Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine’s health system
London, UK Reuters When Russian bombs started falling on Kyiv, oncologist Nataliia Verovkina fled with her 10-year-old son. But once he was safe in Munich with his grandparents, she turned around and went back. “Someone had to help these people,” Verovkina, 43, who works at Ukraine’s National Cancer Institute, said by phone from the capital. […]
Diabetes problem makes Africa more vulernable to COVID-19 death, says WHO
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Death rates from COVID-19 infections are much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A WHO analysis of data from 13 African countries found a 10.2 per cent case fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with diabetes, […]
US health head Collins steps down having led fight against cancer, COVID
Washington DC, USAP Dr Francis S Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, said Tuesday he is stepping down, capping a career in which he directed crucial research into the human genome and the fight against serious diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and COVID-19. Collins said he was “grateful and proud of […]
Millions go hungry in wealthy Canada – and some die young as a result
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Canadians who cannot afford regular meals are more likely to die early, according to a study released on Monday, showing that people are dying from hunger even in wealthy countries. The study of more than half a million Canadian adults found that hunger was linked to raised mortality from all causes […]
HEALTH INSIGHT: UNDERSTANDING HOW BLOOD SUGAR WORKS
Nutritionist BRIDIE KERSTEN explains how blood sugar works and it can be managed…