Category: Health

Fri 06 March 2026: A blockbuster anti-obesity and diabetes drug could cost as little as $3 per month to manufacture once it goes off patent later this month, researchers said Friday, providing a major opportunity to boost health in low and middle-income countries. Semaglutide, the active molecule in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy treatments, leads […]

Thu 05 March 2026: Spain will prohibit the sale of energy drinks to minors under 16 and restrict high-caffeine versions for those under 18, Consumer Affairs Minister Pablo Bustinduy announced on Wednesday. Under the planned regulation, all energy drinks will be banned for children under 16. Products containing more than 32 milligrams of caffeine per 100 milliliters will […]

Wed 04 March 2026: The number of children and adolescents living with obesity worldwide is projected to rise from 177 million in 2025 to 228 million by 2040, according to a new report from the World Obesity Federation. The projection was published in the 2026 World Obesity Atlas report, which warns that childhood obesity is […]

Tue 02 December 2025: Director-General Ghebreyesus mentioned that obesity, a chronic and recurring disease, leads to heart diseases, diabetes, and some types of cancer. He highlighted that in 2024, obesity was linked to 3.7 million deaths globally, placing significant pressure on health systems and economies. Ghebreyesus said, “In recent years, a class of drugs initially developed for diabetes […]

Tue 02 December 2025: Drinking alcohol is known to be harmful to people’s health. It’s also known to be harmful in other ways. For example, men experience more harm such as aggression, accidents, and injury, from their own drinking than do women. But when a man drinks, the women and children closest to him often pay a price too. […]

Fri 28 November 2025: Rising cases of chronic stress could be down to a mismatch between modern living and our own biology, according to a new study. Colin Shaw from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and Daniel Longman from Loughborough University in the UK. They pulled together a wealth of evidence that suggests our […]

Thu 27 November 2025: France‘s national health safety agency ANSES said Wednesday that current scientific evidence does not establish a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer, while calling for continued caution, particularly for children, as exposure patterns rapidly evolve. In a new opinion updating previous assessments from 2013 and 2016, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational […]

Wed 26 November 2025: Mental health issues are a growing crisis among Europe’s children and teenagers, according to a new report. One in seven Europeans under the age of 20 have a mental health condition, an increase of one-third over the past 15 years, according to the analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO), Euronews […]