A dispute over technology transfer rights pushed the World Health Organization (WHO) to delay…
Category: 6. Health
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Intellectual Property Dispute Stalls WHO Decision On Global AMR Strategy
Nepal, alongside Ethiopia, successfully proposed reopening talks on technology transfer rights, addressed in the WHO’s Global Action Plan on AMR. -

Backward walking study offers potential new treatment to improve mobility and decrease falls in multiple sclerosis patients – School of Medicine News
A team of researchers and students from Wayne State University’s Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Institute of…
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Addition of Palbociclib to Standard Therapy in Hormone Receptor–Positive, HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
By Matthew Stenger
Posted: 2/4/2026 9:42:00 AM
Last Updated:2/4/2026 10:45:21 AM In a phase III trial (PATINA) reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Metzger et al found that the addition of palbociclib to…
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Non-invasive FeNO testing for asthma care
Affecting approximately 262 million people worldwide, asthma is a chronic condition of the lungs that causes airway inflammation.1
Typical symptoms include:
- Breathlessness
- Wheezing
- Coughing
- Chest tightness
When your airways become inflamed,…
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World Cancer Day 2026: UICC Calls for Reflection and Action in ‘United by Unique’ Campaign
Today marks World Cancer Day, a day to focus on “raising worldwide awareness, improving education and catalyzing personal, collective, and government action,” officials said.
The annual observance, led by the Union for International Cancer…
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When Telehealth Prescribing for UTIs Requires Testing – Medscape
- When Telehealth Prescribing for UTIs Requires Testing Medscape
- New guidance on diagnosing UTIs without an in-person exam News-Medical
- New guidance aims to guide UTI treatment in age of virtual health care CIDRAP
- New Guide Aims to Improve UTI Care…
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Vitamins are mostly stable, except minor moves in E and B3
Vitamin demand is subdued and buying activity cautious as suppliers and buyers await new signals following the Chinese New Year. AI generated image Vitamin markets remain broadly stable, with most prices steady and contracts secured for early…
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Surgeons Kept a Man With No Lungs Alive For 48 Hours While Waiting For a Transplant
Surgeons at work on the double lung transplant. Credit: Northwestern Medicine In the spring of 2023, a 33-year-old man arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago with lungs that were rapidly shutting down. What started as…
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Ultraprocessed Food May Raise Cancer Survivors’ Death Risk
Cancer survivors who consumed higher amounts of ultraprocessed foods as part of their diet had a significantly increased risk of both all-cause and cancer-specific death, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &…
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Nitrates in drinking water and meat linked to dementia, but vegetables offset risk
Danish researchers have found that dietary nitrate from vegetables may lower dementia risk. However, they linked the same nutrient found in drinking water and in animal foods to a higher risk.
The study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia followed over…
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