Overuse has fuelled the world's antibiotic-resistance crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Whenever we go shopping for food, we risk unwittingly fuelling one of the world’s most dangerous public health emergencies. Read More
Europe enters 'fifth wave' of Covid as Germany wrestles with record number of cases
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Reading Time: < 1 minute German chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz has urged more people to get vaccinated against coronavirus, after Germany recorded more than 50,000 new cases in…
What are the health risks of an inactive lifestyle
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Physical inactivity has been linked to chronic health problems, mental health issues, and reduced productivity, among other negative impacts. Read More
Is 60 the danger zone for women’s health?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute At 61, Anthea Turner has said she is now in “the danger zone of life”, during a TV appearance on Lorraine. Read…
Tens of thousands of people in UK could be living with undiagnosed serious lung disease, experts warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 45,000 people in the UK could be living with a serious lung disease but are unaware of it after diagnosis…
Alarm grows as mortuaries fill with thousands of extra non-Covid deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nearly 10,000 more people than usual have died in the past four months from non-Covid reasons, as experts called for an urgent…
New deal for blood thinning drugs ‘could prevent 5,400 deaths a year’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Around 600,000 patients with an abnormal heart rate are to benefit from a new type of blood thinning drug after health leaders…
Doctors in Pakistan baffled by mystery dengue-like virus
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Doctors in Pakistan’s biggest city are investigating a mystery viral fever which gives the same symptoms as dengue Read More
‘Under $1’ test kits available to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dual test kits, which cost less than $1, are now available for pregnant women to stem mother-to-child HIV and syphilis transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced …
These are the highest-calorie foods
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A calorie is a unit used in nutrition to measure the amount of energy supplied by your diet. Read More