STIs soar as Americans ditch condoms: Just 40% of men now 'wrap it up' despite rates of chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea all surging
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmericans are ditching condoms, even as STI rates rocket. Read More
57% of sex workers HIV positive
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCENTRE for Sexual Health, HIV and Aids Research (CeSHHAR) says more than 57% of female sex workers in the country’s 22 hotspot…
HIV: Prevalence in girls, women 60% higher than in men, says NACA
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAhead of World AIDS Day (December 1), National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), yesterday, alerted that girls and women in Nigeria…
Longest surviving heart transplant patient reveals relatives died after dismissing surgery
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Sandy Law went for a heart transplant in 1982, it was a procedure fraught not only with uncertainty but controversy. Read More
Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC
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Reading Time: < 1 minute There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in…
Intermittent fasting — the celeb-favorite diet followed by Kourtney Kardashian and Mark Wahlberg — may RAISE your risk of an early death by 30%, study suggests
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIntermittent fasting – one of the most popular and promoted dieting techniques – may actually raise the risk of an early death….
Scientists discover a new virus lurking in bats: Similar pathogens kill up to one in three humans
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists have discovered a new virus lurking in bats. The Kiwira virus — a type of hantavirus — has been found in…
Fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in NHS trial
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFruit and vegetables are being prescribed to low-income families in a pilot scheme targeting health inequalities and poverty-related hunger Read More
Winter's coming; cardiologists tell how to protect yourself in season of early morning heart attacks
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCertain seasons are notorious for particular ailments. Read More
Mother hospitalised with malnutrition after eating one meal a day so children don’t starve
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA single mother who lives on one meal a day so she can feed her children amid the cost of living crisis…