HEALTH WATCH: Berries in the fight against aging
By Dr Michael Greger A plant-based diet is thought to have played a significant role in human evolution and the consumption of...
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HEALTH WATCH: Meningitis vaccination alert
ARRIVING PASSENGERS who have recently visited West Africa are being monitored at Tocumen International Airport following a bacterial meningitis outbreak...
HEALTH WATCH: Smartphones lead to back pains
The hours spent hunched over mobile phone screens each day are causing an "epidemic" of bad posture and putting us...
Dengue cases set to pass 2013 total
WITH 4,729 cases of dengue, already recorded this year, Panama is on track to pass last year’s total of 4,781...
HEALTHWATCH: Red pepper fighting IBS
By Michael Greger MD Nearly 50 million Americans come down with food poisoning every year. Over a hundred thousand are...
HEALTH WATCH: Kiwi fruit and insomnia
by MICHAEL GREGER MD The number one question in sleep research is “Why do we sleep?” followed by the question, “How...
HEALTH WATCH: “Small bite, big threat”
By Dr Cory Couillard On World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) draws attention to a major public health...
HEALTH WATCH: 50 days to discover wonder drug for a better life
A WORLDWIDE drive to encourage people to commit to a prescription for better physical and mental health was launched last...
HEALTH WATCH: AIr pollution causes one in eight deaths
By Dr Cory Couillard AIR POLLUTION has long been known to cause heart and lung diseases, but new evidence published...
HEALTH WATCH::One in two don’t know they have diabetes
By Dr Cory Couillard THE GROWTH of diabetes is skyrocketing throughout the world, ranking it as one of the greatest...
HEALTH WATCH: Fighting cancer with lifestyle changes
By Michael Gregger M.D. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, women with breast cancer may cut their risk of dying nearly in half by just instituting simple,...
HEALTH WATCH> A deafening trend
By Dr Cory Couillard INTERNATIONAL EAR CARE Day, which was celebrated on March,3 highlighted that the most common causes of...
