Tablets releasing insulin into bloodstream could replace injections
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteInsulin tablets which inject the medicine into a diabetic’s bloodstream after being swallowed could replace daily injections. Read More
Cancer's 'Achilles' heel' is discovered, enzyme slows tumors' growth
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new study has revealed what could be cancer’s ‘Achilles’ heel,’ after researchers at the University of British Columbia discovered an enzyme…
Social care facing 'unprecedented crisis' over staff shortages, say officials
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSocial care for the elderly and vulnerable is facing an “unprecedented crisis” due to a lack of available staff, according to council…
How the Black church can help end the HIV/AIDS crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn this National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a looming threat to Black communities. Read More
Women suffering from this health condition are at more risk from COVID
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the pandemic continuing to cause devastation around the world, a recent study has identified a specific group of women who are potentially…
Covid horror warning as deadly new strain 'most mutated so far' and spreading in UK
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA NEW coronavirus strain is the “most mutated so far” and is already in UK, scientists have warned. Read More
Why Covid-19 got vaccines faster than HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe speedy development for Covid-19 vaccines has raised questions in some quarters as to why the same has taken ages for HIV. Read…
COVID variants: we spoke to the experts designing a single vaccine to defeat them all
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has turned the world upside down. Experts have predicted that it will claim the lives of between…
Salt substitute `could prevent thousands of strokes and heart attacks´
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSwitching to a salt substitute could prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes each year, a major study suggests. Read More
Daily cocktail of four drugs cuts risk of strokes and heart attack in half
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA daily cocktail of aspirin, statins and blood pressure pills slashes a person’s risk of a stroke in half, a study has found. …