Peng Zheng shows off the heart of the blood test, chip with a groundbreaking nanostructured surface on which blood is tested. IMAGE CREDIT: WILL KIRK / JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Fri 18 October 2024: Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a fast and accurate blood test capable of diagnosing heart attacks within minutes. This innovative test has the potential to save lives […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: Obese, unemployed individuals in the UK will soon be eligible for weight-loss injections to help them regain health and return to work, according to British Health Secretary Wes Streeting. Streeting, in an opinion piece for the Telegraph on Monday, stated that obesity is a significant factor impacting both personal health and […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: Your hands reveal a lot about the state of your health. This is something that has been recognised since at least the time of Hippocrates – the father of modern medicine. The ancient Greek physician first described “clubbing” in a patient with empyema (where pus fills the space between the lungs and the […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: The Maldives has announced a ban on vaping and related products, according to an official statement. The archipelago nation’s President Mohamed Muizzu directed his administration to take concrete steps to ban vaping, said the statement, released on Tuesday. “President Dr. Muizzu stated that he has instructed the relevant authorities to initiate […]
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Sun 13 October 2024: When we start to go grey depends a lot on genetics. Your first grey hairs usually appear anywhere between your twenties and fifties. For men, grey hairs normally start at the temples and sideburns. Women tend to start greying on the hairline, especially at the front. The most rapid greying usually happens between ages 50 and 60. But […]
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Sat 12 October 2024: The death toll from Africa’s ongoing mpox outbreak has risen to 979, with a total of 38,300 cases, including 7,339 confirmed ones, since the beginning of 2024, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). During an online media briefing Thursday evening, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Nigeria received 600,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine Tuesday to contain an outbreak of the infectious disease in northeastern Borno State caused by devasting floods. UNICEF Deputy Representative in Nigeria Rownak Khan said the vaccine and other medical items were part of a global response to halt the spread of cholera, […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: Zambia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China on Monday to establish the southern African nation’s first cholera vaccine manufacturing plant. The project’s first phase will cost $37 million, with about three million doses expected to be produced through a joint venture between Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Jijia […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 8 million people die annually from smoking related complications. Despite efforts by governments and various organisations to create awareness about the dangers, around 1.3 billion people still use some form of tobacco and 80% of them live in low to middle income countries. There is no […]
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Sun 06 October 2024: The Italian government Friday passed a decree toughening measures against people attacking health staff in hospitals across the country. The move is meant to address a surge in assaults on doctors, nurses, and other professionals in the public health system. Key countermeasures included allowing for arresting perpetrators on the scene of […]
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