#Health
Increased risk of death due to heart disease at young age
The public is being warned against an increasing rate of deaths due to heart disease at young age. As many as 7,777 persons...
‘Exercise snacks’ — even a few minutes a day — can boost your health
It may seem hard to believe, but snacking several times a day can boost your health and fitness — exercise snacking, that is....
A surge in daily number of heart patients!
Cardiologist Dr. Gotabhaya Ranasinghe stated that the number of heart patients reported daily in Sri Lanka has increased. Addressing a media briefing held...
20% of adults in Sri Lanka suffer from diabetes
20% of the adult population in the country is affected by diabetes, and alarmingly, 41% of these individuals do not seek any treatment,...
Here’s why you keep waking up to pee in the middle of the night
By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt I’m writing this article at 2 a.m. Not because I suffer from insomnia, but because I just woke up...
Fake PHIs running extortion scam, Union warns
Sri Lanka’s Public Health Inspectors’ Union has raised the alarm over a scam involving individuals posing as public health inspectors (PHIs) to extort...
Sri Lanka’s first hospital-based sperm bank opens
Sri Lanka’s first hospital-based sperm bank has been established at the Castle Street Hospital for Women in Colombo, marking a significant milestone in...
Health professionals’ strike to go ahead tomorrow, union head says
The Academy of Health Professionals has decided to launch a 24-hour strike starting from 07.00 a.m. tomorrow (17), as previously planned. President of...
