Health
Women's health gap costs $1 trillion worldwide: Report
The huge gap between how women and men's health are treated costs $1 trillion a year worldwide, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday.
Jan 17, 2024
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Health
Spain bans flavored heated tobacco products
Spain's government on Tuesday approved a decree that bans the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of efforts to discourage tobacco use, the health ministry said.
Jan 16, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
A noninvasive method for assessing muscular health in an aging population
As individuals age, maintaining muscular health becomes increasingly crucial, where the loss of muscle mass and strength is linked to a higher risk of falls and reduced physical activity. Now, researchers from Japan have ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Addiction
Generation X hardest hit as drug deaths rise yet again in England and Wales
It's another tragic record. A new report has confirmed yet another rise in drug related deaths in England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that 4,907 "drug poisoning" deaths were recorded in 2022 ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Medical research
New tool unifies single-cell data for the global research community
A new methodology that allows for the categorization and organization of single-cell data has been launched. It can be used to create a harmonized dataset for the study of human health and disease.
Dec 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Focused screening of new residents is key to fight TB in Canada
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) caused 1.3 million deaths in 2022 and is still very much present in many countries. In Canada, where foreign-born residents bear 80 percent of the burden ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Climate change risks triggering a spike in infectious disease outbreaks: three reasons why
Climate change is our planet's most immediate existential threat, and will likely only worsen for the foreseeable future.
Dec 13, 2023
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Medical research
Psychedelic drugs: Follow the money as investors seek to replace Prozac, Zoloft and other drugs
The golden road to pharmaceutical riches can quickly become a rocky wilderness trail. Chemical compounds that hit a target in the lab often fall short in human studies.
Dec 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As dengue expands beyond the global 'dengue belt,' scientists dispel conventional wisdom about the disease
Unknowns, dangers and surprises persist about dengue viral infection and now an assumption once accepted as conventional wisdom about immunity to the mosquito-borne disease may be incorrect.
Health
Call for sleep health to be put on global public health agendas
Scientists from around the world have issued an urgent call to action for governments to incorporate sleep health into public health policies, with research indicating it's as important as nutrition and physical activity.
Nov 29, 2023
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