Venezuelan Cholera Cases Trigger Control Measures In Neighboring Countries

Panama has upped sanitation and hygiene measures at all its ports and airports and Colombia has enhanced its border vigilance after 35 cholera cases were reported and confirmed in Venezuela. Franklin Vergara, Panama’s Health Minister added that since Haiti’s cholera outbreak in October 2010, the country has been “careful and vigilant”…

How To Lose Weight

People can lose weight for many reasons, perhaps intentionally through exercise training for a sports event, for health reasons, just to look better, or unintentionally as may occur because of an underlying disease. Weight loss refers to the loss of body fat (adipose tissue), fluid and/or lean mass…

Also In Global Health News: GM Mosquitoes For Dengue Prevention; Polio In Haiti; Malnutrition In Pakistan; Pharma’s Interest In India

Malaysia Releases GM Mosquitos Into Wild In Hopes Of Slowing Spread Of Dengue “Malaysia released about 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into a forest in the first experiment of its kind in Asia aimed at curbing dengue fever, officials said Wednesday,” the Associated Press reports…

World Economic Forum Launches Risk Network To Address Financial, Food Security Risks

The World Economic Forum launched the Risk Response Network (RRN) at its meeting, which opened Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, the Economic Times reports. The network aims to “address various risks related to financial governance and resource scarcity …

Pregnancy And Organic Food

Who eats organic food when they are pregnant? Is it just certain groups? What kind of organic foods are most popular

The Food Integrity And Traceability Conference Puts Food Safety Under The Microscope

As food scares, such as the recent detection of dioxins in eggs from Germany, become more frequent, the public should be reassured that advances in science are helping reduce the risks from eating contaminated foods. That’s according to Professor Chris Elliott from Queen’s University Belfast…

Biochemical Basis Discovered For Broccoli’s Cancer-Fighting Ability

Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential biochemical basis for the apparent cancer-fighting ability of broccoli and its veggie cousins. They found for the first time that certain substances in the vegetables appear to target and block a defective gene associated with cancer…

Potentially Fatal Heart Infection Caused By Food-Borne Bacteria

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that particular strains of a food-borne bacteria are able to invade the heart, leading to serious and difficult-to-treat heart infections. The study is available online in the Journal of Medical Microbiology…

Poor Eating Habits Can Cause Depression

Researchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression, and that olive oil, on the other hand, protects against this mental illness…