Study Highlight: Middle-aged adults with high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke could be at increased risk for cancer and early death when sleeping less than 6 hours per day. DALLAS – Middle-aged adults with high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke could be at high risk for cancer and early death when sleeping… Read More: Sleeping less than six hours and heart disease, stroke –… »
Stephen Fry, 62, posted a video on his Twitter timeline last year revealing he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. In the video the TV star revealed that a routine-check up spotted an early warning sign of prostate cancer. Referring to his doctor,… Read More: Stephen Fry health: ‘I dodged a bullet’ TV actor on… »
Conditions The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 80,000 people died from the flu last year alone. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe this season. What is the flu? eldar nurkovic/Shutterstock The flu is a contagious respiratory illness that’s caused by influenza viruses, according to the Centers for Disease Control… Read More: 10 Signs Your Flu Might Be Deadly »
The young teenage boy in the photo cannot stand on his own. He is being held up on his feet in front of a thatched roof hut in northern Uganda. His face is obscured for privacy, but it is obvious how the musculature of his legs has wasted away. He looks a bit like an… Read More: Mysterious, deadly ‘nodding’ epidemic in Ugandan children may hold clues… »