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Here’s how your gut health and mental health are connected

Mental health problems are increasing globally owing to various reasons, including stress, poor lifestyle, substance abuse, and so on. A study conducted by the WHO in 2019 asserts that mental health disorders account for approx 15% of all diseases worldwide. Also, it says that more than 90 million Indians suffer…

The Times of India

Who's taking COVID antivirals like Paxlovid? Hint: it helps if you're rich

When it comes to COVID, people living in disadvantaged communities are hit with a triple whammy. First, they’re more likely to get infected, and when sick, are more likely to have serious disease. Second, they’re more likely to develop long COVID. Third, our recent research suggests they’re less likely to…

The Conversation

1 in 5 women who needed IVF to get pregnant went on to conceive naturally, according to data spanning 40 years

“Our findings suggest that natural pregnancy after having a baby by IVF is far from rare."

Fortune

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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever – why this tick-borne virus could become more common in richer countries

Climate change is already having, and will continue to have, a significant effect on global health. This is likely to be greatest in rural poorer populations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, richer countries, such as the UK, will also probably be on the receiving end of emerging infectious disease threats as…

The Conversation

The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The seasoned tonesmith reflects on spending "some of the best moments of my life" with Jimmy Page, the guitarist with a tone so unbelievable that "no-one on this Earth can touch him" and why Duane Allman is just as important as Jimi Hendrix

Guitar World

Cough syrup row | Zero tolerance on spurious medicines, 71 firms issued notices, says Health Minister Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said 71 companies have been issued show-cause notices following concerns raised in some quarters about reported deaths due to contaminated India-made cough syrups.

The Hindu

UK supermarket supplier’s chickens given antibiotics critical for humans

Investigation of meat sourced by Polish firm that sells frozen poultry to Lidl, Asda and Iceland raises superbug concerns

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Safety first: on Indian pharma products and drug safety

India can continue to be the pharmacy of the global south only if the regulator acts like a watchdog to ensure drug safety

The Hindu

‘If you have dreams, follow them!’ Paul Nicholas on Bowie, the Bee Gees, playing Jesus – and ruffling the king’s hair

In six decades in showbiz, he has been murdered by Screaming Lord Sutch, played the lead in Hair, had hit singles and a hit sitcom – and surprised Serge Gainsbourg

The Guardian - UK

The world’s most polluted cities

New York was ranked as the world’s most polluted city after smoke billowing in from Canadian wildfires left residents choking on a thick cloud of smog.

The Week

Do Airpods Cause Hearing Loss? This Science-Backed Trick Will Protect Your Ears

An audiologist describes how listening to loud music in earphones every day could cause long-term hearing damage.

Inverse

10 famous father/son drumming duos

The dads who raised successful sticksmen

MusicRadar

Ceasefire deal holds in Sudan after two months of fighting

Sudan's warring parties have begun a ceasefire, as two months of fighting pushes the African nation into further chaos.

The New Daily

Sudan begins a cease-fire ahead of a pledging conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance

Sudan’s warring parties have begun a cease-fire, as two months of fighting pushed the African nation into further chaos

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Lobbyists with links to Big Tobacco fund pro-vaping Facebook campaigns

Secretive lobby groups are spreading pro-e-cigarette messages purporting to be grassroots campaigns

Al Jazeera

As Sudan war rages, rival sides accused of looting, diverting aid

Aid workers, medics and experts say army and RSF both steal aid, restrict access and impose rent-seeking impediments.

Chicago Tribune

The Who’s Pete Townshend tells the story behind ‘Tommy,’ now reinvented at Chicago's Goodman Theatre

CHICAGO — In the beginning, there was no pinball wizard.

The Week

Long Covid: a medical mystery

In early 2020, when Covid-19 was spreading rapidly across the globe, the data suggested that it was a short-lived infection.

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The Hindu

How Tamil Nadu is isolating, eliminating chronic ailments using door-to-door screening

Tamil Nadu’s “Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam” (MTM), a scheme that takes health services to the doorsteps of people and which was profiled recently by WHO, may be a step in the right direction in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD).

Los Angeles Times

COVID vaccine should be updated to target XBB strain, FDA committee says

With an eye toward enhancing protection against the coronavirus, which is still evolving and circulating, federal health advisers said Thursday that the next round of COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to target the now-dominant XBB strains.

The Hindu

Culture shift: On the U.S.’s UNESCO re-entry

UNESCO must get tough with countries exiting and re-entering the organisation on frivolous grounds and also frame policies that accommodate the tussles of a hyper-connected world.

The Independent UK

Evaluation of UK’s pandemic preparedness was ‘simply wrong’, expert says

The World Health Organisation carried out a joint external evaluation of the UK’s ability to cope with public health risks prior to the pandemic.

Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 3 as plans for a future pandemic branded inadequate

The Covid inquiry will next week hear from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former prime minister David Cameron, as well as Sir Chris Whitty and former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance

Wales Online

Temperature your home should be at during a heatwave to avoid risk of heart attack

Having your home too warm can result in major health issues

Wales Online

China accused of researching covid bioweapon before pandemic in new report

The allegation is that the Chinese military wanted a vaccine to inoculate their own population if they ever wanted to use the virus for biowarfare

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