Excess weight almost doubles a woman's risk of womb cancer, new study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteExcess weight almost doubles a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer, a new study has found. Read More
Why eating STALE bread is better for you than We ask the experts whether freezing it or eating a fresh loaf is better for your health
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhether you prefer your toast golden or dark, your loaf frozen or fresh, it changes the structure of the bread — and…
Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn’t have to talk about it
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn recent years, I’ve heard members of the older generation complain that it is no longer considered acceptable to ask a younger…
Covid hasn’t given up all its secrets. Here are 6 mysteries experts hope to unravel
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For a formidable adversary with plenty of secrets up its sleeve, the coronavirus presented one bright bull’s-eye for the world’s response….
Boots to stop selling all wet wipes containing plastic by end of the year
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK retailer Boots has vowed to stop selling all wet wipes that contain plastic fibres by the end of the year. Read…
Bengaluru: Man threatens to reveal woman’s HIV status, extorts her
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 42-year-old woman has filed a complaint against a man for allegedly extorting money from her by threatening to make public her…
Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of HIV, dies aged 89
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLuc Montagnier, the French virologist credited as a co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died aged 89. Read More
Tanzania's Zanzibar launches new drug rehab center
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTanzania’s Zanzibar authorities on Friday announced the launch of a new state-of-the-art center for rehabilitating drug addicts, mostly youths, Read More
Undernutrition Accounts for a Large Number of TB Cases in India, Says Study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUndernutrition accounts for a much bigger share of India’s counts of new tuberculosis patients than hitherto assumed, Read More
Covid antiviral pills available from GPs next week
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGPs can offer a new treatment for Covid-19 from Tuesday, as the HSE expands access to Pfizer’s Paxlovid tablets outside of hospitals….