Health

China probes mystery pneumonia outbreak amid SARS fears

Shawdesh Desk: Authorities are investigating an outbreak of viral pneumonia in central China amid online speculation that it might be linked to SARS, the flu-like virus that killed hundreds of

Higher body weight may improve cancer survival

Shawdesh Desk: There is a good news for obese and overweight people as researchers have found that higher body weight or high body mass index (BMI) could increase the chance

Tips to relief from common cold

Shawdesh DEsk: As temperatures continue to plummet in most parts of the country many people are increasingly complaining of seasonal common cold, cough and congestion, and fever. Worry not as

Stomach cancer more lethal below 60 years

A high proportion of stomach cancer patients who are below the age of 60 suffer from a specific and genetically unique form of the disease that spreads much more rapidly

14 Mongolian kids with heart disease to receive free treatment in China

Shawdesh Desk: Fourteen Mongolian children suffering from congenital heart disease will receive free medical treatment in a Chinese hospital, according to the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) branch in

Walk or cycle to work for your heart

Shawdesh Desk: Walking and cycling to work is associated with fewer heart attacks in adults, say researchers, adding that could provide important health benefits. According to the study published in

Human HEAD transplant ‘could happen in next ten years’

Shawdesh Desk: It’s always been a given that you are stuck with the same body for life. But a former NHS neurosurgeon has claimed that within ten years this may

79 die of measles in Samoa

Shawdesh Desk: The Samoan government said Sunday that 79 people have died of measles since the epidemic broke out in the South Pacific island nation in mid-October. Some 5,520 measles