Bad food choices: Clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options
South Africans have a hard time figuring out which foods are unhealthy when they go shopping. But this is about to change.
Nov 14, 2023
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South Africans have a hard time figuring out which foods are unhealthy when they go shopping. But this is about to change.
Nov 14, 2023
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With one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) incidences (368 cases/100,000 population) in the African region, Mozambique is particularly affected by the TB epidemic. Drug-resistant TB is also a major problem, with 4,800 new ...
Nov 13, 2023
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The first new antibiotic for gonorrhea—the second most common sexually transmitted disease—has shown promise in a clinical trial.
Nov 3, 2023
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An international research consortium led by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has tested a rapid new analytical tool which needs just a blood sample from the fingertip.
Oct 31, 2023
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Each year, more than 2,500 Australians die from diseases linked to eating too much salt.
Oct 30, 2023
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The world of medicine has made remarkable strides in diagnosing and treating various health conditions, but when it comes to many women's health issues, progress is lacking.
Oct 18, 2023
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Thousands of deaths and heart attacks could be prevented—and billions of Kenyan shillings saved—if the country restricted trans fat in food to World Health Organization (WHO) limits, according to research by the George ...
Oct 18, 2023
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A research team from the School of Public Health in LKS Faculty of Medicine, of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), reviewed large-scale meta-data covering more than 4.4 million people, and concluded that red meat consumption ...
Oct 10, 2023
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The burden of non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes is increasing globally, especially in low-income and middle-income countries where they occur alongside epidemics of communicable diseases like HIV. A ...
Oct 4, 2023
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HIV self-test kits were developed to make it easier for people to access HIV testing. However, our research team has found that many people who use self-test kits do not go on to receive needed HIV treatment or start preexposure ...
Oct 3, 2023
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