A new study released on Sunday by the Journal of Physiology concluded that the most excellent way to keep yourself healthy and youthful is by exercising at least four to five days a week for at least 30 minutes.
The study, called The Effect of Lifelong Exercise Frequency on Arterial Stiffness, examined 102 people over the age of 60 who identified themselves as being physically active throughout their lives.
The secrets of how malaria became a human-killer have been revealed by a genetic study.
The work, led by researchers from Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, compared seven types of malaria - tracing the parasite's family tree.
This revealed that, about 50,000 years ago, the parasites diverged, with one "branch" evolving into the most deadly human-infecting species.
Over 800 people have been poisoned after eating toxic wild mushrooms in around 10 provinces in the west of Iran.
At least 11 people have died from the effects of the deadly fungi and hundreds more have been hospitalised.
There is no effective treatment for such poisoning, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reports.
French medics have successfully provided a dozen patients with windpipes made from donor aortas, they told a medical congress in the US on Sunday. Previous attempts, using synthetic replacements, have failed. "It's not magic but no one really believed it could happen," Professor Emmanuel Martinod,
The latest annual report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that more than half of the global population lacked access to essential healthcare services. The report, titled ‘World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals’, is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health.
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has called off strike in Lagos, Kano, Yobe and Niger states.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Biobelemoye Josiah, JOHESU chairman, called on all health workers in the four states to relax the strike following the “implementation” of the agreement by the states.
He also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Isaac Adewole, minister of health, for allegedly taking sides with doctors in the ongoing strike.
