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A third of Cancer Research UK’s funding comes from supporters leaving gifts in wills, and this has led to key innovations in treating cancer. Here’s how you can pledge to create a future that protects the people you love

For Liz Roberts, losing her brother to cancer in his 30s prompted a change in the way she understood the disease. Now, she’s working to help others understand it better too – and leaving a legacy gift for cancer research in her will

Researchers observed that the risk of chronic kidney disease is high even for those seemingly healthy teens with high-normal BMI.

An oral drug is proving an effective treatment for the acute strain of this potentially fatal disease — an alternative to injections of drugs that posed serious risks to the patient.

More than 1 crore people have been screened for sickle cell disease under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, an official statement issued on Tuesday said. Read further on Dynamite News:

Legionnaires' disease is a serious type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. The bacteria enter the lungs through inhalation or accidental swallowing of water droplets.

Under the government’s Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, more than one crore people have been screened for the disease, the Union Health Ministry has said in an official statement. The Mission endeavors to screen 7 crore population in 3 years.

Editorial: Weight-loss drugs reveal that obesity is not a deep-seated aspect of character but something more contingent

Everyone can agree that exercise is healthy. Among its many benefits, exercise improves heart and brain function, aids in controlling weight, slows the effects of aging and helps lower the risks of several chronic diseases.