Medications
EU sounds cry of alarm over resistance to antibiotics
The European Union warned Thursday of a sharp rise in deaths across the 27-nation bloc due to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Nov 17, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Harmful pollution boosting superbug 'silent pandemic'
Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said Tuesday.
Feb 7, 2023
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Health
Why we shouldn't all be vegan
After decades in which the number of people choosing to cut out meat from their diet has steadily increased, 2019 is set to be the year the world changes the way that it eats. Or at least, that's the ambitious aim of a major ...
Jan 16, 2019
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Q&A: Microplastics researcher explains how to limit their dangers
An invisible invasion by land, air and sea: Microscopic plastic pieces are in the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink—bottled or not.
Feb 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says food safe from coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged people not to fear catching the novel coronavirus from food, after Chinese testers found traces on food and food packaging.
Aug 13, 2020
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Experts say endocrine-disrupting chemicals pose global health threat
In an editorial published in Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society, endocrine experts agreed that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) pose a threat to human health and to the ecosystems of the earth. The editorial ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World prone to food-borne disease outbreaks: WHO
The world has become more vulnerable to outbreaks of disease caused by contaminated food because of growing global trade, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
Oct 13, 2011
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Medications
Contraceptive pill associated with increased prostate cancer risk worldwide
Use of the contraceptive pill is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer around the globe, finds research published in BMJ Open.
Nov 15, 2011
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Health
New York's trans-fat ban is working: study
(HealthDay) -- New York City's restriction on the use of trans fats in foods served at restaurants is helping Big Apple residents cut down on the unhealthy fat, a new study shows.
Jul 16, 2012
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Health
The slow decline of fast food in America
The hospitals of the Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri no longer serve fast food in their cafeterias, after ending a contract with McDonald's in 2012—two years ahead of schedule.
Nov 9, 2014
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