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July 1, 2024 4:06 PM

Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’

Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts. Many of them have been...

June 30, 2024 5:04 PM

Researchers find how precision radiation treatment supports in lung cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center recommend intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) over 3D-conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) for treating locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Thei...

June 29, 2024 7:23 PM

Why extreme heat may call for using a different sunscreen

Sunscreens are not all the same, and with temperatures reaching record highs, you may want to reconsider which one you are using, experts say. The two major types – mineral and chemical – handle the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays differently, and d...

June 28, 2024 4:57 PM

Climate change boosted deadly Saudi haj heat by 2.5 C, scientists say

The heatwave in Saudi Arabia blamed for the deaths of 1,300 people on the haj pilgrimage this month was made worse by climate change, a team of European scientists said on Friday. Temperatures along the route from June 16 to 18 reached 47 degrees Ce...

June 28, 2024 5:08 PM

Dire need to combat drug addiction, only one in 11 addicted get treatment: UNDOC

Highlighting the dire need to combat drug addiction, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime stated that there is a concerning rise in global drug use and the emergence of potent new synthetic opioids. Synthetic opioids are substances synthesiz...

June 27, 2024 4:55 PM

Girl dies of malnutrition in Gaza as Israel bombs north and south

Another child died of malnutrition in northern Gaza overnight and six people were killed and several wounded in renewed Israeli bombing of residential areas of Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said on Thursday. In the southern city of Rafah...

June 27, 2024 2:47 PM

Researchers identify vascular changes in brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at Mayo Clinic and their associates have identified specific molecular markers that indicate disruptions in the blood-brain barrier. This discovery could pave the way for new methods to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease. What is blo...

June 26, 2024 5:34 PM

New Israeli MRI Technique Offers Hope for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a groundbreaking magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that could revolutionize the early detection of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. The innovative m...

June 26, 2024 5:18 PM

Wake up Call for South Asia; 45% adults at risk of disease due to physical inactivity:WHO

Nearly 31% of adults worldwide and 45% in South Asia are not doing enough physical activity, posing a growing threat to health across the world, a major study said on Wednesday. The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adul...

June 26, 2024 1:07 PM

UN warns of overdose deaths after Afghan opium production plummets

The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths as heroin users switch to synthetic opioids already proving deadly in Europe, a U.N. report said on Wednesday. The culti...

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