Vaccination is a proven and one of the most cost effective child survival interventions. All countries in the world have an immunization programme to deliver selected vaccines to the targeted beneficiaries, specially focusing on pregnant women, infants and children, who are at a high risk of diseases preventable by vaccines. 

London: If you’re a fan of food television, it’s fine to be entertained by the programming, but if you take recipes for the rich meals the networks favor into your own kitchen, you’re at risk of putting on pounds, according to a study recently published online by the journal Appetite. 

Washington: Your exercise regimen isn’t just good for you; it may also be good for your spouse.

San Diego: Male partners of infertile obese females may increase the odds of conceiving a child by improving their own weight and dietary habits, preliminary results from a pilot study from Canada suggest. 

San Diego: In adults with obesity, lowering dietary fat may lead to greater body fat loss than lowering dietary carbohydrate, a new study finds.

Boston: Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the US, with more than 136,000 new patients diagnosed last year. But thanks to increased awareness about screenings, the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for more than 20 years.

Washington: University of Florida Health researchers have found that putting people on a feast-or-famine diet may mimic some of the benefits of fasting, and that adding antioxidant supplements may counteract those benefits.

Washington: If you’re looking for a simple way to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, consider going nuts. 

Washington: Analyzing data from 58,000 heart stress tests, Johns Hopkins cardiologists report they have developed a formula that estimates one’s risk of dying over a decade based on a person’s ability to exercise on a treadmill at an increasing speed and incline.

Glaucoma is largely an invisible disease but a leading cause of irreversible blindness due to the damage caused to eye's optic nerve by the increase in intraocular pressure. If damage to the optic nerve from high eye pressure continues, glaucoma will cause permanent loss of vision. Without treatment, glaucoma can cause total permanent blindness within a few years.