Author Archives: Health

Gait: Identifying The Abnormalities

The way you walk, including the speed, cadence, and stride constitutes the gait. Stress, injury and other health conditions can lead to a person’s inability to walk in the usual way. Physical therapy, correct posture, wearing the right footwear can go a long way to help manage the abnormality. But one needs to go to… Read More »

Parents accuse CDC of not reporting children's deaths from polio-like AFM

The parents say by not publicly acknowledging the two deaths, the agency is intentionally downplaying the severity of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a disease that paralyzes healthy children in a matter of hours. “I feel like they’re just sugar-coating this,” said Katie Bustamante, whose son Alex, age 6, died in May. “It eliminates my trust… Read More »

High prevalence and incidence of hypertension among South Africans starting ART

There is a high prevalence and incidence of hypertension (raised blood pressure) among HIV-positive people starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa, according to research published in PLOS One. A fifth of people were hypertensive when they started ART and a further 15% developed hypertension during follow-up. Traditional risk factors, including age over 40 years… Read More »