By the end of 2008 the UK Government expects all alcoholic drinks labels to include alcohol unit information, following a ground-breaking agreement between Government and the drinks industry.
A new University of Leicester study funded by the British Heart Foundation reveals that the level of physical inactivity among children today has reached epidemic levels. Researchers from Leicester — Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor Melanie Davies and Dr Margaret Stone — have just published one of the largest studies of physical activity levels of inner city school children.
The World Health Assembly (WHA), the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), wrapped-up its sixtieth session, reaching last-minute agreement on two key resolutions on Pandemic influenza preparedness and Public health, innovation and intellectual property.
A brown trout that died in Lake Michigan and washed ashore near the Kewaunee/ Algoma area has preliminarily tested positive for viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, a new fish disease that was found earlier this month in fish from the Lake Winnebago System.
Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that diets high in salt may increase the virulence of the pathogen Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which is the most common cause of ulcers in the stomach and duodenum.
The Health Protection Agency is carrying out an investigation into a rise in the number of human cases of Salmonella Senftenberg.
The use of concentrated radio waves appears to be a safe and effective way to “burn” away abnormal cell growth in the esophagus that can be a precursor of cancer.
Dublin company, Valentia Technologies, and Fermanagh company, McElwaine SMART Technologies have teamed up with the University?s Technologies for Rurality, Ageing and Independent Living (TRAIL) laboratory to develop new health care delivery systems that will help elderly people continue to live longer in their own homes.
Pennsylvania Department of Health officials celebrated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week by unveiling Medic 515, a newly designed state-of-the-art ambulance that improves the safety and efficiency of emergency care.
The University of East London (UEL) is relaunching a University Certificate in Gay Men?s Health Promotion in collaboration with Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK?s leading HIV and sexual health charity.