disease
14 ways sitting for 6 hours or more a day can kill you
Sitting for more than six hours a day increases your risk of early death by 19 per cent, the study found.
Air pollution increases risk of type 2 diabetes, says study
Around one in seven cases of the disease were directly caused by air pollution around the world in 2016.
Semen can cause Ebola virus disease, says study
Protein fragments, called amyloid fibrils, in human semen significantly increase Ebola virus infection.
Less than 6 or more than 10 hours of sleep raises the risk of health problems
Too much or too little sleep raises people’s risk of high blood pressure and inflammation.
'We are still at war' with Ebola: WHO chief
In contrast to past Ebola outbreaks health workers have moved quickly to halt Congo’s latest epidemic.
WHO's Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months
The plan also sets out targets for the disease response, including that 100 percent of new cases should come from known contacts.
Postnatal depression: Here’s everything you need to know
Postnatal depression is a depressive episode which occurs within four weeks of delivery.
Here's who is primarily responsible for dengue transmission
The World Health Organization currently focuses disease surveillance efforts on detecting outbreaks.
All you need to know about malaria
Also find out about the symptoms.
New radiotherapy may help treat liver cancer: study
Radiation segmentectomy (RS) is a minimally invasive option that uses the radioisotope yttrium-90 (Y90) to destroy tumours.