Diet can depend on an individual’s food choices, but also the availability and affordability of healthy foods, and sociocultural factors. Therefore, promoting

Regular screening can catch cancer early, when it is most treatable and help prevent the disease by finding abnormal growths called polyps that can turn

Diet can depend on an individual’s food choices, but also the availability and affordability of healthy foods, and sociocultural factors. Therefore, promoting a healthy food environment requires involvement across multiple sectors and stakeholders, including government, public and the private sector. Governments have a central role in creating a healthy food environment that enables people to adopt and maintain healthy dietary practices.

The safest time to fly during pregnancy is before 37 weeks or, if carrying twins, before 32 weeks, new advice says. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says flying is not harmful during a low-risk pregnancy, but there may be side-effects. If more than 28 weeks pregnant, a woman should take her medical notes and a GP's letter. Many airlines have their own rules on when pregnant women can fly. Although everyone who flies is exposed to a slight increase in radiation, there is no evidence that flying causes miscarriage, early labour or a woman's waters to break.

Regular screening can catch cancer early, when it is most treatable and help prevent the disease by finding abnormal growths called polyps that can turn into cancer. Colon cancer does not get the same attention as some higher-profile cancers, but it should. Older age, especially 60 years or above is a risk for colon cancer; further family history of colon cancer or having inflammatory bowel disease has also proven to be a risk factor for colon cancer. A good news about colon cancer is it can be prevented. 75% of all cases could be avoided by things you can do. There are a number of effective screening tests for colon cancer. Some are easy to do but need to be done more often. Others are more involved but need to be done less often. Which test you should have depends on your personal preferences and medical history. A surgeon can help you decide about which test to take. Most people begin getting tested at age 50. People with a family history of colon cancer or other important risk factors may begin testing at younger ages and get tested more often. 1) Stool occult blood test every year: This is a test that looks for hidden blood in the stool, which can be a sign of cancer. The test is quick and easy. You just take small samples of your stool, which are then sent to a lab to be tested.

With the increasing number of cardiovascular patients, the number of heart failure is increasing. The HVAD® System allows heart failure programmes to treat a broad range of patients, improve patient survival and patient quality of life. This makes the HVAD System the choice for heart failure programmes around the world.

Complications in the thumbs are growing and an alarming issue among texters, gamers and computer users. For every pound of pressure that you push at the tip of your thumb, it is magnified at the base of your thumb. It is estimated that people run a high risk of texting injuries if they text over 80 messages a day. This is about the equivalent of spending one hour a day only texting — repeatedly and rapidly tapping the thumb on a key pad daily makes sustained pressure at the tip of the thumb being magnified at the thumb’s base! Over time, repeated thumb use or injury can lead to problems.

Researchers says in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) that current exercise guidelines are unrealistic and argue that doctors should sometimes advise small increases in activity instead.

The popularity of cosmetic surgery in the UK plummeted in 2014, figures show, reports BBC.

Consuming a healthy diet throughout the life-course helps prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and conditions. But the increased production of processed food, rapid urbanisation and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. People are consuming more foods high in energy, saturated fats, trans fats, free sugars or salt/sodium, and many do not eat enough fruit, vegetables and dietary fibre such as whole grains.

New Year's Eve is here and those of us who are planning to have a bash at home are all planning menus. Sometimes we forget about the scrumptious finger food we can serve instead of just chips and dip. I'm planning to put things on sticks, shooter glasses and soup spoons this year!

Are you planning a pregnancy? Or do you want to wait to have your next child? Condom may be a good method of contraception.