Medical
Meat tax could save thousands of lives and slash healthcare costs
It found the cost of processed meat such as bacon and sausages would double if the harm they cause to people's health was taken into account. There is strong mechanistic evidence for an association between eating red meat and colorectal cancer, and there is also evidence of links with pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer. [Full Article...]
FDA Approves Opioid Drug 1,000 Times Stronger than Morphine
Additionally, four Democratic senators had urged Gottlieb to deny approval on Dsuvia until Brown and other drug safety committee members could participate in the decision and vote, in a letter they sent last Wednesday. Dsuvia is a sublingual (meaning it is taken under the tongue) form of sufentanil (a synthetic opioid) that's delivered through a disposable, pre-filled, single-dose applicator, th... [Full Article...]
Doctors: Spanking may affect 'normal brain development'
We can do better."Verbal abuse and humiliation is also counterproductive, the pediatrics group said ." Parents , other caregivers, and adults interacting with children and adolescents should not use corporal punishment (including hitting and spanking ), either in anger or as a punishment for or effect of misbehavior, nor should they use any disciplinary strategy, including verbal abuse, that c... [Full Article...]
DR Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 300 cases
Twice-weekly market days - during which some 10,000 Congolese cross into Uganda - have put Uganda at high risk, according to local health officials. The ongoing Uganda vaccinations targeting frontline health workers will be carried out in five districts along the border with Congo. [Full Article...]
'Prevention better than cure in healthcare' - health secretary will say
Department of Health and Social Care has launched a vision document, " Prevention is better than cure ", outlining the government's approach to prevention, with a marked shift in focus to primary and community care. you'll be eating it for breakfast, lunch and dinner". The latest NHS strategy comes just days after the Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged £20.5bn to fund the health service over th... [Full Article...]
Report says people are safe — Cellphones and cancer
Cell phones emit radio frequency radiation (RFR) that scientists have long anxious could cause cancer . Researchers also found some evidence of tumours in the brain and adrenal glands of exposed male rats. "From what we now understand, it likely differs dramatically from what we studied", said Michael Wyde, lead toxicologist on the studies. The researchers tracked the health of the animals from... [Full Article...]
Walk raises $1400 for breast cancer
They frequently identify tumours which don't pose a threat and would remain undetected in the absence of screening. Although the nationalbreastcancer.org website states that only one in a thousand males are diagnosed with breast cancer, one can never be to cautious. [Full Article...]
Magaya's desperate bid to destroy evidence exposed in court
Speaking at the same occasion, Dr Obadiah Moyo applauded Prophet Magaya's decision to retract his claims. Magaya was remanded out of custody to November 26. "Facts are facts. I have seen the hand of the Lord healing his people", Magaya said. In a letter to Magaya, ZADHR chairperson Brighton Chizhande told the cleric that his actions are in contravention of the Medicines and Allied Substance Ac... [Full Article...]