Articles, tagged with "world health organization", page 1
14th February 2012
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death across the globe, especially in western countries like the United States. From over one hundred types of malignancies, colorectal cancer is in the fourth place of the most common cancers. According to the World...
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Author:
Anthony Dwiers
10th February 2012
People have been trying the alternative route to health management to a hilt. Others remained steadfast as they have been restored back to health by this fresh method that has undergone improvements centuries after. From the year it began, said approach i...
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Author:
Rebecca Glessner
07th February 2012
Obesity has become an epidemic globally. World Health Organization statistics indicate that in 2011, 400 million people were believed to be obese and it has been estimated that by 2015, the number will reach by 700 million.
In USA, Centers for Disease ...
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Author:
Sonia
19th January 2012
As of the year 2000, according to the World Health Organization, at least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. For at least 20 years, diabetes rates in North America have been increasing rapidly. In 2010 nearly twenty six million people have...
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Author:
Michael Roche
13th December 2011
As per the World Health Organization, as of the year 2008 over 17 million individuals have perished because of cardiovascular related ailments. This remains as the primary major cause for mortality across the world.
There are many associated risk elem...
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Author:
Piazza
05th December 2011
The growing infrastructure facility of Asia and booming economy has attracted students from all over the world to China as a hot destination for higher education. Chinese universities have made courses available to international students in English medium...
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Author:
Manish
01st December 2011
Health care in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter. Administration and the funding of the publicly funded health care system in the UK, known as NHS are different for the different countries of the UK. Read on to find out more about the system of heal...
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Author:
localbuzz2
01st December 2011
Traditionally there has been a lot of contradictory opinion over whether eating nuts should be encouraged, mainly due to high fat levels. Today however, the nature of the (monounsaturated) fat found in nuts is better understood, and many health authoritie...
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Author:
JakeJ
21st November 2011
For decades the causes of ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have been researched and debated without one definitive answer arising and hence no single treatment approach. Although classified by the World Health Organization under Diseases of the nervous sys...
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Author:
Ashley Meyer
24th October 2011
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U. S. is still high. According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, countries with highest proportion of people being overweight include Samoa (93.5%), Kiribati (81.5%), French Polynesia (73.7%) an...
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Author:
DrakeHewitt
23rd October 2011
We all like to develop a lifestyle that is full of comfort and luxury. The style of wok in the professional environment has been changing in the recent years. Today most of us like to work under an environment that provides air conditioning, luxuriant ame...
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Author:
Ella Greens
17th October 2011
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the tooth decay is one of the most common chronic diseases in humans. It can reach to all teeth as the permanent disease. The decay is a disease generated by the interaction of four factors and develops in...
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Author:
Andrew sam
17th October 2011
When the going gets tough, and when Traveller’s Diarrhoea already attacked your system, which is marked by increased frequency of loose bowel movements, abdominal pain, urgency to go to the toilet, nausea and vomiting, there is no place for disregard, ins...
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Author:
juno101
14th October 2011
Herbal medicine refers to using a plant’s seed, berries, roots, leaves, bark, or flowers for medical purposes. Herbalism has a long tradition of use outside of conventional medicine. It is becoming more mainstream as improvements in analysis and quality c...
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Author:
Dr. Aleksander
13th October 2011
Women are so vain when it comes to their skin. In fact, many with smaller budgets would go as far as applying for cash advances to undergo surgeries or to afford high-end cosmetics or treatments. They take advantage of the fact that these loans offer conv...
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Author:
Cazz