International health news
More health benefits from berries are being discovered.
- Fiji is now on the Zika travel warning list – the Center for Disease Control and Prevention added Fiji to the list of countries that pregnant women should avoid.
- More people are now obese than are underweight – Scientists from Imperial College London found that obesity has tripled in men and doubled for women since 1975.
- Price spike on ‘‘big company’’ drugs – Since 2011 prices for the top four drugs increased by more than 100%.
Health advice
- Do you want to become more patient? This might help! – Being gracious could help you be more patient.
- The case against low-fat milk is stronger than ever – Studies question benefits of low-fat milk
- Small fruit, big health benefits – Everyone knows that berries are nutritional, but even more health benefits are being discovered.
Country health updates
- Polish government wants to outlaw abortion – Thousands of Polish citizens protested against the government’s plans to ban abortion in all cases.
- The US has become the first country to perform an organ-transplant from an HIV-positive donor – A successful liver and a kidney transplant between two HIV-positive patients has been performed.
- Japanese scientists created skin that grows hair – The lab-grown skin was implanted into nude mice, with a predicted wait of up to 10 years before the procedure can be replicated in humans.
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