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Oct 26 2025HEALTH

Older Malaysians: Fighting Fat and Disease

Malaysia is getting older, and with age comes a bigger problem: diseases that won't spread from person to person. These are called noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs. One big reason for these diseases is being overweight. But how do we know if someone is too heavy? Two common ways are looking at body

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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

The Exercise Causes Shifting in Germany

These days adults in Germany have a higher rate of non-communicable diseases. Doctors have to put aside ideas that exercise isn't important. It's really important for keeping diseases away. It's also a must in not making diseases worse. The key is to get these adults to have a consistent exercise ro

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Jan 13 2025HEALTH

Exploring ASHAs' Knowledge: A Deep Dive into India's Health Workers

In 2005, India introduced the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) program to improve health outcomes, especially focusing on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCH+A). Over time, their responsibilities expanded to include communicable and non-communicable disease

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Sep 15 2024EDUCATION

Is the Crime Rate Really at a 50-Year Low?

The Problem with Crime Statistics: Understanding Limitations of FBI's Statistics When it comes to crime statistics, it's easy to get caught up in the numbers without stopping to think about what they really mean. The Biden administration made headlines by claiming that violent crime rates were at a

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