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World Health Day (Apr 7)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2019 Universal health coverage is WHO’s number one goal. Key to achieving it is ensuring that everyone…
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Five Ways to Boost Resilience During this Pandemic
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis. It’s not only a threat to our physical health.…
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World Cancer Day (Feb 4)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2019 This is a day when the world’s population unites to fight Cancer, the second leading cause…
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WHO Campaign to Combat the Coronavirus
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2020 HC Q1 202 printMarch 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a campaign entitled “Connecting the…
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Agents of Healing: Light in a Dark World
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2020 We all have witnessed the rapid contagion of the novel coronavirus around the world, causing the…
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XDR Tuberculosis
Q: Is the XDR form of tuberculosis as dangerous as the media made it out to be in the recent episode of the man who traveled…
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Grateful for Adventist Institutions of Higher Learning
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2019 Christmas is upon us, and 2020 is the reality of our planning and schedules. We look…
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World AIDS Day (Dec 1)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2019 World AIDS Day takes place on the 1st December each year. It’s an opportunity for people…
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Heart Day (Sep 29)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2019 World Heart Day, the world heart federation created a global community of people from all walks…
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Women’s Heart Disease Symptoms
Q: I am 48 years of age and fairly active. I get occasional chest discomfort along with breathlessness. Since heart disease usually happens to men, could…
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Wine and Breast Cancer
Q: Is it true that drinking wine may lead to an increased risk of breast cancer? A: Many factors are associated with breast cancer. The older…
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What to do About Insomnia
Q: For the past couple of years, I have found it difficult to go to sleep. It takes maybe two hours, and then I awaken early.…
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Vitamin E
Q: Is supplemental vitamin E helpful in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disease (especially strokes and heart attacks)? A: There has been an ongoing debate…
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Smallpox Vaccine
Q: I am concerned about the smallpox vaccination. How safe would it be? Is there any way to treat smallpox that would avoid vaccination if there…
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Six Meals a Day?
Q: I was diagnosed as having a hiatus hernia and reflux esophagitis. My doctor suggests six small meals each day, two 20 mg. tablets of losec each…
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World Diabetes Day Is (Nov 14)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2019 This yearʼs theme is Protect Your Family. The aim World Diabetes Day is to raise awareness…
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Safe Holiday Eating
Q: With the festive season approaching, quite frankly, I’m dreading it! I have carefully lost 20 pounds over the past six months, and the prospect of…
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Review of the China Study
In 1905 Ellen White described the diet our Creator chose for us as a balanced plant-based diet including foods such as grains, fruit and vegetables,…
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Planning Fellowship Meals
Why should we have fellowship meals? Fellowship dinners provide an opportunity for church members to share ideas of good nutrition, strengthen friendships, and celebrate God’s…
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Pernicious Anemia 2
Q: What is the treatment for this kind of anemia? A: Pernicious anemia results from the inability of the body to absorb vitamin B12 taken in…
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