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Pediatrics

Detecting anemia earlier in children using a smartphone

Researchers at UCL and University of Ghana have successfully predicted whether children have anemia using only a set of smartphone images.

Mar 3, 2023

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Health

Pollutants in soil can harm your heart

While it's more widely known that polluted air can harm human health, another danger may be lurking at your feet.

Jul 4, 2022

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HIV & AIDS

What we can learn from HIV to help end this pandemic

COVID-19 isn't the first time the world has had to deal with a global pandemic—and it won't be the last. But lessons learned from previous disease outbreaks, such as HIV/AIDS, play a key role in providing the tools and ...

Mar 7, 2022

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Overweight & Obesity

More children aged 8–17 trying to lose weight than a decade ago, including children of a healthy weight

Over a quarter (26.5%) of children reported trying to lose weight between 2015 and 2016, a 5% increase over 1997 and 1998, finds new research from the University of Oxford. The largest increases in weight loss attempts were ...

Jul 18, 2022

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Medical economics

Study calls for fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines

To stretch the supply and accelerate global vaccination against the coronavirus, a team of economists is calling for the testing of fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Their findings are published in the Proceedings of ...

Mar 7, 2022

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Health

Pollution's deadly toll continues unabated

Pollution continues to kill approximately 9 million people around the world on an annual basis, according to a follow-up study to a landmark 2018 report by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, a global research ...

Jun 20, 2022

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Other

Pfizer Q1 revenues jump 77% to $25.7 bn on Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer reported another quarter of huge revenues growth because of its COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, but lowered the company's full-year profit forecast due in part to shifts in foreign exchange.

May 3, 2022

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Medications

WHO recommends antiviral drug for patients with non-severe COVID-19 at highest risk of hospital admission

The antiviral drug molnupiravir is conditionally recommended for patients with non-severe COVID-19 who are at highest risk of hospitalization, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ today.

Mar 2, 2022

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Oncology & Cancer

Research finds global surge in cancers among the under 50s over past three decades

There's been a striking 79% increase in new cases of cancer among the under 50s around the world over the past three decades (1990–2019), finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Oncology.

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