According to WHO, as of 2022, more than one billion people, or one in eight of the world's population, were obese, and 43% of the world's adults were overweight. Since 1990, global obesity rates have more than doubled among adults and quadrupled among children and adolescents.
Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus is an acute viral disease characterized by a severe course, hemorrhagic syndrome, and damage to the liver, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system and high mortality.
Nomadic people knew about the medicinal properties of saumal. The unique and optimally balanced composition of mare’s milk biological components makes this product an important complex component of the prevention and treatment of diseases of various etiologies.
The warm summer is over and cool, cloudy autumn days have come to replace it. It's time to actively start preparing the body for seasonal changes by strengthening the immune system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), overweight and obesity are the result of the formation of abnormal or excessive fat deposits that can be harmful to health.
Potassium is a macroelement necessary for the functioning of all cells in the body, participates in the process of acid-base balance in the blood and regulates water-salt metabolism in the body, participates in the processes of transmitting impulses from nerves to muscles and plays an important role in the work of the heart muscle, regulates the concentration of gastric juice, reduces the level of carbon dioxide in the blood.
Fluorine is one of the important trace elements that the human body needs. Consumption of fluoride more than the physiological norm can have a toxic effect.
AIDS is the scourge of the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. It is a deadly disease that has claimed the lives of many people: due to stigmatization, lack of treatment methods, knowledge and necessary medicines.
Every year on the 14th November the world celebrates World Diabetes Day. This day was selected and officially registered in UN International calendar to honor the birth date of Frederick Banting, who discovered insulin.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic respiratory disease, characterized by progressing and partially reversible limitation of air flow due to narrowing of respiratory tract lumen.
Hormones control all the processes in human body – we laugh, cry, rejoice or grieve by their virtue. Growth and sexual development, functions of thyroid, adrenal and basal glands, reproductive health, obesity are monitored by endocrinologists.
Center for Healthy Lifestyle Formation conducted field information and educational work at the Ministries of Tourism and Sports, Ecology and Natural Resources in the framework of the International Stroke Day, as well as in the framework of the Program for the formation of healthy lifestyle habits and disease prevention “Achieve Healthy Numbers!”.
World Heart Day is a global health campaign. Its main task is to raise awareness about diseases of the cardiovascular system, their causes and ways to prevent them
The employees of the Healthy Lifestyle Center held an event in accordance with the “Plan of operative anti-epidemic measures for the prevention of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections”, as well as within the Program on formation of healthy lifestyle habits and disease prevention “ACHIEVE HEALTHY NUMBERS!” on September 13, 2023 in the Ministry of Education.
Cauliflower is considered one of the most useful plant from Cruciferae family, together with broccoli, white cabbage and Brussels sprout, for a good reason.
Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, is a major problem. According to the WHO, 17.1 million people die each year as a result of heart attacks and strokes.
As hot summer weather sets in, more and more people rush outdoors to water bodies, sometimes forgetting that water may not only bring pleasure, but also pose major hazard.
As part of the program on promotion of the healthy lifestyles and disease prevention “ACHIEVE HEALTHY NUMBERS!” Center for formation of Healthy Lifestyle held an event on the prevention of circulatory system diseases at the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan on June 20, 2023.
As part of the implementation of the program to promote healthy lifestyles and disease prevention “ACHIEVE HEALTHY NUMBERS!”, the employees of the Center for formation of healthy lifestyle visited in the Agency for countering corruption on May 26, 2023 dedicated to the International Day against Arterial Hypertension.
As part of the Program to promote healthy lifestyles and disease prevention “DO HEALTHY NUMBERS!” employees of the Center for Formation of Healthy Lifestyle held an event dedicated to the International Day against Arterial Hypertension on May 19, 2023 in the Ministry of Agriculture.
Every year on May 31, WHO and partners mark World No-Tobacco Day, drawing attention to the health risks of tobacco use and to effective policies to reduce tobacco use.
Iodine - one of the most important microelements, primarily it is necessary for the normal functioning of the thyroid gland, hormones which have a direct impact on the brain and the immune status of the body.
At the initiative of the World Antihypertensive League and the International Society of Hypertension with the support of the WHO, every year since 2005 on May 17 the whole world celebrates the International Day against Arterial Hypertension.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, since March there has been an increase in the incidence of measles in the country. Thus, according to Aizhan Esmagambetova, chief state sanitary doctor of Kazakhstan, since the beginning of the year 56 cases of suspected measles have been registered in the country (65% of cases have been registered since the beginning of March).
Every year on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day is held. On this day, March 24, 1882, German microbiologist Robert Koch announced the discovery of the causative agent of this dangerous disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which allowed to make significant progress in diagnosing and treating the disease.
Almaty. KAZINFORM — This year the holy month of Ramadan (Ramadan) for Muslims will begin on March 23 and last until April 20. Assel Kudaybergenova, a doctor of the Almaty No. 11 city polyclinic, told the correspondent of INA "Kazinform" about how to eat properly during fasting.
It has been almost 40 years since the discovery of HIV (immunodeficiency virus). Since then, people around the world have learned to live with the disease by taking special therapy.
According to the WHO, 3.2 million people die each year from lack of physical activity. Scientific research estimates that people have been moving 96% less over the past 100 years.
To date, the number of patients with diabetes worldwide is more than 463 million people. Given the relevance and medical and social significance of this problem, WHO has declared diabetes mellitus an epidemic of the 21st century.
Every year on October 29, the world celebrates World Stroke Day, which was established by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) in 2006 to call for urgent action in the global fight against stroke. diseases.
When puffed, the temperature at the tip of a smoldering cigarette can reach 1100 ° C - a sort of miniature incinerator that emits a lot of harmful substances into the lungs of a person. What target organs are targeted by the components of cigarette smoke and how to help yourself to reduce harm - in this article.
Monkeypox is a zoonotic (transmitted to humans from animals) infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. Also, this infection can be transmitted from person to person.
Many people are experiencing daily discomfort in the esophagus - heartburn. "What exactly is heartburn? Why it occurs and what to do? "- answers doctor-gastroenterologist Asiya Shubatkalieva in one of the health school activities "Active Longevity".
From 25 to 30 April at the Health Schools of Healthy Lifestyles Center took place another classes. At the classes questions about: "Prevention of osteoporosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension (causes of diseases, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment), principles of healthy lifestyle, and sensible nutrition" were considered.
In the period from 18 to 23 April 2016 at the Health School of Healthy Lifestyles Center were held classes: «Healthy heart, healthy vessels," "Asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)," "Diabetes", "You will having a baby! "," Active Aging ".