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French consumer group sounds alarm on sugary, ultra processed dairy products for children

A French consumer watchdog has slammed ten popular children’s dairy products, warning they’re overloaded with sugar, salt, fat, and ultra-processed ingredients, putting young consumers’ health at serious risk.

Radio France Internationale

Death toll from toxic cough syrup in India rises to 20 children as WHO demands answers

Five children remain in hospital with kidney failure as India widens ban on tainted medicine

The Independent UK

More than 100 million people vape worldwide in a ‘new wave of nicotine addiction,’ WHO says

While global smoking rates have fallen sharply, a new WHO report warning that vaping is fuelling a “new wave of nicotine addiction”.

Euronews

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Australia’s gambling harm is likely underreported – and authorities are still failing to act

Monday night’s ABC Four Corners’ investigation highlighted major issues with the regulation of online gambling in Australia.

The Conversation

Teenagers are vaping ‘at a much higher rate than adults’, WHO data reveals

Rates of vaping among 13 to 15-year-olds are ‘on average nine times higher than the prevalence among adults’, the World Health Organisation said

The Independent UK

‘Alarming’ number of people vape, global health leaders warn

The World Health Organisation has released estimates on the numbers of people who vape for the first time.

Evening Standard

What is the state of abortion rights across the EU?

Despite 15 countries having taken steps towards more comprehensively allowing abortion since 2021, only five EU countries have gone ahead with full decriminalisation.

Euronews

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10 Years Ago, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Changed The Time Paradox Game Forever

Who composed Beethoven's 5th? Revisiting one 'Doctor Who' Season 9 banger, 10 years later, reveals a perfect paradox.

Inverse

Scientists develop an algorithm to measure the risk of ovarian cancer, delaying surgical menopause

The test is being made available to women at high risk of ovarian cancer in the UK through the National Health Service. Thousands of women in the UK who have particular genes which put them at a high risk of ovarian cancer have access to the test.

Euronews

How football mega tournaments became a lightning rod for Morocco protesters

Two years on from Morocco's selection as one of the co-hosts for the 2030 football World Cup, the government's multi-billion-euro investment in the tournament has become a focal point for protesters now leading their second weekend of demonstrations to demand better public services.

Radio France Internationale

European countries want kids to ditch social media. Here’s how experts suggest filling the void

As lawmakers weigh social media limits and phone bans in schools, parents can help their children lead healthier digital lives on their own.

Euronews

Call to allow ‘safe and effective’ at-home abortions up to 12 weeks in UK

Experts point to study showing procedures at home are no riskier or less successful than hospital care

The Guardian - UK

59 Times Someone Ruined Their Life “In Just A Matter Of Minutes”, As Shared On Instagram

Who do you personally know whose life was turned upside down in mere moments?

Bored Panda

Who is the conspiracy theorist blamed by her sons for her daughter’s death?

Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani died after refusing cancer treatment and following her conspiracy theorist mother’s ‘alternative’ treatment plan.

Evening Standard

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"He was like a blubbering baby. He was crying. He was devastated": The Who's Roger Daltrey on drugs, fights, death and the music that defined a generation

The Who: From pill-popping mod figureheads to Woodstock-generation rockers and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Crowded camps, stagnant water and not enough doctors: first the floods, now disease stalks millions in Pakistan

As the waters recede, a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and dengue has compounded the misery of people who have already seen their homes and crops disappear

Benzinga

Merck's Winrevair Cuts Clinical Worsening Risk By 76% Among Hypertension Patients

Merck Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) announced results Tuesday from its Phase 3 HYPERION trial evaluating Winrevair (sotatercept-csrk) versus placebo (both in combination with background therapy) in recently diagnosed adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group 1) functional class (FC) II or III at intermediate or high risk of disease progression.

International Business Times

Help Hope Solutions Celebrates Almost 20 Years Of Supporting Children With Delayed Developmental Disorders

According to the WHO, one in 127 adults was diagnosed with autism in 2021. Although awareness of developmental delays has been increasing in the past few years, effective therapeutic interventions remain out of reach for many.

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Euronews

Cypriots, health advocates march to raise awareness of childhood cancer

The group walked in support of a foundation that aids families grappling with childhood cancer in Cyprus.

Euronews

WHO and Uzbekistan’s First Lady push for 60% cancer survival by 2030

First ladies from many countries and global health experts united on improving health systems, ensuring the urgent steps needed to prevent tragedy

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t trust Trump’: how UK health experts are fighting back against a war on medicine

Ministers and medical groups have acted quickly to limit fallout after US president made unproven link between paracetamol and autism

LiveScience

Is acetaminophen safe in pregnancy? Here's what the science says.

In a recent announcement, President Trump warned that the active ingredient in Tylenol may be linked to autism. Here's what the data really shows.

The Independent UK

Voices: Taxes on alcohol and smoking can help countries facing severe aid cuts

COMMENT: The benefits of health taxes are clear, writes the World Health Organisation's Jeremy Farrar. But it requires political courage to invest in all of our futures

International Business Times

Foreign Doctors In Gaza Describe Worst Wounds 'They've Ever Seen'

International doctors and nurses who treated Palestinians in Gazan hospitals described wounds more severe than civilians had suffered in other modern conflicts, according to a peer-reviewed study published Friday.

The Independent UK

Health authorities sound the alarm as 35 deaths linked to new Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organisation says 57 cases have been reported since the outbreak was declared on September 4

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