HEALTH & WELLBEING

Health workers take blood samples for Ebola virus testing at a screening tent in the local government hospital in Kenema

Ebola Outbreak Traced to African Toddler in Guinea; NZ Airports Impose Ebola Screening

The Ebola virus outbreak has prompted New Zealand border officials to screen anyone arriving from West African countries with infected patients. The deadly virus has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people. The recent Ebola virus outbreak has been traced to a 2-year-old African boy who died last Dec. 6, a few days after getting sick in his village in southeastern Guinea.
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Troubles at Home Cause Alcoholism in Returning National Guardsmen

Experts from Columbia University have discovered that civilian stressors such as family breakdown, unemployment, money, and legal troubles cause National Guardsmen back from deployment to engage in alcohol abuse more than twice than their civilian counterparts, a report on Medical News Today said.
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Internet will Make 7 Million UK Elders Lonely and Depressed by 2030: Study

About 7 million old men in the UK will be pushed into bitter loneliness because of growing digitalisation of services. This warning has been sounded out in a research report by the UK based Friends of the Elderly. It estimates that the number of older people feeling lonely is going to increase 40 per cent by 2030.
U.S President Barack Obama hugs first lady Michelle as they watch the Diamond Head basketball game between Oregon State and Akron during their Christmas vacation in Honolulu

Ebola Outbreak: Obama Thumbs Down Sending Experimental Serum to Africa

U.S. President Barack Obama has quashed calls of health experts to send to Africa the experimental ZMapp serum that was given to two Ebola-inflicted American health workers. The president thumbed down the proposal saying the drug still needs further testing if it indeed is working as it should.
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Dating or Friendship: 5 Research Backed Ways to Make A Person Like You

Though fate determines who you meet in life, research states you can determine who gets to stay. Making a person like you and stay with you, is totally in your hands and there are psychological researches that show small behavioural changes and little gestures by you could influence a person to like you. There are six research backed ways to gain a special place in somebody's heart. Mirroring: When you copy another person's behaviour it is called mirroring. It is seen that when you copy an...
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Five Servings of Fruits, Vegetables Can Lower Deaths: Study

Consuming five servings of fruits and vegetables can lower death risks, says a new study conducted by researchers from China and USA. The results, published in the British Medical Journal aimed to find out the “dose response” or how much we need to eat in connection with cancer, heart illnesses and death.

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