Mon 24 October 2022: A large study published on Monday suggests that frequent use of hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer. The study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, incorporated data from almost 34,000 women in the United States over a period of around 11 years (10.9 […]
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Sat 22 October 2022: Zimbabwe has become the first nation in Africa and the third nation overall to approve an HIV prevention drug that the World Health Organization recently recommended (WHO). Zimbabwe has approved the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
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Sat 22 October 2022: Following the discovery of a highly infectious strain of bird flu, Dutch health authorities were overseeing the cull of approximately 44,000 turkeys on a farm in the country’s south, the government said on Saturday. The farm is located in Hedel, 50 kilometers southeast of Utrecht. A transport ban has been imposed […]
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Fri 21 October 2022: Following nearly 100 children’s deaths from acute kidney injury this year, the Indonesian government banned all syrup and liquid pharmaceutical prescription and over-the-counter sales on Wednesday. The ban was imposed as Southeast Asian health officials investigated an unexplained increase in the number of paediatric deaths from acute renal damage since January. […]
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Fri 21 October 2022: According to a report released Wednesday, COVID19 was responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the United States last year, a crisis that disproportionately affected Black and Hispanic women. The research outlines depressing national patterns for expectant mothers and their newborn children. According to the study, there have been an increase in pregnancy-related mortality of almost 80% since 2018, with COVID-19 being a contributing factor in 25% of the 1,178 deaths reported in 2018. In addition, following years of […]
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File photo Thu 20 October 2022: A medical team of neurosurgeons and psychiatrists in Saudi Arabia have succeeded in alleviating a patient who was suffering from chronic depression over the past 25 years. The surgery, the first of its kind in the Middle East, was performed at the King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Medical City in […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: The World Health Organization reported on Wednesday that the death toll from an Ebola outbreak declared last month in Uganda has risen to 44. At a press conference in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with 44 deaths and 25 recoveries. […]
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Thu 20 October 2022: Policy makers have been encouraged to tighten legislation for smokers, as there are new products on the market targeting young people, which could lead to addiction problems. The draft Control of Tobacco and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill (the Tobacco Bill), which is currently before Parliament, seeks to strengthen public health protection […]
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Wed 19 October 2022: An ophthalmologist posted a video of herself removing 23 lenses from her patient’s eyes, and the video quickly went viral on Instagram. Dr. Katerina Kurteeva shared the video on her Instagram page, california-eye-associates, and it was crystal clear to see the doctor removing lenses from an elderly woman’s eyelid. According to […]
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Tue 18 October 2022: Free-range eggs will be banned soon in Britain after the government declared an avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) in the country on Monday. The measure comes as Britain grapples with its largest-ever outbreak of bird flu. The situation is most severe in the east of England. As a consequence of the […]
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