One in three Bhutanese overweight, finds study
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health facilities demands greater multi-sectoral actions for the implementation of NCD prevention activities. NCDs are a major public
Kuensel (Bhutan)
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IT revolution adds to workplace stress - survey
One in 10 office workers in Britain, the United States, Germany, Finland and Poland suffers from depression, anxiety, stress or burnout, an International Labor Organization survey showed.
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Garlic
a clove a day may keep cancer at bay : Scientists have found that eating a lot of garlic-but not garlic supplements-seems to protect against stomach and colorectal cancer, investigators report. Dr.
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Surveillance to determine HIV/AIDS trends
The Health Division of Bhutan is planning to reactivate the HIV/AIDS surveillance system it adopted back in the early 1990s to check the latest trends on the dreaded disease. Known as sentinel
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Draft report identifies emerging environmental problems in Bhutan
Rural-urban migration, deforestation, land degradation, water and air pollution and solid waste management have been identified as emerging environmental problems in the draft report "State of
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Norway, US foundations contribute US $3m to Health trust Fund
Bhutan received a grant of US$ 1.00 million each from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Summit Foundation, and the Norwegian government towards the Health Trust
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New evidence of 'cancer's barcode
Scientists trying to work out how cells, even cancer cells, manage to migrate through the body, may have found an explaination. Dr Daniel Hammer, from the University of Pennsylvania, believes his
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'Silver tubes' may cut infections
The number of infections acquired by patients in hospital could be cut by half if some medical tubes were coated in silver, say doctors. A study carried out by doctors at the University of Michigan,
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Bridging the gender divide
Population 2000 Report : "The price of inequality is too high to pay" was the message of the UNFPA's State of World Population 2000 report, released on September 20.According to the report, titled
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Sibling donors for tumour treatment
Using blood components from a patient's brother or sister, medical researchers have causesd tumors to shrink or disapper in patients suffering from metasized and usually fatal kidney cancer. As
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Day care centres breed 'superbugs'
Day care centres incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria which cause infections of the respiratory system, say researchers. Israeli researchers tested toddlers attending day centres to see