WHO confirms elimination of trachoma in South Asia
The world moved closer to eliminating trachoma this month after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed India and Pakistan ...
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How the 'Pink Tax' inflates prices on women's personal care products
Article: The “Pink Tax” and Gender Price Disparity in Personal Care. Image Credit: Firn / Shutterstock The Pink Tax means women pay ...
LSHTM receives £2.8m grant to tackle hidden malaria in India
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have been awarded £2.8m to study factors sustaining malaria ...
Public health experts urge universities and schools to ban alcohol industry-funded education programs
Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry-funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they ...
Hot climates worsen chronic kidney disease outcomes
Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared ...
New classification of tuberculosis aims to improve focus on the early stages of disease
A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has ...
From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech
For Endometriosis Awareness Month, NewsMedical interviewed Audrey Tsang, CEO of Clue, a world-leading menstrual tracking app hosting over 10 million users ...
Antimicrobial resistance prevalence tied to patient age and sex
A person's age and sex are correlated with the chance that they have a bloodstream infection caused by a bacterium ...
International collaboration reveals alarming rise in global obesity
The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global ...
UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry opens special-care dental clinic in South Texas
The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has opened a special-care dental clinic, the first of its kind in ...
