Sat 04 February 2023: A new smartphone application may help people who are having a stroke or their family and caregivers recognise common stroke symptoms in real time, prompting them to quickly call healthcare providers. Called FAST.AI, the app might be as accurate at diagnosing stroke as a neurologist, which may minimise the long-term effects […]
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Sat 04 February 2023: According to a Cancer Research UK analysis released on Friday, the number of cancer cases in the UK is expected to exceed 500,000 by 2040. “If current trends continue, the figure will rise from the 384,000 per year now to 506,000 in 2040,” said the study. It means around one-third more […]
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Mon 30 January 2023: Indonesian authorities have said two ingredients, ethylene glycol (EG) and diethyelene glycol (DEG), found in some syrup-based paracetamol medications are linked to acute kidney injury, which many of the children suffered, may have caused deaths of more than 200 children across the country, Reuters reported. The two ingredients are used in […]
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Fri 27 January 2023: There is no way to justify unhealthy junk food, then why do we still crave it? We keep reading about how harmful junk food can be for our health, it can lead to cardiovascular diseases, heart attacks, obesity, high blood pressure, and a myriad of other health problems. But, most of […]
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Wed 25 January 2023: More than 1,000 people have died in Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak on record, which has seen 30,621 cases. Malawi’s health minister, Khumbize Chiponda said. According to the World Health Organization, the death toll on Tuesday passed a somber milestone and surpassed the deadliest outbreak ever, which claimed 968 lives between 2001 […]
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Mon 24 January 2023: Following the deaths of more than 300 children from contaminated cough syrup, the WHO appealed Monday for “immediate and coordinated action” to root out substandard and falsified medicines around the world. At least seven countries have reported incidents involving over-the-counter cough syrups for children over the past four months, the World […]
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Mon 16 January 2023: By enacting a total ban on smoking in public places, Mexico has implemented one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws. The measure, first approved in 2021, also prohibits advertising of tobacco products, according to a report in the BBC. Legislation banning smoking in public places has also been adopted in a number […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has been reported in dozens of countries and the WHO has called it the most transmissible yet. A new Omicron variant XBB.1.5 is causing concerns among scientists as it is spreading like a wildfire across dozens of countries, with the UN health agency calling it the “most transmissible […]
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Sat 14 January 2023: No amount of alcohol is safe for consumption, according to the World Health Organization. Seven different cancers are brought on by alcohol, according to a recent WHO statement published in The Lancet Public Health magazine. Therefore, alcohol’s cancer-causing effects can begin at any threshold. Any amount of alcohol a person drinks […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: Zimbabwe has implemented a law prohibiting health workers like nurses and physicians from going on protracted strikes and imposing penalties of up to six months in jail for rebellious employees or union leaders, according to the government spokesman. The clause, which President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law last week but made […]
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