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The expert stressed that schools should also play a pro-active role in encouraging children to play and eat sensibly as kids today are at a greater risk of falling prey to obesity. In a panel discussion consisting of Dr Navjot,...

The Salk researchers' findings could explain why shift workers are unusually prone to diabetes, high cholesterol levels and obesity. "We believe that it is not shift work per se that wreaks havoc with the body's metabolism but changing shifts and...

Thus do the mint-flavoured affairs of the world go round and round. Now a team from Newcastle University appears to have proved what Brazilian herbalists have known for thousands of years: Brazilian mint tea can be as potent a painkiller...

Phase one of the school vaccination program is set to end next week, as the Department of Public Health and Social Services is looking to vaccinate students from the remaining three schools in one week. Agueda Johnston Middle School is...

The girls were moved out of the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Children's Hospital last night, and are recovering well from the rare and risky surgery that separated them. A medical team at the Royal Children's Hospital worked for...

The Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) organized a moot of Child-Health experts and practitioners at a local hotel, to commemorate the occasion of “International Children’s Day”, which is celebrated globally on November 20th every year. This heavily attended forum comprised...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced today that the National Research Council (NRC) will perform an independent assessment of the Army's body armor testing, following last month's recommendation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for an independent review.

NEW DELHI: The dengue menace continued unabated in the national capital with 25 fresh cases being reported today, taking the total number of those suffering from the vector-borne disease to 970. The city has reported more than 340 cases of...

appropriate treatment that may included medication and talk therapy . Depression is real and so is its treatment. It can effect people of any age group including the aged, adults and children and can be fatal. Fortunately, depression is treatable...

10 reported swine flu deaths in the Hill Capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy have forced the Central provice Government to Close the schools in the area effective Monday the 23rd of November. This decision was taken by the Central Province...