For Ali Mohammad, a 33-year-old property management worker who started smoking in his teens, the saying ‘health is wealth’ has special significance.
After Maldives hiked import duties on tobacco products to 60% of retail price in May 2017, Ali made a potentially life-saving decision. “My health and pocket were suffering,” he explained. “Obviously, this was becoming a more and more costly habit for me. I decided to quit.”
That is exactly the response Maldives’ Ministry of Health set out to encourage. As Health Minister Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim emphasized on World No Tobacco Day, “Smoking brings nothing but harm to everyone,”…
The American Heart Association says healthy hearts are a key to healthy pregnancies
DALLAS, Jan. 13, 2023 — Statistics show more babies are born in August and September than any other time of the year. That means a lot of future parents will soon learn they’re expecting. The American Heart Association says it’s never too early to start prenatal health care to help keep mom and baby’s heart healthy.
Poor heart health puts both mothers-to-be and their children at risk. Heart disease is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths causing more than 1 in 4 pregnancy-related deaths (26.5%), according to…