Health

South Africa to roll out vaginal rings to fight HIV scourge

Shawdesh desk: A ‘revolutionary’ vaginal ring to prevent HIV is soon to be rolled out in South Africa — which has the largest epidemic of the virus in the world,

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S’poreans eating too much salt, more than one in three now has high blood pressure

Shawdesh desk: SINGAPORE – Nine in 10 Singaporeans are consuming too much salt, and the rate of hypertension has almost doubled since 2010, latest data show. More than a third

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Disease X could bring next pandemic, kill 50 Million people, says expert

Shawdesh desk: A UK health expert has said that Disease X, the name given by World Health Organisation (WHO), can cause another pandemic deadlier than Covid-19. In an interview to

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US experts carry out second pig-to-human heart transplant

Shawdesh Desk: A 58-year-old man this week became the world’s second patient to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart, the latest milestone in a growing field of

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Long Covid may cause changes in multiple organs, research suggests

Shawdesh Desk: A third of people hospitalised with Covid-19 have ‘abnormalities’ in multiple organs months after getting infected, a UK study said on Saturday, potentially shedding light on the elusive

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Global leaders discuss healthier future for all: Top 5 fast facts

Shawdesh Desk: Some 4.5 billion people, more than half the global population, do not have enough access to essential health services, an issue that world leaders and ministers will tackle

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Bystanders less likely to give women CPR: research

Shawdesh Desk: Bystanders are less likely to give life- saving CPR to women having a cardiac arrest in public than men, leading to more women dying from the common health

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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 19 new cases in 24hrs

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh reported 19 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,045,593, according to the Directorate

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