Category: 6. Health

Introduction

In clinical settings, chronic wounds are characterized by a lack of healing or any signs of improvement beyond four weeks.¹ A recent systematic review and meta-analysis reported that, worldwide, two to three individuals per 1000…

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Olubukola Ayodele, Breast Cancer Lead at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Re-thinking Prevention in Breast…

[DAKAR, LONDON, SciDev.Net] Senegal has launched a nationwide, multisectoral response to tackle a growing outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF), warning affected communities against risky self-medication.

The coordinated campaign brings together…

A new potential antibody therapy strategy which restricts the growth of treatment-resistant breast cancers has been developed by scientists.

The King’s College London discovery, published today, could provide new treatment options…

In a Chinese phase III trial (PHENIX) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Tu et al found that sentinel lymph node biopsy…

A new study led by Flinders University has found that being exposed to bright light at night can significantly increase the chances of developing serious heart problems, including heart attacks, strokes and heart failure.

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Survival rates for children with multi-metastatic Ewing’s sarcoma — a kind of bone cancer which has spread to multiple parts of the body — are ‘dismal’, scientists say. The five-year survival rate for children with this cancer is…

In response to the growing demand from countries seeking to strengthen mental health services for children and young people, including school-based interventions, WHO and partnering governments have launched a multi-country knowledge exchange and…