Tag: health alert
Report predicts rapid chronic disease growth in China
BEIJING- Chronic diseases will experience rapid development in China, as the number of patients is expected to triple or even quadruple in the coming two decades, a newly-released report warns. “With an increasingly aging population and various factors that lead […]
Fears of Ebola outbreak as patient admitted in Kenya’s coast
MOMBASA, KENYA – Fears gripped Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa on Friday after a truck driver was quarantined at the local hospital. The patient was admitted that the Aga Khan Hospital after he was suspected to be infected with the […]
Study links heavy diesel exhaust to lung cancer
THERE’S new evidence that exposure to exhaust from diesel engines increases the risk of lung cancer. Diesel exhaust has long been classified as a probable carcinogen. But the 20-year study from the National Cancer Institute took a closer look by […]
Common sleeping pills linked with higher death risk
PARIS – Commonly-prescribed sleeping pills are linked to a more-than fourfold risk of premature death, according to an American study published in the journal BMJ Open. These medications were also associated at higher doses with a 35% increased risk of […]
