Tag Archives: Prevention
An international treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness
European Council | consilium.europa.eu On 1 December 2021, the 194 members of the World Health Organization (WHO) reached consensus to kickstart the process to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the Constitution of the World … Continue reading →
Evidence for Vitamin D in Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2)
NewsWire | 21stcenturywire.com Can Vitamin D be an effective therapeutic and prophylaxis against seasonal respiratory illnesses including COVID-19? With each passing week, the body of evidence supporting this conclusion continues to grow. After the completion of a number of scientific … Continue reading →
New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
Source: USA Today CONCORD, N.H. – Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. The map, which … Continue reading →
Ways to empower kids to take charge of their health
Source: USA Today Sure, you can stock your fridge with nutritious snacks and offer a good example when it comes to exercise, but recent studies suggest that, just like grown-ups, kids need strong internal motivation (not micromanagement) in order to … Continue reading →
Liver stiffness predicts liver failure, cancer and mortality in cirrhotic patients
Dawn Peters EurekAlert Researchers from Spain established that liver stiffness, measured by transient elastography (TE), is an independent predictor of liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and mortality in cirrhotic patients coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune … Continue reading →
Beating Cancer with Nutrition – Turmeric Slows Spread of Breast Cancer
Mike Barrett Natural Society Are you interested in beating cancer with nutrition? Mainstream medical practices for cancer treatment have been shown to be both dangerous and ineffective, lending further merit to the phrase “an ounce of prevention is worth a … Continue reading →
Cyberbullying and bullying are not the same: UBC research
Heather Amos EurekAlert University of British Columbia research comparing traditional bullying with cyberbullying finds that the dynamics of online bullying are different, suggesting that anti-bullying programs need specific interventions to target online aggression. “There are currently many programs aimed at … Continue reading →
UK biobank opens to researchers
BBC News The UK Biobank, the most comprehensive health study in the UK, is opening its doors to researchers. It has collated about 20TB (terabytes) of securely stored data, the equivalent of 30,000 CDs-worth, on 500,000 people. The aim of … Continue reading →
Swedish Uses Colon Cancer Live Stream to Fight Disease
PR Newswire Physicians will respond on camera to questions during live streamed colonoscopy on March 28. SEATTLE, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Colorectal cancer doesn’t broadcast its presence until it’s too late. Swedish Health Services hopes to change that by … Continue reading →
Stealth Vaccine Laws Allow Children to Consent to Vaccines
Alan Phillips GreenMedInfo A recent California law, Family Code 6926, allows minors 12 or older to consent to medical care for the prevention of “infectious, contagious or communicable disease” if one that is required by law to be reported to … Continue reading →