Category: Health

FRENCH HEALTH AGENCY FINDS NO PROVEN LINK BETWEEN MOBILE PHONES AND CANCER

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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 […]

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WHO WARNS EUROPE’S CHILDREN, TEENAGERS FACE GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

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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 […]

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EUROPE’S RUSH TO AI IN HEALTHCARE LACKS SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS, WHO WARNS

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Tue 25 November 2025: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming Europe’s health sector, promising better patient care and reduced workforce pressure – but it’s being deployed without adequate safeguards for patients or health workers, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The analysis found that AI adoption, regulation, and funding in health […]

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TOBACCO KILLS 7 MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY: WHO

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Sun 23 November 2025: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that tobacco causes the death of 7 million people every year. Ghebreyesus shared a post on the subject on the social media platform X, based in the United States. Noting that tobacco kills 7 million people annually, Ghebreyesus said, “It’s time to quit smoking and […]

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BELGIUM MOVES TO SCRAP CANDY AND FRUIT VAPE FLAVORS TO SHIELD TEENS

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Thu 20 November 2025: Belgium is set to ban all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco in a bid to stop youth nicotine addiction, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke announced on Wednesday. The move follows fresh recommendations from the country’s Superior Health Council. Vandenbroucke said flavored e-cigarettes are deliberately designed to appeal to children and mask the potential […]

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ANTI-HIV INJECTION LENACAPAVIR ADDED TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES LIST

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Thu 20 November 2025: The Department of Health’s National Essential Medicines List Committee (NEMLC) has approved the addition of the recently registered injectable lenacapavir to the Essential Medicines List (EML).  The department said the decision aligns with the department’s mandate to ensure access to safe, effective, high-quality, and affordable medicines for all citizens in the […]

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ANIMALS INCREASINGLY DEVELOPING HUMAN-LIKE CHRONIC DISEASES, DRIVEN BY WORSENING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: STUDY

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Tue 18 November 2025: A growing number of animals across the globe – including pets, livestock and marine species — are developing chronic diseases once considered primarily human health issues, according to a new study highlighting how environmental change is reshaping animal well-being. The research, published in Risk Analysis and led by Antonia Mataragka of […]

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THE SCIENCE OF WEIGHT LOSS – AND WHY YOUR BRAIN IS WIRED TO KEEP YOU FAT

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Mon 17 November 2025: For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case. More on that in a moment. But first, let’s go back a few hundred thousand years to examine our early human ancestors. Because we can blame […]

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