Experts suggest we limit social media use to protect our mental health.
International health news
- Social media and mental health – Recent studies suggest using Facebook makes us miserable and increases anxiety, should we be limiting our use of social media?
- Cancer-seeing goggles help surgeons – Goggles could help surgeons identify cancer cells from healthy ones when cutting out tumours.
- Outgoing people are happier – A global study shows, across different cultures, outgoing behaviour boosts happiness.
Health advice
- Could you live without processed food? – As experts warn of too much sugar, salt, or fat in our diets, one woman cuts processed food for a week.
Country health updates
- UK: Expat doctors to face tougher exams – Foreign doctors should be set a higher pass mark in exams to narrow a ‘performance gap’.
- USA: 1 in 20 outpatients misdiagnosed – A ‘substantial patient safety risk’ has been uncovered as 12 million adults are wrongly diagnosed each year.
- Taiwan: Push to promote medical tourism – Taiwan´s government is to promote its healthcare system within Asia to attract medical tourists.