Brits will get free vouchers for losing weight in new obesity plans
Brits to be bribed with cinema tickets and shopping vouchers under No10’s obesity plans with overweight adults given Fitbit-style watches to monitor their food intake and exercise levels New ‘lose pounds to get £s’ system will dish out points based…
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Study finds nearly 42,000 sources of toxic "forever chemicals" that could be polluting water bodies
A new study by Environmental Working Group scientists finds almost 42,000 potential sources of the toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS that could be polluting surface water or drinking water in communities across the U.S. The study bolsters EWG's long-running…
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New deep learning algorithm can pick up genetic mutations in colorectal cancers more efficiently
A new deep learning algorithm created by researchers from the University of Warwick can pick up the molecular pathways and development of key mutations causing colorectal cancer more accurately than existing methods, meaning patients could benefit from targeted therapies with…
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Unvaccinated federal workers in Canada will be put on unpaid leave – Globe and Mail
FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau watches the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being extracted while he visits a vaccination clinic at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec,…
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Noted COVID-19 researchers reminde that poor countries must be vaccinated to end pandemic
Two well-known vaccine researchers, Dame Sarah Gilbert, one of the co-developers of the Oxford vaccine and Richard Hatchett, head of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, have issued a reminder to the world that the pandemic will not end unless…
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Long-term survival improving for kidney transplant patients
If you’re a kidney transplant patient, your chances of living a longer life are improving. That’s according to a recent review published in The New England Journal of Medicine. It showed that the five-year survival rate of transplant recipients who…
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Long COVID can last a year; many sufferers quit jobs
(HealthDay)—Patients suffering from “long COVID” can have symptoms that last a year or more, putting their jobs and everyday routines in jeopardy, a new study finds. Looking at more than 150 people with long-lasting effects from COVID-19, researchers said the…
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Areas with higher 1968 influenza pandemic mortality have lower COVID-19 deaths
A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* demonstrates the influence of prior infectious outbreaks in a large population on succeeding pandemic outcomes. This paper demonstrates that places in the United States that suffered higher numbers of deaths in…
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This Is How Lori Harvey Does Skin Care
All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. At this point, it should come as little surprise that any celebrity would launch…
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Malaysian doctor says he's created the world's first unisex condom
Malaysian doctor says he’s created the world’s first unisex condom using wound-dressing material and claims ‘once it’s on, you don’t realise it’s there’ The Wondaleaf Unisex Condom was designed by Dr John Tang Ing Chinh It is made from 0.03mm-thick medical…
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