In a health system with no facilities to deal with kidney failure or cancer – 80 per cent of surgeries are linked to lifestyle related diseases, notably, obesity. Six out of every 10 Tongans are obese. On average, Tongans’ eat four times the amount of food recommended by the country’s health department. Tonga is now [...]
Diabetes epidemic affecting 350m – and western fast food is to blame Two employees stand behind the counter of the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in New Delhi, India. Photograph: Agence France Presse/Getty Images More than 350 million people in the world now have diabetes, an international study has revealed. The analysis, published online by the [...]
The number of adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought, a new study has found. An international team of researchers working with the World Health Organisation has found that the rates of diabetes have either risen or, at [...]
Are Londoners ready to die for their air quality? Poor air quality causes more than 4,000 deaths in London each year. Join our ‘die-in’ and get Boris Johnson‘s attention London roads could be responsible for up to 30% of all new cases of asthma in children. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian On the [...]
E coli outbreak: WHO says bacterium is a new strain World Health Organisation says fatal E coli is a mutant blend of two different varieties and has never been seen before Share701 Maev Kennedy and agencies guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 June 2011 12.22 BST Article history German doctors confirm World Health Organisation’s report that there has [...]
As usual Monbiot strikes out, But his war involves no killing of any creatures. George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site A Death Foretold Posted: 16 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT Why have successive governments been waging war on one of the world’s best health systems? By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 17th May [...]
When it comes to hte heart what people really need is people who care about the problem and are also prepared to pass on good information. An ikners.com reader contacted me and said she could provide information on heart problems. I look forward to getting more information from her. Once again if anyone would like to [...]
