"Change the name. End the stigma": Why it's time to rename HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Changing HIV’s name will help to end the HIV epidemic. Read More
Nigeria is world’s second nation with high maternal, child deaths – Report
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new report has shown that Nigeria accounts for the second-highest number of maternal and child deaths globally. Read More
Mumbai: Number of persons contracting HIV via blood transfusion rises by 4 times, reveals RTI data
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Reading Time: < 1 minute From 2021 to 2022, Maharashtra witnessed a four times rise in the number of people contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through transfusion …
Poor diabetes care may be behind 7,000 excess deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Delayed health checks among people with diabetes may have contributed to 7,000 more deaths than usual in England last year, a charity…
Faces of 16 smugglers who put £42,000,000 in cash on flights to Dubai
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A London gang of 16 people has been found guilty over a £42 million money laundering scheme. Read More
Life with HIV: Long-term survivors share their experiences
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Over three decades ago, receiving an HIV diagnosis was akin to being handed a death sentence. Read More
Why you SHOULDN'T get mom chocolate this Mother's Day: Watchdog warns popular brands contain toxic metal that can trigger host of health issues
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Millions of Americans will be rushing out to buy chocolate ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday — but a watchdog is warning…
Women should get mammograms at age 40 rather than 50 amid rising breast cancer rates, according to influential task force
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A leading health panel has recommended the age at which women are regularly screened for breast cancer should be cut from 50…
Online UK pharmacies prescribing weight loss jabs to people with healthy BMI
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Online pharmacies operating in the UK are approving and dispatching prescriptions of controversial slimming jabs for people of a healthy weight, Read…
No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was…