Year: 2016

The holiday season is here again. And with it comes some of the best things in life – family, friends, and food…lots of it. The average American gains 5 …
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By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A drive by West African nations to tackle zoonotic diseases, those that jump from animals to humans, could help to protect the region from future health crises such as the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, a United Nations official said on Thursday. Ministers from the region met in Senegal last week to adopt an approach to infectious diseases that will address human and animal health together, and see countries work collaboratively to contain outbreaks of diseases ranging from bird flu to Zika. Three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases in recent years have spread to humans from animals or animal products, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Eli Lilly and Co said its experimental Alzheimer’s treatment failed to slow loss of cognitive ability in patients with mild symptoms, a major setback for the company and millions of people at risk of developing the memory-robbing disease. Lilly shares were down nearly 16 percent in premarket trading after the U.S. drugmaker unveiled the long-awaited results of its large Expedition 3 study. Shares of Biogen Inc, which is developing a similar drug, fell more than 8 percent.
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The European Parliament passed a new draft law on air pollution on Wednesday that the European Commission and several members of parliament (MEPs) said was not enough to cut emissions to World Health Organization standards. The law, which has taken almost three years to get through parliament, aims to halve the number of premature deaths caused by air pollution from more than 400,000, and targets the many EU states already in breach of existing air pollution limits. A European Environment Agency (EEA) report published on Wednesday showed that member states across the bloc far exceed annual limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions and at least 10 states breached limits on other pollutants in 2014.
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A new weight loss strategy was unveiled during a presentation at The Obesity Society Annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The findings are …
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Poop.Repeat. where he is documenting his experience as he continues to strive to live a healthy lifestyle. He offered to share some of his tips to eating …
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By Fabiola Ortiz MARRAKESH, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a member of Chad’s Mbororo pastoralists, first went to talk to the men of her community about climate change, she found herself sitting on the floor. “Being an indigenous woman in Africa is a double marginalisation,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the sidelines of the U.N. climate talks in Morocco, which finished last weekend. Such opportunities are rare for girls in the culture of the Mbororo, a group of pastoralists living in the Sahel across Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and the Central African Republic, she said.
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By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens on Monday in an explosion at a crowded Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials said, the third major attack on minority Shi&039;ites in the city since July. The attacker entered the Baqir-ul-Olum mosque shortly after midday as worshippers gathered for Arbaeen, a Shi&039;ite ritual marking the end of a 40-day mourning period for the 7th century death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. Fraidoon Obaidi, chief of the Kabul police Criminal Investigation Department, said at least 27 people were killed and 35 wounded.

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Well, pigeons, especially their feathers and droppings, act as carriers of bacteria and virus, which can affect your lungs and put you at risk of various …
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