CT scanners can be used to detect cancerous tumors. Photo by Flickr user Topsy Quret. In 10 days, the United Nations will convene a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. The world's global ...

Do you know what a communicable disease is? It is when a disease spreads from one person to another through different mediums. Communicable diseases can be caused either by bacteria or viruses or ...

Media attention given to the recent Ebola outbreak has overshadowed the fact that any number of communicable diseases can cause significant harm and death. Acute respiratory infections, such as ...

Q: Which doctor to see for non-communicable disease (NCD)? A: NCDs is a spectrum of disorders which may require treatment by different doctors, based on the specific symptoms shown. In case of ...

Palm oil, being the most readily available to much of the world's population, has become one of the most debated ingredients ...

Obesity is one of the most neglected public health issues that is increasingly recognized as a global epidemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 2.5 billion adults were ...

Coronavirus pandemic cases are increasing due to several reasons. It spreads from person to person through the droplets of an infected person via coughs or exhales. In fact, these droplets land on ...

NCDs such as cancer and heart disease are becoming leading causes of death in the developing world and will be the focus of a September UN meeting. But health experts and others are divided about how ...

Different types of diseases affect you in different sorts of ways. Some infections and diseases tend to spread to other people, whereas other does not. Those infections that spread to other people by ...

Infectious disease control was at the top of the agenda during the sixty-third session of the World Health Assembly, which took place in May 2010 in Geneva. With much attention given to progress ...

An unhealthy diet is an inadequate consumption of fruits, vegetables, dietary salt and high consumption of saturated fats. The World Heart Federation (WHF) states that poor diet may increase your risk ...