Health

Second Ebola vaccine to be used in DR Congo next month

Shawdesh desk: Doctors will use a second Ebola vaccine from November in three eastern provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the deadly virus, medical officials said Sunday.

Regular egg intake stressed for maintaining sound health

Experts at a post-rally discussion mentioned regular egg intake is very much important for maintaining sound health as it’s a balanced food to all irrespective of age, male, female and

Why tomato puree might improve male fertility

Shawdesh Desk: Lycopene – a nutrient found in tomatoes – may boost sperm quality, a study has suggested. Healthy men who took the equivalent of two tablespoons of (concentrated) tomato

Vaping causes lung cancer in mice: study

Shawdesh Desk: Exposure to e-cigarette smoke causes mice to develop lung cancer, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers from New

Low birth weight linked to cardiovascular risk Study

Shawdesh Desk: Low birth weight was linked not only to poor health outcomes in the beginning but also to chronic health conditions later in life, researchers have warned. “Low birth

Vaping-linked lung injury kills 18 in US

Shawdesh Desk: The number of patients suffering from probable lung injury associated with e-cigarette use has surged to more than a thousand, US health authorities said Thursday, while the death

Bacteria-infected Brazilian mosquitoes pack a punch in dengue fight

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue-resistant mosquitoes breed in a Rio de Janeiro laboratory, producing offspring infected with bacteria packing a punch in the fight against the deadly virus, which is exploding across

‘Revolutionary’ drug for prostate cancer

Shawdesh Desk: Olaparib could become a revolutionary treatment for prostate cancer – the first genetically targeted drug for fighting the disease, say experts. The precision medicine is already used by