Tue 04 July 2023: Globally, about one baby in 10 is born too soon – that’s around one baby every two seconds. A full term pregnancy is around nine months or 37 weeks. Babies born before this mark are considered premature. Preterm birth is a significant global health issue. It can cause serious short term consequences, such […]
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Thu 29 June 2023: The cough medication manufactured by the Indian pharmaceutical company Marion Biotech that killed 19 children in Uzbekistan last year contained a toxic industrial-grade ingredient, According to Reuters, which cited two sources. Propylene glycol was purchased by the Uttar Pradesh-based company from Maya Chemtech India, a seller in Delhi who did not […]
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Wed 28 June 2023: The number of adults worldwide living with diabetes will more than double by 2050, rising to 1.3 billion from 529 million in 2021, According to a new study. The findings, published in the journals The Lancet and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, blamed rapidly rising obesity levels and widening health disparities […]
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Sat 24 June 2023: According to published statistics, the government has confiscated millions of dangerous and illegal vapes over the last three years, but experts warn that this is just the “tip of the iceberg” and that a “tsunami” of these items is actually pouring into the UK markets. According to records received by 125 […]
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Tue 20 June 2023: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, believes that South Africa is on track to meet the World Health Organisation (WHO) target to reducing Tuberculosis (TB) cases by 50% by 2025 based on the latest statistics. The Minister announced on Tuesday that the estimated TB incidence dropped from 644 000 to 304 000 […]
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. Advances in facial recognition technology may have useful applications in healthcare. Getty Images Mon 19 June 2023: Foetal alcohol syndrome is a lifelong condition caused by exposing an unborn baby to alcohol. It’s a pattern of mental, physical and behavioural symptoms seen in some people whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Not all prenatal alcohol exposure results in the […]
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Thu 15 June 2023: Sri Lankan military physicians removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a 62-year-old former soldier on Wednesday. According to the army, the stone removed from ex-sergeant Canistus Coonge weighed 801 grams (28.25 ounces), which is more than five times the weight of a normal male kidney. Coonge’s kidney stone was 13.37 […]
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Sam Ogden/SPL Wed 14 June 2023: The shortage of effective chemotherapy drugs is posing a significant risk to cancer patients and their treatment outcomes. This shortage includes cheap, generic drugs that have been used in cancer medicine for many years. The number of active medication shortages reached 295 at the end of last year, representing […]
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Sun 11 June 2023: Broccoli soup has emerged as a smart food choice for individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes. A firm called Smarter Food claims that the ingredient in its packaged vegetable soup is a particular variety of broccoli that was initially identified growing wild in Sicily by the company’s chief scientist, Prof. Richard Mithen, […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: UK Police launch investigation into dozens of deaths at Brighton hospital Sussex Police are investigating approximately 40 deaths at a Brighton coastal hospital in the United Kingdom, which has fired two employees after they expressed concerns about the patients’ conditions, British media reported on Saturday. According to the Guardian, the police […]
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