Fri 21 July 2023: UN health innovation initiative Unitaid warned on Wednesday that the failure to implement tuberculosis contact tracing and prevention could lead to close to one million deaths by 2035. The UN agency insisted that implementing a combined strategy of identifying household contacts and providing TB preventive treatment is cost-effective. Unitaid said it […]
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Tue 18 July 2023: A new drug has been hailed as a “breakthrough” after it was found to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by 60 percent if started when patients are in the earliest stages of the brain-wasting disease, according to a new study. The drug, donanemab, has been shown to slow progression of […]
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Fri 14 July 2023: Europe’s drugs regulator has informed BBC News that it is carrying out a review of a few weight-loss jabs after it was alerted about the possibility of them leading to suicide and self-harm among users. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) was notified about the development by member state Iceland after three […]
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metamorworks/Shutterstock Mon 10 July 2023: From sleep trackers to wakefulness drugs, the 21st century has seen an influx of new technology that could radically alter the way we sleep. Many of these new technologies chase the dream of optimised slumber. They promise to help tailor our sleep schedules to fit around our social lives, help […]
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Thu 06 July 2023: The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has appealed to all potential and existing blood donors, who are due to donate, to visit blood donation sites amid severe blood stock shortages. In a statement, the SANBS said the current weather conditions and a higher than usual demand for blood have sent […]
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Wed 05 July 2023: Poverty-stricken Indians are trying to sell their organs on Facebook while scammers cash in on misery. One morning in February 2020, a couple of months after she had an accident and was unable to work, Surya decided to sell one of her kidneys. The mother of two girls – already reeling […]
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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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