If your family and friends are on your back about your weight, they are not helping. You are less likely to put on more pounds when your loved ones are not critical of your weight.
The government is planning to increase the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages which include sodas, enhanced water and energy drinks. This move was made following the data which shows the overall health of the country.
In 2012, there were 2.2 million calls about poison exposures to the nation’s poison control centers. The leading cause of poisonings in the United States that year was prescription drugs.
Drug-resistant malaria may be the next global health crisis. Strains of malaria that are resistant to the drugs currently being used have been found in Myanmar and along the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.
The head of public health at the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that some of the serious health threats to women in developing countries are caused by traditions that are anti-woman. She called the traditions terrible and said that they must be sto…
Lots of kids bring a lunch from home rather than eat what the school cafeteria dishes out. But the contents of those lunch boxes and brown bags may not be as healthy as what the school cafeteria offers.
Any child can badly hit their head at any age, but the way that they hit their heads (or get hit on the head) changes as they grow. Small children generally get head injuries while falling down. Teenagers get head injuries from assaults, car accidents, and whi…
An Indiana study has found that 11% of teens in that state had experienced dating violence. It also found that victims of dating violence are more likely to carry a weapon to school, be injured in a fight, suffer depression, or drink too much, and may possibly…
