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More Than One Billion Now Afflicted By Obesity: Lancet

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal.

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Why is child marriage still high in West Bengal? | Explained

West Bengal struggles to reduce child marriage despite policy interventions & social campaigns; UN award-winning Kanyashree scheme & PCMA 2006 fail to curb the issue.

The Hindu

‘It’s full of green areas’: mystery of Europe’s heat death hotspot

Hot weather has proved deadlier in the Croatian city of Osijek than in any other European city but little is being done to work out why

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AI Is Empowering The Fight Against Depression, Paving the Way For Early Detection, Treatment

Some scientists compare diagnoses and medical recommendations provided by ChatGPT to those offered by real-life doctors.

International Business Times UK

Lessons learnt from polio eradication programme can help improve retinopathy of prematurity services in India: Lancet paper

Highlighting the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), doctors from Narayana Nethralaya and the University of Western Australia have said that lessons learnt from this initiative can help improve retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) services in India. A paper on this titled Retinopathy of prematurity in India: what can…

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‘Any embarrassment is in your head!’: How hearing aids boost your health and happiness

There is still a stigma around hearing tests and hearing loss – even though excellent help is now at hand. It could just change your life

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New US sanctions over Russia-Ukraine war target Lancet drones

Sweeping new measures target entities including in China, Turkey and UAE in bid to cut off Russia’s supply chain.

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Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study

Seven-year study of 12,000 residents of Delhi and Chennai finds link between PM2.5 particles and increased blood sugar levels

The Guardian - UK

Symptoms of long Covid explained as almost two million people suffer in the UK

Condition has more than 200 debilitating symptoms, reveals study

The Independent UK

People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows

Results in the Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal found a ‘similar risk’ of long-term symptoms as those with Covid

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous voice co-architect labels some politicians ‘bald-faced liars’ over referendum misinformation

Prof Tom Calma says he has been ‘shocked’ by level of racism and vitriol provoked by Indigenous voice to parliament debate

The Guardian - AU

Gender Discrimination Hampers Women’s Cancer Care, Says Report

Sexism limits access to cancer care for women, while gender-specific risk factors go unnoticed, study finds

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Mothers should beware unethical marketing by formula firms

Letter: Commercial milk formula advertising can frame normal behaviour as pathological, says Dr Tony Waterston

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‘We need to act on the scale we did for HIV’: South Africa struggles to avert a diabetes ‘car crash’

The disease kills more women in the country than any other, but lack of funding and awareness means few get support, and a fast-food culture only adds to the problem

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Mysterious new long Covid symptom identified by scientists

The research detailed a new symptom of long Covid after a 33-year-old man was referred to a specialist clinic

The Independent UK

Common arthritis drug could boost effectiveness of morning-after pill, study finds

Taking a common arthritis drug along with the morning-after pill Plan B could boost the contraceptive’s effectiveness

The Independent UK

Mysterious new long Covid symptom identified by scientists

The research detailed a new symptom of long Covid after a 33-year-old man was referred to a specialist clinic

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Mysterious new long Covid symptom identified by scientists

The research detailed a new symptom of long Covid after a 33-year-old man was referred to a specialist clinic

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Ethiopians dying in agony due to lack of opioids while west battles a surfeit

Poor countries get 1% of global supply … to treat half the world’s people. In Ethiopia, a new initiative has begun, but too late for those suffering without oral morphine

The Hindu

Data | High burden of diabetes and BP in Kerala and West Bengal

The prevalence of non-communicable diseases was much higher in urban areas in many States

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Scottish technology to tackle warts could also fight cancer, study suggests

A SCOTTISH technology used around the world to treat warts and verrucas could also be used to fight cancer, according to a new study ...

The Hindu

Explained | Why is a viable dengue vaccine not yet available

The Hindu explains how dengue vaccines are developed, how many vaccines are currently under trial and the prevailing challenges with vaccine research.

The Guardian - UK

Simple measures could save 1 million babies a year, doctors plead

‘Silent health disaster’ across developing world could be checked by spending less than £1bn on making ordinary antenatal procedures available to all, says new analysis

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Study finds air pollution association with risk of dementia

An worldwide study commissioned by the journal Lancet three years ago revealed 12 modifiable risk factors for dementia, including three new ones: excessive alcohol consumption, brain damage, and air pollution. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

No, vapes aren’t 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Here’s how this decade-old myth took off

Scientists debunk the myth that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than tobacco cigarettes often and with factual evidence.

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