Asia-Pacific countries face serious challenges from "lifestyle" diseases and ageing populations even as they overcome more traditional illnesses, the World Health Organization's regional director said Monday.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “obesity has doubled worldwide since 1980. In 2008, over 1.4 billion adults aged 20 and older were overweight. In 2011, over 40 million children under 5 were overweight. And 65 percent of the world’s population live in countries where more people die from being overweight or obese than from being underweight.”
A 30-year old man who sued a “gay cure” clinic in China last July is leading a petition asking the World Health Organization (WHO) to condemn “gay cures” and ban “gay conversion” therapies worldwide.
The other day, the world observed National Suicide Prevention Day.
If you want to live longer and have a healthier heart, cut back on your salt intake. This means ditching your favorite fast-food meal, checking salt levels on food labels, and removing salt dispensers and bottled sauces from your dining table.
New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone's sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar and people should slash their intake to just six to 12 teaspoons per day — an amount that could be exceeded with a single can of soda.
As part of its observance of the World No Tobacco Day 2015 on May 31, the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reiterated its call to the public to stop smoking, emphasizing that more than 200 Filipinos and about 6 million people worldwide die from smoking-related diseases every day.
Keep your nose healthy: Wash it with saline solution when necessary or visit a clean beach for some exposure to seawater and resist the temptation of plucking your nose hair, your first defense against the worsening air pollution.
At least 98,000 Filipinos are diagnosed with cancer every year, and 59,000 of which eventually die according to the Philippine Cancer Society.
PARIS—Brace yourself for a leaner Christmas table ahead, as the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday linked bacon, ham, cold cuts and other processed meat like corned beef, luncheon meat, beef jerky and sausages (longganisa) to colon and stomach cancers.
