Disease

Listeria food poisoning is a bacterial infection that can be treated with antibiotics if diagnosed in time. The bacteria can be found in animal products including cold cut meats, poultry, and unpasteurized milk, as well as...

Enteric fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi, affects some 17 million people in low and middle-income countries each year. Most cases occur in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. A lack of robust surveillance and data on...

QDiabetes is a computer-based calculator used across the U.K. National Health Service for estimating 10-year risk for type 2 diabetes. In this study, researchers used routinely collected data from more than 1400 general practices in England...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults and there is evidence that suicide rates are increasing in this age group, they write. Both LGBQ sexual identity and traumatic experiences in...

Living further away from a fast food outlet was also weakly associated with a smaller waist and lower BMI, but the authors note that limitations to the data used may have meant this effect is underestimated....

Through a framework of mutual cooperation, ADB and the Global Fund can complement each other’s contributions to health programs in the Asia and Pacific region. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Global Fund have signed...

Dr. Tan Yah Yuen, Senior Consultant Breast Surgeon & Dr. Lisa Wong, Senior Consultant Gynaecologist; Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore were the main speakers at the event. They talked about the facts and myths concerning Breast and...

A rapid response team was deployed to the eastern Kween district near the Kenyan border, while $623,000 (530,000 euros) of WHO funds were released immediately for the response led by Uganda and Kenya with international support...

In patients with uncontrolled type 1 or type 2 diabetes, switching to Tresiba® resulted in significantly improved glycaemic control without an increase in the risk of hypoglycemia or insulin dose. Switching to Tresiba® from another basal...

Once-daily Xultophy® (insulin degludec/liraglutide) was a better option to manage diabetes compared to multiple daily injections of insulin (basal-bolus regimen). This was reported by people with type 2 diabetes whose blood sugar was not controlled on...