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Global cholera outbreak: WHO warns of ‘very high’ risk

April 26, 2023

The UN agency has called for adequate surveillance, vaccination, and infection prevention as important parts of the response efforts As cholera spreads to...

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New drug-capsule could replace insulin injections for people with diabetes

April 25, 2023

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Protein drugs are typically administered through injections, which can be unpleasant for patients and result in high healthcare costs Scientists from RMIT...

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Your hair can stop greying: A new study offers hope

April 24, 2023

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Hair turns grey as we age because the melanocyte stem cells, which produce hair pigment and give hair its color, gradually lose their ability to replenish Ever...

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67 million children missed out on vaccinations during COVID-19 pandemic

April 20, 2023

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World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable...

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Pandemic publishing reduced visibility of women’s expertise

April 19, 2023

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In the first half of 2020, of the three million submissions to major health and medical journals only 36 percent were from women The Covid-19 pandemic was a...

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Low veg intake, inactivity raise heart disease risk in Southeast, South Asia

April 18, 2023

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Hypertension and obesity were the top two most prevalent risk factors in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Cambodia, reveals the latest Lancet study...

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When doctors err

April 17, 2023

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While medical errors are caused by a variety of factors, it’s often doctors who suffer the most when they happen Mukhtar Ahsan, a diabetic foot patient...

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High blood pressure in your 30s linked to dementia in 70s: study

April 14, 2023

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The research contributes to the growing body of evidence suggesting that cardiovascular risk factors during early adulthood can have adverse effects on brain...

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Scientists grow ‘mini-heart’ that mimics growth of human heart

April 12, 2023

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The organoid developed at the Technical University of Munich could prove helpful to researchers studying heart development and cardiovascular diseases...

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Almost no place on earth is safe from air pollution: study

April 11, 2023

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By 2019, more than 70 percent of days in a year had particulate matter concentrations higher than 15 μg/m³ which is the safety threshold set by the WHO A world...