Health

According to researchers from Denmark, physical activity that's intense enough to cause breathlessness creates a chemical release in the body.

The biggest driving factor is that millions of people are eating a diet which consists of too much salt and saturated fat, and not enough fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, omega 3, and whole grains, the authors warn.

Only pregnant women are currently advised to avoid cat faeces, which often contain Toxoplasma gondii, as the parasite is known to cause miscarriages, still births and damage to foetus' development.

The findings, from experiments in mice, were published online in ACS Nano. Humans have two types of fat. White fat stores excess energy in large triglyceride droplets.

Fatal heart conditions plague poor people more than anyone else even if they have access to nutritious foods, a study has revealed.The new report, from Emory University School of Medicine, found that people who live in low-income communities....

The death toll in the cholera outbreak in Borno State has hit 44.The stateís Commissioner for Health, Dr. Haruna Mshelia, disclosed this at a joint press conference by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the state Ministry of Health at the Emergency Operation Centre, Maiduguri.

An effective Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) vaccine may be a short step away now scientists have overcome a major stumbling block hindering its development.

Almost a century ago, scientists discovered that cutting calorie intake could dramatically extend lifespan in certain animal species. Despite numerous studies since, however, researchers have been unable to explain precisely why.

When Roger McCreath, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his world nearly grinded to a stop, but he gave no room for that to come to pass. Instead, he battled the scourge using a cocktail of herbal and conventional treatments.

As today marks awareness week for prostrate cancer, men above 50 have been advised to go for screening without delay, even if they are without symptoms.

Thompson & Grace Investment Limited (TGIL) has joined other public institutions globally to assist WHO achieve its over-arching objective with the establishment of the proposed Thompson & Grace Medical University (TGMU) and Thompson & Grace Specialty Hospital (TGSH) in Nigeria.

I urge people to embrace a healthy lifestyle because what we eat will affect our health. I also advise parents to take their daughters for cervical cancer screening and take injection for prevention.