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India Is Using Technology To Give 1.4+ Billion People Access To Healthcare
India's success in providing universal healthcare coverage is a remarkable feat.
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Intake of unhealthy plant foods is associated with higher risk of depression and anxiety
A new study has found that individuals who eat more unhealthy plant foods (such as fruit juices, potatoes, refined grains, and high-sugar foods) have higher risks of depression and anxiety compared to individuals who eat less of such foods.
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Living near a park can reduce your biological age by 2.5 years
Could living near a park make you ‘younger’ than your actual age?
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One Third of Normal-Weight Individuals are Obese
Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that the widely used Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement is less sensitive to define obesity than we thought
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Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals
Google says doctors prefer its answers, even if they’re less accurate.
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CTE: Brain disease diagnosed in female athlete for first time
The degenerative brain disease - chronic traumatic encephalopathy - is linked to contact sports.
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Smart watches may detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms
New UK Dementia Research Institute Research suggests smart watches could identify Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear
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Huge leap in breast cancer survival rate
Women diagnosed since 2010 have a much lower risk of dying than those diagnosed in the 1990s.
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The US documented 3 locally transmitted malaria cases for the first time in 20 years. It's not a reason to panic, but sheds a light on the concerns of climate change
Two cases were confirmed in Florida, and one case was confirmed in Texas, according to local reports, but experts say that there is no evidence there will be widespread transmission.
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90% of patients respond to new blood cancer treatment in trial
Anew cancer therapy developed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Medical Center had a 90% response rate in a new clinical trial, with over half of patients going into total remission. The CAR-T therapy — which arms the body’s own immune cells to fight cancer — was able to send multiple myeloma, an extremely deadly cancer that impacts the immune system, into remission.
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Supermarket trolleys reveal heart problems in shoppers
Special sensors in the handle can detect an irregular heartbeat that raises the risk of stroke.
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Pollution from gas stoves can be worse than secondhand smoke
Gas stoves release benzene, a chemical linked to leukemia.
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Two epilepsy patients’ seizures greatly reduced in stem cell therapy trial
Early results show promise in trial involving injection of lab-grown inhibitory neurons into brain
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Woman found alive in coffin during own wake definitely dead this time
Classy headline
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Annual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other developed countries are growing at an alarming rate
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
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Google Lens can now search for skin conditions
Google Lens is gaining a new feature that allows users to upload photos of skin, hair and nail conditions for relevant search results.
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Britain is ‘recklessly exposed’ to new pandemics, expert warns
Vaccine plans devised during Covid crisis have been systematically dismantled by ministers, says former head of vaccine taskforce
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Scientists Witness Patients' Brains 'De-Aging' After Changing Their Diet
Switching to a diet full of fresh veggies and low in processed foods could do wonders for your brain's biological age, new research shows.
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Cheap Diabetes Drug Slashes Risk of Long COVID, Study Finds
People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for COVID-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long COVID, a US-based study said Friday.
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A daily pill could cut lung cancer deaths in half, new study shows
'50 percent is a big deal in any disease, but certainly in a disease like lung cancer, which has typically been very resistant to therapies.'
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