Helping You to Help Yourself

Today the BBC reported that the swine flu virus first detected in Mexico can no longer be contained and countries should focus on mitigating its effects,according to a top UN official said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8021827.stm
Health experts say the virus comes from the same strain that causes seasonal outbreaks in humans but also contains genetic material from versions of [...]

Today, the BBC reported the news of the 500,000th heart pacemaker being fitted, and the advances in technology that have seen it go from the size of a pram wheel to smaller than a matchbox. The pacemaker is designed to resychronize heart muscle function generally after heart attacks, or if there is an arrhythmia (out [...]

A BBC report on 9 April 2009, cites the rise in worldwide allergies to the increase in ‘westernisation’ of lifestyle and diet http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7989873.stm. Indigenuous peoples and western cultures around the world are being studied, including India, where there is a growing middle class who have adopted a western lifestyle and diet, and it is in this group that [...]