http://healthbump.info Online Health News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://healthbump.info/7135/jiggers-a-case-of-poverty-hygiene-or-both.html http://healthbump.info/7135/jiggers-a-case-of-poverty-hygiene-or-both.html#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:33:56 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/7135/jiggers-a-case-of-poverty-hygiene-or-both.html MANY people cannot comprehend how a person can resign his life to a small and seemingly powerless parasite like jiggers the way people in Busoga have done. But as Vicky Wandawa and Esther Namirimu write, there are many factors behind the epidemic By... ]]> http://healthbump.info/7135/jiggers-a-case-of-poverty-hygiene-or-both.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6895/outbreak-of-dengue-fever-in-pakistan.html http://healthbump.info/6895/outbreak-of-dengue-fever-in-pakistan.html#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:35:19 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6895/outbreak-of-dengue-fever-in-pakistan.html The national Health Institute has confirmed one thousand, two hundred and seventy dengue cases across Pakistan. According to News Channel Express 24/7, One thousand cases have been reported in Karachi alone. Over in Rawalpindi, Doctors at Holy..]]> http://healthbump.info/6895/outbreak-of-dengue-fever-in-pakistan.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6675/w-rector-of-darul-uloom-deoband-maul-ghulam-r-khamush-passed-away.html http://healthbump.info/6675/w-rector-of-darul-uloom-deoband-maul-ghulam-r-khamush-passed-away.html#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:22:15 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6675/w-rector-of-darul-uloom-deoband-maul-ghulam-r-khamush-passed-away.html Mumbai, 8 Oct.: Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre (MMERC), Mumbai received the sad news of demise of Maulana Ghulam Rasool Khamush with utter shock and grief. Around 71 years old Maulana Khamush has been the Karguzar Muhtamim (working... ]]> http://healthbump.info/6675/w-rector-of-darul-uloom-deoband-maul-ghulam-r-khamush-passed-away.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6309/mom-charged-with-teaching-2-year-old-to-smoke-pot.html http://healthbump.info/6309/mom-charged-with-teaching-2-year-old-to-smoke-pot.html#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:08:38 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6309/mom-charged-with-teaching-2-year-old-to-smoke-pot.html An Ohio mother has been accused of teaching her 2-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana after prosecutors said she e-mailed to friends a video of the child puffing on a joint. ]]> http://healthbump.info/6309/mom-charged-with-teaching-2-year-old-to-smoke-pot.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6266/quadruple-amputee-swims-the-channel.html http://healthbump.info/6266/quadruple-amputee-swims-the-channel.html#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:16:04 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6266/quadruple-amputee-swims-the-channel.html Only a few decades ago, it would have counted as one of the faster Channel swims of all time, so it was all the more remarkable that Philippe Croizon, who as no arms or legs, crossed in 13 and a half hours. The 42-year-old quadruple amputee completed.. ]]> http://healthbump.info/6266/quadruple-amputee-swims-the-channel.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6264/protecting-staff-from-harmful-toxins.html http://healthbump.info/6264/protecting-staff-from-harmful-toxins.html#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:16:03 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6264/protecting-staff-from-harmful-toxins.html There are many instances where our jobs can expose us to harmful substances. Some can even be airborne making them difficult to detect without tests. ]]> http://healthbump.info/6264/protecting-staff-from-harmful-toxins.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6263/read-this-before-purchasing-hand-sanitizers.html http://healthbump.info/6263/read-this-before-purchasing-hand-sanitizers.html#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:15:56 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6263/read-this-before-purchasing-hand-sanitizers.html If you have started using the hand sanitizers as a precaution against the disease carrying germs, especially in the wake of the panic created by last year’s swine flu pandemic, think twice before purchasing them next time. A new study, by the... ]]> http://healthbump.info/6263/read-this-before-purchasing-hand-sanitizers.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6231/forces-to-guard-doctors-in-mumbai-hospitals.html http://healthbump.info/6231/forces-to-guard-doctors-in-mumbai-hospitals.html#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:02:35 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6231/forces-to-guard-doctors-in-mumbai-hospitals.html The physical attacks on doctors at local administration-run hospitals in Mumbai will soon be a thing of the past. And the doctors can concentrate on their consultations without fearing any untoward incidents on them as the Brihanmumbai Municipal... ]]> http://healthbump.info/6231/forces-to-guard-doctors-in-mumbai-hospitals.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6230/age-of-fun-40-is-naughty-but-50-is-the-new-25.html http://healthbump.info/6230/age-of-fun-40-is-naughty-but-50-is-the-new-25.html#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:02:34 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6230/age-of-fun-40-is-naughty-but-50-is-the-new-25.html A new study in Britain has revealed that average 50 year old is having more fun than those half their age. A typical “nifty50” is more sociable and active than most 25-years old. They enjoy more night outs, travel more and catch up with friends. ]]> http://healthbump.info/6230/age-of-fun-40-is-naughty-but-50-is-the-new-25.html/feed 0 http://healthbump.info/6228/mammograms-less-crucial-norway-study-finds.html http://healthbump.info/6228/mammograms-less-crucial-norway-study-finds.html#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:02:33 +0000 HealthGuru http://healthbump.info/6228/mammograms-less-crucial-norway-study-finds.html Recent advances in breast cancer awareness and treatment have made routine mammography less crucial in detecting cancer and mitigated its value in reducing deaths, researchers reported Wednesday. Although the World Health Organization and U.S.... ]]> http://healthbump.info/6228/mammograms-less-crucial-norway-study-finds.html/feed 0