British start-up develops an STI-testing tampon to encourage women to seek treatment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA British start-up firm has added STI testing to its tampon-based home-screening service. Read More
New Delhi to restrict use of vehicles to curb air pollution
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndia’s Delhi city will restrict use of vehicles next week to curb rising pollution as air quality in the capital remained dangerously…
Rescuers struggle to find Nepal earthquake survivors as aid trickles in
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRescue workers in Nepal were still searching for survivors under the rubble of collapsed houses in the northwest mountains struck by a strong earthquake over the weekend….
UK: Possession of nitrous oxide – or laughing gas – to be illegal from November 8 in anti-social behaviour crackdown
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePossessing laughing gas – or nitrous oxide – is to become illegal this week with repeat offenders facing up to two years…
Victory for Indi Gregory: Critically ill baby is granted Italian citizenship and can now be moved to hospital in Rome to receive life-support treatment - after High Court
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA critically ill British baby has been granted Italian citizenship and can now be moved to a hospital in Rome to receive…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday that the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her…
Gaza border authority says Rafah crossing open only for listed Egyptians and foreigners
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe border authority in Hamas-controlled Gaza on Monday said that the Rafah border crossing is open only for evacuations by Egyptians and…
Daily habits that could prevent your never-ending cold
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite Covid’s retreat, it seems that few of us have made it through winter in the best of health. Read More
Lack of 'sufficient' sleep can lead to 11% increase in visceral fat in the belly - study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteVisceral fat is stored deep within the belly, and it acts to protect and insulate our vital organs. Read More
Beware taking an aspirin everyday, by PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRarely a week goes by when I don’t give at least one patient 300mg of aspirin. Read More