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The Invisible Epidemic: How the Digital Workspace is Redefining Occupational Health
When society thinks of "workplace injuries," the images that typically come to mind are dramatic: a fall from a construction scaffolding, a severe burn in a commercial kitchen, or an accident involving heavy manufacturing machinery. We have spent over a century...
Why Personal Appearance Is a Booming Global Market
Personal appearance is no longer a niche interest reserved for celebrities and fashion elites. Around the world, people are increasingly aware that how they look is closely connected to how they feel, how they present themselves, and how they’re perceived by others....
Dangerous Roads in California
According to the National Safety Council, tens of thousands of people die in traffic-related crashes and accidents every year. A high number of related fatalities in California often cause the state to rank on lists about the nation's most dangerous roads. The...
Anavex Life Sciences Reports Advances for Oral Alzheimer’s Disease Medication in Phase IIb/III Trial
Anavex Life Sciences Corp. has announced promising results from its Phase IIb/III clinical trial of blarcamesine (ANAVEX®2-73), an oral Alzheimer's disease medication, at the 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference. The study demonstrated that...
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People in 50s urged to complete bowel cancer screening
Getty ImagesHarry Sekulich2 hours agoThe NHS has urged people in their 50s to test for bowel cancer in response to "low numbers" taking part in screening.Official figures from NHS England suggest a little over half of 54-year-olds completed at-home testing kits last...
Pioneering treatment saves twins in early pregnancy
Identical twins Nancy and Margo benefitted from the procedure while in the womb as part of a world-first medical trial. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
‘People don’t realise how at risk they are’: A day with an ambulance service in a heatwave
Chloe Hayward, Health reporter and Hugh Pym, Health editor1 hour agoSuffering from asthma and a chronic lung condition, 55-year-old Andrew is distressed, overheating and struggling to breathe or talk. Exeter paramedics Connor Gilronan and Charlotte Sherston give him...
A New Option for Long-Term Care Costs
Kelly Haggett figures that a mandatory surcharge added to Washington state’s payroll tax cost her about $500 last year. But she doesn’t really mind. “On a scale of 1 to 10 of my annoyance with taxes in general, this one is about a 2,” she said. “I see the benefits.”...
Vapes to have less enticing names to protect children, under UK plans
Getty ImagesMichelle RobertsDigital health editor3 hours agoPlans to stop vapes being marketed to children have been unveiled as part of a UK-wide consultation to introduce plain packaging, stop the use of enticing flavour descriptions and move vapes out of sight in...
Pioneering treatment saves identical twins from rare pregnancy condition
Brioney GarrettPhilippa RoxbyHealth reporter4 hours agoA pioneering procedure using high-powered sound waves has the potential to treat identical twins affected by a serious but rare condition during early pregnancy, a study has found.Blood flow between babies with...
Motherhood not all warm and fuzzy: Bollywood actor’s play spotlights messier side
Aadyam TheatreGeeta PandeyBBC Correspondent, Delhi7 hours agoThe birth of a baby is celebrated as a moment of joy. But motherhood is not always warm and fuzzy. It can also be messy and untidy.That's what Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin and well-known theatre director...
My Search for a Psychiatric Bed in an Overburdened Health System
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Eight days before my 33rd birthday in April, a social worker at a crisis clinic near Denver determined I was an imminent...
Children keep dying in a country that made huge progress on measles
Azadeh Moshiri, South Asia correspondent, Mymensingh and Aakriti Thapar8 hours ago"I have never seen an outbreak this huge," says paediatrician Dr Mohammed Golam Mawla, as we look around a measles ward in the Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh.Until March this year,...
MenB vaccine offers men no protection from gonorrhoea, claims major study
Getty ImagesSophie HutchinsonHealth correspondent8 hours agoThe Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhoea infections despite being offered to at-risk men, scientists say. The NHS started offering the vaccine to men who have sex with men last year, after...
German doctor jailed for murder of 15 patients and suspected of more
Getty ImagesBethany BellGermany reporter8 July 2026, 14:04 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoA German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients.A court in Berlin found the 41-year-old man, named only as Johannes M. in line with...
More or less protein? The foods to get you through a heatwave
GettyPhilippa RoxbyHealth reporter33 minutes agoAs temperatures exceed 30C (86F) in some parts of the UK this week, the last thing people want to do is turn on the oven.Not only can cooking in hot weather feel like a chore, but many of us find ourselves feeling less...