Mental Health Is Important
Taking care of your mental health is just as important as you physical health. Millions of people are plagued by depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. To live the happiest, healthiest life possible, it is pertinent to take care of your mind and your emotions. If you are feeling depressed or not like yourself, talk to your doctor as soon as possible, to get yourself back on the path to happiness.
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
A South Korean firm said Wednesday it plans to develop a healthier, low-salt version of the country's signature dish kimchi in line with global trends.
Nearly 100 million children in China will be vaccinated against measles this month to help eliminate the disease, a leading cause of avoidable death and disability in developing countries, the WHO said on Wednesday.
THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Over the last 10 years, the
percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the
past month increased from 44 percent to 48 percent, says a federal
government study released Thursday.
Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.
Hospital admissions in England due to alcohol have risen by 825 a day in five years to almost a million, a new survey has shown.
Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by buying common but vital medicines which are already unaffordable to hundreds of millions more, a study has found.
Smoke and drink more, Russia's finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens on Wednesday, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.
Allergan, the maker of the popular anti-wrinkle treatment Botox, said Wednesday it had agreed to pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe into illegal marketing for so-called off-label uses.
Greek smokers came under renewed pressure to curb their habit Wednesday as a new law banning smoking in enclosed public places went into effect in Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation.
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