Sat 14 December 2024: A new study has found that people eating several portions of dark chocolate per week were less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Dark chocolate is thought to have many health benefits – from guarding against cardiovascular disease to lowering blood pressure. Now, a new study published in the British Medical […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Scientists have developed an implant that could potentially treat broken bones using the patient’s own blood. Drawing inspiration from the body’s natural healing ability, the team at the University of Nottingham has created this groundbreaking implant, with the results considered a significant step forward in advanced materials science. SUPPORTING THE BODY’S HEALING MECHANISMS The […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Chinese scientists have extracted cancer-fighting nuclides, atoms with a particular number of subatomic protons and neutrons, from rare earth minerals, according to state-run media. The University of South China announced on Wednesday that its researchers successfully isolated high-purity lead-212 and bismuth-212 nuclides from rare earth minerals, Xinhua News reported. These nuclides […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: An estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597,000 deaths were reported worldwide in 2023, nearly the same number of fatalities but 11 million more cases compared to 2022, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. Around 95% of the deaths occurred in the WHO African Region, with […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: Hong Kong public hospitals aim to incorporate artificial intelligence to identify and treat high-risk patients at an earlier stage, according to local media. Dr. Cheung Ngai-tseung, Hong Kong Hospital Authority’s head of information technology and health informatics, said that they were looking to integrate AI into the clinical management system to […]
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Sun 08 December 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced that it granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert®️ MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing that meets WHO’s prequalification standards, the UN agency said in a statement. Tuberculosis is one of the world’s leading infectious disease killers, causing over […]
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Sat 07 December 2024: In a groundbreaking study conducted in the United States, scientists discovered that, like the human brain, kidney and nerve tissue cells are also capable of storing memories. The research, led by experts from New York University, found that memories are stored not only in the brain but also in other parts of the body. The scientists […]
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Sat 07 December 2024: The World Health Organization said on Friday it is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate an as-yet undiagnosed disease linked to multiple deaths in a remote area of the country. The WHO experts are on their way to Panzi, a locality in the […]
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Wed 04 December 2024: At least 79 people died as a result of a mysterious disease in the southwestern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) last month, with the health minister announcing on Tuesday that a team of experts have been dispatched to determine the exact nature of the illness. The situation in […]
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Mon 02 December 2024: African health officials committed Sunday to scaling up health care interventions aimed at curbing new HIV infections during World AIDS Day. The day was marked under the global theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!” underscoring the link between human rights and health care access. Rwanda’s Health Minister Sabin […]
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