Tuberculosis is an air-borne disease, which is transmitted through close and prolonged exposure to an infectious individual suffering from untreated and active pulmonary TB.
The other major preventable lifestyle behaviours include drinking alcohol, reducing exposure to ultra-violet (UV) radiation, air pollution and eating good amount of fibre.
With more than 540 million people affected globally, the stifling impact from low back pain has doubled in the last 25 years. Around 25% of Australians suffer from low back pain on any day.
US researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology found that an infectious passenger with influenza will most likely transmit infection to passengers in vicinity but not faraway.
Researchers say that a man's semen count is a marker of his general health and fertility evaluation gives them the unique opportunity for health assessment and disease prevention.