Zika no longer public health emergency, WHO.

Zika no longer public health emergency, WHO.

The Zika virus outbreak and related clusters of microcephaly are no longer a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Source: VI Consortium

 

Zika no longer poses an international emergency,  according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which warned, however, that the mosquito-borne virus is here to stay.

Good News: the Center for Disease Control says smoking rates continue to fall.

Good News: the Center for Disease Control says smoking rates continue to fall.

Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that the latest data show how tobacco use remains “a persistent and preventable health threat” — despite smoking rates being at all-time lows. Of the 36 million current smokers, Frieden said, “nearly half could die prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses, including 6 million from cancer, unless we implement the programs that will help smokers quit.”

Source: NBC News

Between 2009 and 2013, about 660,000 people a year were diagnosed with cancers related to tobacco use, the CDC reported. About 340,000 people died of those cancers.

US first cases of drug-resistant fungal infection

US first cases of drug-resistant fungal infection

Thirteen individuals have become ill from a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection previously unseen in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The fungus, Candida auris, is known to occur in health care settings such as hospitals and nursing homes.

Source: Physician's Weekly

“We need to act now to better understand, contain and stop the spread of this drug-resistant fungus,” the CDC’s director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, said in a statement. “This is an emerging threat, and we need to protect vulnerable patients and others.”

FDA seeks about American’s consumption of Nutella

FDA seeks about American’s consumption of Nutella.

Nutella is basically a spreadable chocolate bar.

Even though it’s marketed as a “hazelnut” spread, every two-tablespoon (37 grams) “serving” contains 20 grams of sugar.

Source: Mashable

If you glance at the Nutella label, you’ll see “200 calories.” That’s for two tablespoons, the serving size for a dessert topping.

World is fighting Drug problems & Pakistan is fighting better than anyone.

World is fighting Drug problems & Pakistan is fighting better than anyone.

310 tons of narcotics worth 3.2 billion US $ burnt at Kuchh More, Quetta.

Photo courtesy Facebook pages

This is not the first time, many many times when ever Drugs, Alcoholic & other drinks, etc are caught.

Do you think you don’t want insurance? Must Read this and you will thank us.

Do you think you don’t want insurance? Must Read this and you will thank us.

Being a responsible adult means making sure loved ones who depend on you are financially safeguarded if you unexpectedly leave them behind. The way you provide that protection is with insurance.

Source: Jhunjhunu

For many people, their first experience with life insurance is when a friend or acquaintance gets an insurance license. In my case, a college friend, recently hired by a major insurance company, contacted me (along with all of his other friends) to buy a $10,000 policy

Must Read: Types of Insurance you should have.

Must Read: Types of Insurance you should have.

Source: Nexus Insurance Brokers

Homeowners insurance: If you own a house, your bank will require you to have homeowners insurance. In fact, "if someone loses their homeowners insurance for some reason – cancellation, nonpayment, nonrenewal, then the bank is notified," says Daniel J., an insurance consultant in Seattle.

 "They will immediately place their own insurance in it and bill the homeowner. Then they will give the homeowner a chance to get their own. The bank will not allow it to go uninsured for any length of time.”

Dark chocolates may be good for your heart's health

Dark chocolates may be good for your heart's health

The findings showed that consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa products was associated with improvements in specific circulating bio-markers of cardio metabolic health.

 

Source: The Telegraph

Chocolates have always made our hearts us happy. But now there is a scientific reason discovered behind chocolates being good for our hearts. Scientists have found that  flavanol-rich cocoa products such as dark chocolates are good for a healthy heart.

‘We found that cocoa flavanol intake may reduce dyslipidemia (elevated triglycerides), insulin resistance and systemic inflammation, which are all major subclinical risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases,’ said Simin Liu, Professor at Brown University in Rhode Islands, US.

Warning: World Health Organization Warns Tuberculosis Is Not Under Control, a minute as case numbers rise.

Warning: World Health Organization Warns Tuberculosis Is Not Under Control, a minute as case numbers rise.

Tuberculosis is killing more people than thought, yet governments are not doing enough to bring the debilitating infectious disease under control, the World Health Organisation has said.

Source: www.alodokter.com

The UN has set a target of cutting TB deaths by 90% and cases of the disease by 80% between 2015 and 2030.

The increase reflects a pervasive problem in combating tuberculosis: worldwide, the number of cases that are officially reported lags far behind the estimated total numb

First Aid: Its importance & Details.

First Aid: Its importance & Details.

Source: VIVO Healthcare

The Importance of First Aid.

Unpleasant though it may be, the fact remains that  First Aid for Life Kitaccidents happen. Even experiencing it as a bystander, an accident is not a pleasant scene.

Human bodies are susceptible to injuries, illnesses and trauma. We never know when any injury may happen to us or the people we love or those who are around us. Thus it is always good to have some amount of basic knowledge to take care of critical situations, to keep it from going from bad to worse or till the medical help arrives.

Administering first aid to victims in the event of accidents, mishaps and occurrences during office and school hours or in the case of some accident is encouraged. One must know the basics of administering first aid and this knowledge is gained by getting trained.

Source: Red Rover Camping

Types of First Aid.