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The largest ever study of non-meat diets and cancer risk has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower risks of several cancers ‒ breast, prostate, kidney and pancreatic cancers, …
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Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds a study led by …
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Ottawa/IBNS-CMEDIA: Cervical cancer is now the fastest-rising cancer in Canada, prompting physicians and health advocates to call for urgent national action to reverse what they describe as a growing public …
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A new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered a mechanism that explains how exercise can improve cognition by reinforcing the brain’s protective network of blood vessels, known as the …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate efforts to ensure that millions of people living with cataract can access simple, sight‑restoring surgery – one of the most …
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IBNS-CMEDIA: A new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered a mechanism that explains how exercise can improve cognition by reinforcing the brain’s protective network of blood vessels, known as …
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IBNS-CMEDIA: The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscores the need for continued genomic surveillance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on …
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IBNS-CMEDIA: In a major boost for global public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), a move that strengthens the …
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IBNS-CMEDIA: An economic evaluation published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research has demonstrated that shorter, six-month all-oral treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) are cost-effective and offer …
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Obesity substantially increases the risk of hospitalization and death from a wide range of infectious diseases—including influenza, COVID-19, pneumonia, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infections, and respiratory infections—according to a study of …
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