Palm oil, being the most readily available to much of the world's population, has become one of the most debated ingredients ...

Media attention given to the recent Ebola outbreak has overshadowed the fact that any number of communicable diseases can cause significant harm and death. Acute respiratory infections, such as ...

Severe non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), sickle cell disease (SCD), thalassaemia and ...

CT scanners can be used to detect cancerous tumors. Photo by Flickr user Topsy Quret. In 10 days, the United Nations will convene a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. The world's global ...

Q: Which doctor to see for non-communicable disease (NCD)? A: NCDs is a spectrum of disorders which may require treatment by different doctors, based on the specific symptoms shown. In case of ...

Coronavirus pandemic cases are increasing due to several reasons. It spreads from person to person through the droplets of an infected person via coughs or exhales. In fact, these droplets land on ...

NCDs such as cancer and heart disease are becoming leading causes of death in the developing world and will be the focus of a September UN meeting. But health experts and others are divided about how ...

Growing up in a small town in India, my childhood memories are haunted by my dad’s struggle with diabetes. After a myriad of complications that ranged from diabetic retinopathy to end-stage renal ...

Different types of diseases affect you in different sorts of ways. Some infections and diseases tend to spread to other people, whereas other does not. Those infections that spread to other people by ...

Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...