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With World Cup set to begin, public health officials hope to defend against germs
The World Cup gets underway next week and millions will pack huge stadiums to watch. Public health officials will be watching too, only they're looking for germs that could spread at these matches!
What a hair loss breakthrough could mean for women like me
I vividly remember the moment my hair began to fall out. I was kneeling over a bath, washing it in a hotel room one Saturday evening, getting ready for my friend's 40th birthday celebration. Seventeen days earlier, I'd…
Ultraprocessed foods are the new Tobacco War
Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra processed foods and the tobacco industry when it comes to production, strategy and marketing.
Doing 90 minutes to two hours of weight training per week can greatly reduce the risk of an early death, according to new research . Data gathered from decade…
For months ahead of the World Cup, states and cities have been preparing to protect travelers and local communities from potential threats including foodborne …
Wellness influencers are promoting supplements of cow colostrum, the first milk that mammals produce after giving birth, for advancing immunity and a healthy g…
Tens of thousands more black men aged 45-74 are to be invited for prostate cancer checks as part of an ongoing trial in the UK to find better ways of testing f…
New cases of genital herpes are increasing in England, bucking an overall fall in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the latest data shows. Nearly 29,000…
Brazilian health officials are investigating two suspected Ebola cases in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, potentially the country's first in over 20 years, due t…
Congo confirmed 282 Ebola cases (264 in Ituri province), with a rare strain having no approved vaccine, worsening due to violence and terrain. Only 45% of cont…
The midwife's notes were short and to the point. The three letters - "FOH" - that she had written on a whiteboard next to names of heavily pregnant women were…
A pill has been found to almost double the survival time for advanced pancreatic cancer patients, with experts describing the trial as a game changer. The dru…
Brazil quarantined two travelers with possible Ebola symptoms from Congo, one testing negative, while Congo’s outbreak exceeds 1,000 cases, raising global tran…
Simple checks are spotting young women with silent heart issues that puts them at risk of their heart stopping suddenly, known as sudden cardiac death (SCD), s…
