Health News| Global Community Leaders launch mhNOW partnership to improve Mental Health

The Mental Health Now (mhNOW) initiative will launch at the inaugural Financing and Innovation in Global Health (FIGH) conference today.

According to World Health Organization (WHO), mental illness is increasing worldwide. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of people suffering from depression and/or anxiety increased by nearly 50%, from 416 million to 615 million.

The mhNOW initiative aims to do more than just treat mental illness. The initiative will effectively address mental health in a way that encourages total health and supports the whole person, their families and their community.

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Health News| The First International Symposium begins

The first International Symposium hosted by the Riddet Institute of New Zealand started on Tuesday 12th of this month and proposed to end on the 14th with 150 overseas Researchers, Academics, Health Professionals and Health Media expected to attend alongside their Kiwi counterparts. The event would focus on the Nutritional and Health benefits of kiwifruit based on the latest research and scientific evidence.

The leader of Zepri health and nutrition innovation Dr Juliet Ansell advised people to watch probably to show interest as some exciting results would be announced. She said, their will also be discussion on digetive health, vitamin c health and metabolic health.
Professor Jaap Seidell, the Director of the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Amsterdam was also a key note speaker. She was an eminent researcher with expertise across diet, healthy nutrition and the causes and effects which contribute to weight gain and obesity. Interesting topics such as Nutrient richness of kiwifruit through the properties of fibre and actindin, Kiwifruit's vitamin c health benefits and kiwifruit and metabolic health will be discussed.

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Health News| Health Officials say "Zika Virus now in 30 States"

It have been declared In a Joint Conference of Federal Health Officials on Monday that Aedes Aegypti (mosquito species that spread the Zika virus) are now in 30 states.

The Principal Deputy Director of CDC, Dr. Anne Schuchat, told us that the range at which this mosquito is spreading this virus is far larger than what was initially thought and the disease is causing

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Global Health Update| Quit smoking now

There are many chemicals in tobacco smoke, most of which are active and harm nearly every organs in the body system. Presence of nicotine in smokes makes it difficult for smokers to quit smoking. Cigarettes contain chemicals that are poisonous and some leads to cancer. Smoking affect organs of the body system.

Effects of smoking in the organs of the body system include: 
Nervous System
It affect the CNS by producing nicotine which is a mood-altering drug that reaches the brain in a short time. Sometimes when you smoke, you feel more energized but after a little while, you feel more tired. That is the effect of nicotine. Smoking have effect on other organs of the nervous system such as cataracts, sense of taste and smell weakens. Smoking also increases womans risk of cervical cancer.

Digestive Systems
Use of tobacco can cause gum inflammation, lead to tooth

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2016 World Health Day: "Halt the rise: Beat Diabetes"

World Health Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation (WHO) annually on April 7th since 1950. WHO-a specialized organisation of the United Nations that is Concerned with international public health, which was established on 7th April, 1948 has played a leading role in the eradication of some diseases.

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Diabetes: Causes-Treatments

Diabetes is a condition where people don't produce enough insulin to meet their body's needs and/or their cells don't respond properly to insulin. Insulin is important because it moves glucose, a simple sugar, into the body's cells from the blood. It also has a number of other effects on metabolism. Glucose is provided from the food we eat to the body which is used as a source of energy by the cells. If insulin isn't available or doesn't work correctly to move glucose from the blood into cells, glucose will stay in the blood. High blood glucose levels are toxic, and cells that don't get glucose are

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