Year: 2015

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – People across the world are confused about the major threat to public health posed by drug-resistant superbugs and do not know how to stop that risk growing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Ramping up its fight against antibiotic resistance with a survey of public awareness, the United Nations health agency said 64 percent of those asked believed wrongly that penicillin-based drugs and other antibiotics can treat colds and flu, despite the fact such medicines have no impact on viruses. Around a third of people surveyed also wrongly believed they should stop taking antibiotics when they feel better, rather than completing the prescribed treatment course, the WHO said.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Although many Americans are becoming more aware of the health compromise …
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… low-fat diets over other dietary interventions for long-term weight loss'. … Towards that, a low fat diet may seem attractive since fats have a lot more …
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The woman, Joanna Leigh, 41, of Jamaica Plain, was sentenced in Boston's Suffolk County Superior Court to a year in prison, suspended for a three-year probationary period, District Attorney Daniel Conley said in a statement on Friday. Dzokhar Tsarnaev, 22, has been sentenced to death for the bombings he carried out with his brother, who died after a shootout with police.

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Stick to a healthy diet that gives you just the right calorie count for your … A weight loss plateau or weight gain can occur when you are eating more …
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Met by cheers and a standing ovation from supporters, a professional Serbian basketball player has made an extraordinary comeback to the court — two years after losing her leg in a bus crash. Wearing a prosthetic limb under black leggings, 21-year-old Natasa Kovacevic scored five points towards Wednesday night's victory by Red Star Belgrade, the club with which she began her career, in a return to the game that she described as "sublime". Many had believed Kovacevic&039;s exemplary career was over when she was caught up in a deadly accident in September 2013 while travelling with her Hungarian club, Gyor.

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