“SELF-MANAGEMENT: THE KEY TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGING YOUR HEALTH”

Self-management (self-help) is the ability of individuals, families and communities to improve health, prevent disease, maintain normal body condition and cope with illnesses independently or with the support of health professionals.

Physical activity after myocardial infarction

The idea that physical activity after a heart attack should be sharply limited is wrong.

Rates of 17 types of cancer on the rise among young people: Study

The largest increases were seen in thyroid and liver cancers.

Viral hepatitis C

“NUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS”

How does heat affect your health?

The World Health Organization notes that the negative effects of hot weather on people's health are largely preventable. To this end, WHO has published a number of recommendations for the public.

SEASONAL CHALLENGES: HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM INTESTINAL INFECTIONS

Asthma

WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA?

Blood is a biological fluid that nourishes the cells of our body, including oxygen. Oxygen in the blood is mainly bound to hemoglobin, and hemoglobin is found in erythrocytes (red blood cells). Conditions in which the level of hemoglobin in the blood decreases are called anemia.

SMOKING AND DIABETES

According to WHO and the International Diabetes Federation, the number of people with diabetes mellitus (DM) aged 20 to 79 years is growing and is the main cause of 1.5 million deaths, indirectly contributing to additional mortality each year.

"The Autism Epidemic." Is it a real problem or a data quirk?

In recent decades, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been diagnosed many times more often than before, which is why some activists, politicians and simply concerned people are talking about an epidemic. Others tell them that the growing figures are deceptive.

The effect of smoking on the development of arterial hypertension

Many people know about the dangers of smoking for the lungs, but few people think about its impact on the development of cardiovascular diseases.

CAUTION, MENINGITIS!!!

Meningitis is a severe infectious, inflammatory disease of the brain and spinal cord membranes with high mortality. Meningitis can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and even parasites.

Factors contributing to the development of cardiovascular diseases and their prevention

Stroke Prevention

MY HEALTH IS MY RIGHT

“My health, my right” is the theme of World Health Day 2024. Every person has the right to have access to quality health services, education and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, nutritious food, quality housing, decent work and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination, according to WHO experts.

World Health Day is celebrated annually on April 7

This date was chosen in honor of the day the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in 1948, when the organization's charter was signed.

VIRAL HEPATITIS A (disease of dirty hands)

Viral hepatitis A (HAV) is an acute inflammatory disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus.

NUTRITIONAL RISK OF DISEASES: THE ROLE OF TRANSFATS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ONCOLOGY

The leading causes of death in the world are diseases of the circulatory system and cancer.

How to prevent TUBERCULOSIS?

On March 24, 1882, at the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated throughout the world (on this day, the German doctor Robert Koch officially announced to the world his discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus).