What has overtaken tuberculosis as the disease that causes the most adult deaths worldwide? A) Malaria B) Measles C) Syphilis D) AIDS. Infectious diseases: Infectious diseases are medical conditions and illnesses that are easily transmitted from o...
Mahar Lagmay, executive director of the UP Resilience Institute (UPRI), pointed out a troubling “spike” in fatalities since 2017. While 2016 saw 70 weather-related deaths — the lowest recorded since 2010 — the toll has remained consistently higher each y...
ROME, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Italy has been the hardest-hit country since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, with the highest mortality rate and the most confirmed cases in the region. Local medical analysts say there are multiple factors behind the tragic data. On Friday, 627 patients di...
Death is a fact of life. Since the beginning of time humanity has come up with numerous superstitions to come to terms with the dearly departed.
The Food Standards Agency has resisted calls for mandatory supplementation, insisting that "most people should be able to get all the vitamin D they need from their diet and by getting a little sun". It advises pregnant or breastfeeding women, and people over 60 to take 10 micrograms of vit...
Over the course of the last year, America has become a moral warzone of riots dubbed as protests, and it’s horrifying to watch it unfold. It’s utterly heartbreaking that people have died cruel, unjust deaths for their race or sexual identity. Some motivating extremes have arisen to preven...
[03:04.36]or spread, has not been documented. [03:08.16]The virus has recently caused [03:11.12]large outbreaks in Amazon areas [03:14.24]where it was known to exist. [03:17.00]It has also been found in new ...
Cardiovascular disease is the single most common cause of illness and death in the developed country accounting for one in three of all deaths! Heart attacks due to coronary artery disease and strokes due to carotid artery disease are responsible for more deaths than all other causes combined. ...
And don’t forget: You don’t put only yourself at risk when you smoke. Secondhand smoke causes 8,000 stroke deaths every year, according to the CDC. While there’s less known about the dangers of vaping, many of the same toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke also can be found in e-cigare...
This sudden release also known as a seismic wave is caused by movement or a sudden break in rocks underground. Most earthquakes occur where the tectonic plates meet or where there are fault lines, but they can also be caused by volcanoes, landslides and explosions. ...