Older people should consider working until their 70s for the good of their health, the chief medical officer will pronounce today in new advice to today’s baby boomers. Prof Dame Sally Davies will tell those aged 50 to 70 that they are better off staying in work, or else taking up ... Read More »
At around 5.30 pm on Monday, Tamil media channels began reporting the demise of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Namely, Thanthi TV and Puthiya Thalaimurai, which later retracted the information. The Indian Express too followed suit, only to retract its tweet after a few minutes and change its copy to ... Read More »
Six-time Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s life hung in the balance on Monday, with doctors putting her on life support after a near-fatal cardiac arrest that briefly triggered rumours of her death. Hundreds of police held back emotional supporters of the 68-year-old former film star when they tried to ... Read More »
When domestic transmission of Zika virus was confirmed in the United States in July 2016, the entire country was not declared at risk — nor even the entire state of Florida. Instead, precise surveillance defined two at-risk areas of Miami-Dade County, neighbourhoods measuring just 2.6 and 3.9 square kilometres. Travel ... Read More »
The Department of Parks and Wildlife this morning issued a smoke alert for Perth metropolitan area and surrounds, urging motorists to take care and people physically affected to take health precautions. The department said if the smoke was particularly thick, people should shut doors and windows and turn off air-conditioners. ... Read More »
Ten years ago, litigation lawyer Michele Hollins was a “perpetually happy person,” with twin daughters and a partnership in her Calgary law firm. Then, depression struck. For a while, Hollins was able to hide her illness at work, then go home and “become a complete automaton,” she says, unable to eat or even muster the ... Read More »
Open enrollment (now through Jan. 31) is a good time to map out the best route for meeting your medical needs in the coming year. Your first step is to make certain you have a health plan that covers your needs in 2017. What worked for you this past year ... Read More »
A third person has died in Victoria following extreme weather conditions which triggered a mass-outbreak of asthma in and around Melbourne. Apollo Papadopoulos, 35, died from an asthma attack and after paramedics failed to revive him despite trying for more than 50 minutes , his friend Dee Kay, wrote on ... Read More »
An Australian-first study conducted by Monash University has found that from 2003-2013 nearly five deaths per 1000 employed Australian health care professionals were caused by drugs, with a significant association between specific professions and drug type. These deaths were more likely to involve females in their mid-40s, with a mental ... Read More »
An Australian-first study conducted by Monash University has found that from 2003-2013 nearly five deaths per 1000 employed Australian health care professionals were caused by drugs, with a significant association between specific professions and drug type. These deaths were more likely to involve females in their mid-40s, with a mental ... Read More »
While the major U.S. stock indexes hit all-time highs Tuesday, health care stocks traded lower on disappointing earnings and gave back some of a post-election relief rally that had lifted the sector. “Medtronic certainly had a pretty tough quarter and [is] driving down medical devices” stocks, said Mike Bailey, director ... Read More »
Americans are still struggling with their health, and rank last against citizens of 10 other wealthy countries when it comes to emotional distress, struggling to pay for care and skipping doctor visits, a new report finds. The latest report from the Commonwealth Fund, which routinely points to the shortcomings of ... Read More »
