Today is the World Tuberculosis Day and a new research has made some glaring exposure. According to the study, improved medication, government’s initiatives and aid agencies' efforts have failed to check the increase of this disease as the number of children suffering from tuberculosis (TB) annually has doubled since 2011. An estimated one million children suffer from TB annually, say the … [Read more...]
Vodka blamed for high premature death rates in Russian men
Russian men who consume high dosage of vodka or as it is sometimes said "little water" are on "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death, a new research reveals. Researchers from the Russian Cancer Centre in Moscow, Oxford University in the UK and the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer, in France spoke to 57,361 men in three different Russian cities, … [Read more...]
Patients With Untreatable Tuberculosis Discharged Into Community
South Africa has the world's highest number of patients with XDR-TB. Health officials warn other drug-resistant forms of the disease are spreading at an increasing rate, most notably in eastern and central Europe, China, India and Africa. Scientists tracked 107 patients with extensively drug-resistant TB, also known as XDR-TB in three South African provinces between 2008 and 2012. Despite most … [Read more...]
