Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health - study
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePollution of the world’s rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a “threat to environmental and global health”, a report says. Read…
Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs found in rivers across the world
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs were found in a quarter of river locations that were examined across the world, a…
Risk for myocardial infarction increases among people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe risk for myocardial infarction has increased in recent years among people with HIV in the United States, data presented at the…
Gambia: Alarming - Estimated 24000 People Living With HIV in Gambia
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite the existence of HIV since March 1986, many people living with the Virus (PLHIV) have been affected and some have undergone…
Users of rave drug speed are FIVE times more likely to suffer from psychosis at some point in their life, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople who take the illicit party drug ‘speed’ are five times more likely to suffer from psychosis at some point in their…
Mammogram delays could mean 700 extra breast cancer deaths after Covid pandemic saw routine screening scrapped, study shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly 700 more women in England could die from breast cancer as a result of the pandemic, a study shows. Read More
'Covid targets not only the lungs but the heart, the brain and other vital organs'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and a brain injury can change behaviour by altering brain anatomy. Now it seems coronavirus can too. Read More
Three jabs a year of new drug could save eyesight in 800,000 Brits
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo eye conditions that cause blindness can be treated with a breakthrough drug that dramatically slows the loss of vision. Read More
CDC rolls back some limits on opioid prescriptions including restrictions on receiving treatment for more than three days and 90 mg limits on morphine access
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rolling back some restrictions placed on opioid distribution Read More
The biggest shake-up in breast cancer screening for 30 years: New system of mammograms, gene tests and check ups could catch more cancers ... and spare women the distress of a false alarm
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTop cancer doctors are carrying out research that may lead to the most radical shake-up of the NHS breast screening programme Read More