via CNN: It’s a feeling of extreme work stress that’s long been embedded in the cultural lexicon, and now it might be codified in your medical records as well. Burnout is now a legitimate medical diagnosis, according to the International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the World Health Organization’s handbook that guides medical providers in […]
via complex: Gaming culture has gone to a new level in recent years thanks to eSports. Still, doctors are urging parents to monitor their children’s “screen time” as it could have lasting effects on their mental health. The World Health Organization (WHO) created an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) to categorize and define health disorders. The […]
via BlackDoctor: According to the World Health Organization, 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. If you have diabetes you are three to four times more likely to have depression than people in the general population. It’s quite common to feel depressed after a diabetes diagnosis. You may believe you must give up your favorite […]
The number of people living with diabetes has quadrupled over the past three decades, according to the World Health Organization's first Global Diabetes report.
A day after the World Health Organization declared that West Africa was Ebola-free, a new case emerged in Sierra Leone when a corpse tested positive for the virus.
The World Health Organization declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday after it went 42 days--the amount of time in two incubation cycles for the disease--without any reports of new infections, notes the news outlet.
The World Health Organization declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child on Tuesday,…
The West African nation of Liberia has just five remaining confirmed cases of Ebola, a senior health official from that country said on Friday. The…
According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, dangerous alcohol consumption was responsible for 3.3 million deaths worldwide in 2012. “This actually translates into…
