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London -
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Hospital's at-home team are deploying a new AI-enabled wearable device to remotely monitor patients after they are discharged from the hospital.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Dozens of tourists celebrating the lunar new year at an upmarket ski resort in northeastern China have been struck down by novovirus, the winter vomiting bug, the tour operator admitted.
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By AFP
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro left hospital Wednesday, ending a 17-day hiatus at the helm of Latin America's biggest economy during which several high-profile political issues were put on the backburner.
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By AFP
Geneva -
More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through excessive use of smartphones and other audio devices, the UN warned Tuesday, proposing new safety standards for safe volume levels.
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By AFP
Sanaa -
Newborn Yemeni conjoined twins whose plight sparked a plea for urgent medical treatment overseas died in Sanaa Saturday, rebels in the blockaded capital said.
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By AFP
Sanaa -
Newborn Yemeni conjoined twins whose plight sparked a plea for urgent medical treatment overseas died in Sanaa Saturday, rebels in the blockaded capital said.
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By AFP
Sanaa -
Newborn Yemeni conjoined twins whose plight sparked a plea for urgent medical treatment overseas died in Sanaa Saturday, rebels in the blockaded capital said.
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By AFP
Fpo -
Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone call saying information about his condition had been published online.
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By AFP
Apo -
More than 500 people have died from the latest outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo, but a vaccination programme has prevented thousands more deaths, the country's health minister told AFP.
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The Internet of Things has numerous applications in healthcare, ranging from remote monitoring to smart sensors and medical device integration. Such technology can aid patients to keep safe and healthy.
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By AFP
Lyon -
French health authorities warned Friday of a surge in measles cases at the Val-Thorens ski resort, one of the highest in the Alps and a popular destination for both French and foreign tourists.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Instagram late Thursday announced it is clamping down on images related to self-injury such as cutting.
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By AFP
Paris -
Women are less successful in receiving research funding than men if the selection process focusses on the scientist making the pitch rather than the science presented, according to new research released Friday.
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By AFP
Apo -
A Saudi medical team has offered to treat Yemeni conjoined twins following a plea from doctors in Yemen's blockaded rebel-held capital for the newborns to receive specialist care abroad.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canadian diplomats who suffered from mysterious health complaints while they were posted to Cuba in 2017 are suing Ottawa for taking too long to evacuate them and provide them treatment, reports said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Paris -
Suicides have fallen globally by more than a third since 1990, according to a far-reaching analysis released Thursday that highlighted profound differences in the number of men and women taking their own lives.
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By AFP
Washington -
President Donald Trump's call for a bipartisan commitment to eradicate HIV in the United States within a decade has been welcomed by experts and advocacy organizations even as major challenges remain.
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By AFP
Sulaymaniyah -
Umra Abbas Ammour, 60, dreamt of safety as she and her family fled jihadists in eastern Syria, but hours after reaching US-backed forces her son, daughter and granddaughter were all dead.
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By AFP
Washington -
Women tend to outlive men and stay mentally sharp longer, and a new study out Monday could explain why: female brains appear on average about three years younger.
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By AFP
Paris -
A sharp increase in the rate of obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned Monday.
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By AFP
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ill in hospital with a feeding tube Sunday following surgery days ago to remove a colostomy bag fitted after he suffered a knife attack late last year.
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By AFP
Bejing -
China's corruption watchdog on Saturday said it had disciplined more than 80 officials linked to a vaccine scandal last year that inflamed public fears over the safety of domestically produced drugs.
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By AFP
Warsaw -
Several EU countries on Friday seized and destroyed suspect beef from a Polish slaughterhouse where allegedly sick cows were butchered, despite assurances from Warsaw that the meat did not pose a health risk.
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By AFP
Warsaw -
Poland exported nearly three tons of beef from illegally slaughtered cattle to ten of its EU partners, the country's chief veterinarian said on Thursday after a TV report showed sick cows being butchered for food.
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By AFP
Lille -
A French court on Thursday upheld a decision by doctors to withdraw life support for a man kept alive in a vegetative state for a decade, after the latest legal challenge by the patient's parents in a divisive right-to-die case.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
Canada is slashing staff at its Cuba embassy after another diplomat was diagnosed with a mysterious brain injury that has affected several dozen North American envoys to the island, the government announced Wednesday.
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By AFP
Paris -
Thousands more people living in Britain are at risk of dying from heart attacks and strokes in the decade after Britain leaves the European Union as the cost of imported fruit and vegetables soars, new research warned Tuesday.
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By AFP
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Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, underwent surgery Monday to successfully remove a colostomy bag attached after suffering a serious abdominal wound in a knife attack while campaigning last year, his office said.
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By AFP
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Confidential data of 14,200 people diagnosed with HIV, mostly foreigners, has been stolen and leaked online in Singapore, authorities said Monday, the second massive data breach in the city-state within months.
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By AFP
Paris -
To defeat the intertwined pandemics of obesity, hunger and climate change, governments must curb the political influence of major corporations, said a major report Monday calling for a 'global treaty' similar to one for tobacco control.
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Nora Berra - France's junior health minister. Wikipedia - author, Furound
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Illustrated account of the circumcision ceremony of Sultan Ahmed III's three sons. Wikipedia.org
Aedes Aegypti mosquito From the USDA website
Making sex selective abortions a murder charge will only increase illegal abortions and also make access to safe abortion difficult for women, who already do not have many choices regarding their own reproductive rights. World Bank
Screen dump from the Merck website showing the words "Be well" in their logo. Merck PR
The new biosensor patch developed by a UCSD team The Journal of Analytical Chemistry
CDC: You are the one who manages your diabetes day by day. Talk
to your doctor about how you can best care for your diabetes
to stay healthy CDC
The O'Brien family, with Greg O'Brien at the far left of the photograph. Courtesy of Greg O'Brien
Variety of healthy food on the street market in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Tender Beef braised in Burgundy Wine with Portabella Mushrooms, Onions, Rosemary and Thyme served over Egg Noodles and Asparagus
Indian woman with child Emilio Cordón Fernández
15m protesters in Málaga, Spain against cuts to the social health system Carlos Matesanz
15m protesters in Málaga, Spain against cuts to the social health system Carlos Matesanz
James Tracy of Community Housing Partnership speaks to those assembled at press conference at City Hall for the Health Care Services Masterplan legislation, sponsored by SF Supervisor David Campos at 12 Noon on Nov. 1, 2010
A computer was better than human dermatologists at detecting skin cancer in a study that pitted human against machine in the quest for better, faster diagnostics, researchers said JOE RAEDLE, GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
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