Stomach bloating affects most people at some point in their lifetime, according to the NHS. But you could avoid feeling bloated by simply cutting back on the amount of lentils in your diet, it’s been claimed. Bloating can make the stomach feel swollen, hard, and it’s generally quite uncomfortable. Your bloating pain may be caused by eating certain gassy foods, […]
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Potbelly, spare tyre, middle-aged spread, alcohol belly or the unsightly paunch – however you may refer to it, belly fat is not only annoying, it can be harmful to one’s health. When it comes to getting rid of visceral fat, one diet that has proven effective is intermittent fasting. How does it work? READ MORE Vitamin B12 deficiency warning: How your blood may be […]
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Australia’s military was called in Wednesday to help tackle a coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne—a surge in infections that has rattled the country’s second-most populous city. Victoria has recorded double-digit increases in new daily cases for more than a week—mostly in the state capital Melbourne—representing a sizeable spike in cases in a country that has otherwise successfully curbed COVID-19. Health Minister […]
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As counties across the United States continue to reopen their economies, the nation's top health expert says that the coinciding rise in positive cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in some states is a "disturbing surge." "The next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surges we are seeing in Florida, Texas, Arizona, […]
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UC Davis Health researchers took a critical step in defining the possible paths for the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing COVID-19 to get transmitted from the mother to her newborn baby. The mother to fetal transmission is known as “vertical” transmission. In an editorial published June 5 in the American Journal of Perinatology, the researchers highlighted the importance of […]
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Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has crossed 5,000 and the number of infections have exceeded 190,000, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday. The minister, who shares daily virus data on Twitter, said 27 more deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours while there were 1,268 new cases. The total number of confirmed deaths now stands at 5,001 and the […]
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Mother’s chronic prenatal psychological distress and elevated hair cortisol concentrations are associated with gut microbiota composition of the infant, according to a new publication from the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku, Finland. The results help to better understand how prenatal stress can be connected to infant growth and development. The study has been published in the esteemed […]
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While Cambodia has been less affected by the health impacts of COVID-19, there are fears that smallholder farms will be hit hard during the wet season that runs from June to September as the fallout from restrictions and lockdown measures takes hold. Agriculture is vital for the Cambodian economy as it employs about 3 million workers, with the rice sector […]
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Researchers from The University of Western Australia have found that mobility and activity restrictions alone are not as effective in halting the spread of COVID-19 in developing countries, compared to developed countries. At a time when COVID-19 infections are rising in the developing world, the researchers recommended combining such restrictions with immediate steps to improve healthcare, awareness about the best […]
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Singapore saw 1,158 dengue cases in the week ending 13 June 2020, the highest number of weekly dengue cases ever recorded since 2014. The dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV3), which is currently circulating in Singapore, can undergo dramatic structural changes that enable it to resist vaccines and therapeutics, reveal findings from a study by scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School. The […]
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