High blood pressure due to sugar not salt?
Salt has long been the enemy when it comes to hypertension, or high blood pressure. The high amount of salt people tend to consume in their diets, particularly that found… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryony Ashcroft
Pacific Prime reports an excellent 2014
Pacific Prime Singapore has reported a 50% growth in the expat health insurance business within Singapore for 2014. New sales and business in the Singapore branch has led to an… Read more »
Weekly health news roundup: 15 December 2014
International health news ‘Fairly clear now’ shift work is unhealthy — Despite generally being young, shift workers have higher rates of obesity and ill health than other workers. Get flu shot now… Read more »
Bilingualism could delay Alzheimer’s by 5 years
Scientists have found learning a second language can delay the onset of Alzheimer’s by up to five years. The study, from Ghent University in Belgium, found a link between being bilingual and… Read more »
Weekly health news roundup: 8 December 2014
International health news Mediterranean diet key to longevity — Another study links the diet, rich in vegetables, fish, fruit, grains and olive oil, with health benefits and long life. Obesity knocks… Read more »
US considers blood donations from gay men
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States is considering reversing a ban on accepting blood donations from men who have had sex with other men. The ban,… Read more »
Disease that affects 1 in 10 Europeans is being ignored
European countries are paying too little attention to a chronic lung disease which affects one in ten people, warns a lung advocacy group. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an irreversible… Read more »
Weekly health news roundup: 1 December 2014
International health news World AIDS Day 2014 — 1 in 2 people living with AIDS don’t know they have it, World AIDS Day aims to reduce the stigma of taking anti-retroviral… Read more »
The worst healthcare system for older people
An international survey from the Commonwealth Fund has found the United States to be among the worst countries when it comes to receiving and affording health care for elderly people…. Read more »
Weekly health news update: 24 November 2014
International health news Counselling could reduce repeat suicide attempts 26% — People who have attempted suicide are very likely to try again, short-term counselling can prevent this. Alcohol in pregnancy not… Read more »