Nearly one in five young adults suffer from high blood pressure according to a new study from scientists at the University of North Carolina. The Carolina study’s findings differ are in sharp contrast to a federal government study by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that suggested only 4 percent of young adults might Read more
Tests in Port Moresby have confirmed a cholera epidemic in Bougainville, particularly the northern tip of Buka Island. Already 65 cases have been treated at the Lemanmanu medical command post. Fifteen cases required admission and have already been treated and discharged. The death toll still stands at two but the disease has spread across Gogohe Read more
Fiji reproductive health practitioners have taken part in a one-day training program on reproductive health. Program’s director, Joanne Cohen says Fiji has a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases. Cohen told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program that condoms are not widely used or accepted and the prgram was part of a plan to merge counselling Read more