHT

Trial of Viagra on pregnant women stopped after 11 babies die

By CNN,

Dutch researchers stopped a clinical trial due to the deaths of 11 babies from a lung disease after their mothers were treated with the drug sildenafi...

viagra

Hard-working women, go home earlier to avoid this disease

By Wangui Ngechu,

Here's a good reason for women to work less, ask for a raise or get their partners to pick up around the house more: If women work fewer hours, it'll ...

Diabetes , Gilbert-Ouimet