Disease
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Benefit of improved glucose control on reducing risk of heart attack, stroke, and blindness
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: Improving blood sugar control by treating patients with type 2 diabetes reduces the rates of various complications, including heart attack and stroke (macrovascular events), and blindness and amputation (microvascular events). Randomised controlled trials and... -
Association between consumption of certain fatty acids and developing type 2 diabetes in women
Sep 14, 2016News Hour: Latest research presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Munich, Germany (12-16 September) shows that consumption of certain fatty acids is associated with an increased risk of developing type... -
Regular exercise tied to lower health costs with heart disease
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: A new study suggests that routine workouts are associated with significantly lower health costs for heart disease patients. Patients with heart disease who did moderate to vigorous physical activity for 30 minutes at least... -
WFP & Sierra Leone bolster care and support to HIV/TB patients
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$3.1 million from the Government of Sierra Leone and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria – enabling WFP to scale... -
First case of a pregnant woman with Zika reported in Malaysia
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: Malaysia on Wednesday reported its first case of a pregnant woman with Zika — a resident of a Malaysian state bordering Singapore where authorities are grappling with scores of cases, reports BSS. The 27-year-old... -
Opening doors to care for diabetes, hypertension, and other noncommunicable diseases
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: A dramatic increase in disability and deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is bringing new challenges to low- and middle-income countries, where millions of people lack access to prevention, diagnosis, care, and treatment. Such lifestyle... -
Second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) concerning yellow fever
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: The second meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) regarding yellow fever was convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) by teleconference on 31 August 2016, from 13:00 to 17:30... -
Research to reduce Chagas disease and dengue transmission
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: New community and environmentally-based approaches tested in the state of Yucatan in Mexico are helping to reduce vector-borne disease transmission. Designed around Chagas disease and dengue, they are also useful to prevent Zika and... -
Taking action on NCDs
Sep 4, 2016News Hour: A new WHO reports calls on governments to step up action to protect people from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), especially heart disease, cancers, diabetes and lung diseases that are responsible for most deaths in people... -
First locally transmitted case of the Zika virus reported in Malaysia
Sep 3, 2016News Hour: Malaysia reported its first locally transmitted case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus on Saturday, news likely to add to fears of a full-blown outbreak in the tropical nation, reports BSS. The patient was a...
