WHO/UNICEF report on formula milk marketing
More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF: New report details exploitative practices employed by $55...
AI could worsen existing health inequities
Data-driven technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful tools demonstrating potential in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as skin cancer. Yet these could...
Discovery of central building block in immune cells
Autoimmune diseases are triggered when the immune system malfunctions and attacks the body's own structures. Although there is not, as yet, any cure for such...
Diet, malaria and substance use linked to Pacific preterm births
Diet, malaria and substance use linked to Pacific preterm births. A new Curtin University study has found diet, malaria, substance use and a lack of...
Long Covid breathing device
Handheld breathing device could reduce breathlessness and improve physical fitness in long COVID patients: New research presented at The Physiological Society's Long COVID: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and...
Covid protection for vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe
Covid prevention campaign launched for vulnerable communities in Zimbabwe: A public health expert at the University of Wolverhampton is working in collaboration with the University...
The USA’s 2022 fentanyl epidemic
The USA's 2022 Fentanyl Epidemic: Headlines have been full of reports on COVID-related fatalities, but there’s something as contagious that’s responsible for even more deaths...
Diseased male livers undergo sex-change
Diseased male livers undergo sex-change: The livers of men diagnosed with hepatic diseases change sex as part of a potential self-protective mechanism, according to University...
WHO vaccine hub recipients
WHO announces first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub with strong support from African and European partners: At the European Union - African Union summit...
Haskap berries for running endurance
Haskap berries could hold the key to endurance runners' success: A recently discovered edible berry has the potential to improve the performance of endurance runners...
