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Several Ukrainian cities hit in new wave of Russia missile attacks

Lee Dixon - July 9, 2024

Condemning the daytime attacks, the UN’s top aid coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, said that several cities were targeted, including the capital, Kyiv, Kryvyi...

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New WHO guidelines to help millions quit tobacco

Lee Dixon - July 9, 2024

These recommendations are expected to benefit over 750 million adults who want to quit all forms of tobacco including cigarettes, waterpipes, smokeless tobacco products,...

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Buckle up, make a safety statement: UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety

Lee Dixon - July 9, 2024

Under the motto #MakeASafetyStatement, the campaign will also amplify the core messages of the New Decade of Action for Road Safety, which aims to halve...

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Haitian capital’s crippled health system ‘on the brink’

Lee Dixon - July 9, 2024

The Haitian health ministry estimates that almost 40 per cent of facilities providing beds for treatment, including the country’s main university hospital, have shut...

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Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

Lee Dixon - July 9, 2024

Together with vehicle manufacturers and governments, the UN Working Party dealing with advanced driving technology issues has adopted a new regulation that prevents unwanted, sudden...

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‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

Lee Dixon - April 28, 2024

Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and...

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September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Frank Butler - September 12, 2018

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men, striking approximately 165,000 men each year with about 30,000 dying of the disease—...

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Another Word to Add to Your Health IQ: ‘Phthalates’

Kevin Seraaj - March 29, 2018

Most people know that eating out is not only expensive, but it can really pack the pounds on. That's because restaurants often use a...

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How To Stay Young (At Least In Spirit) When You’re Retired

Frank Butler - May 16, 2017

Mohr Keet of South Africa bungee jumped when he was 96, landing himself in the Guinness Board of World Records. Yuichiro Miura of Japan climbed...

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A New Zika Zone in Miami, No Reason to Panic: Scientists

Frank Butler - October 14, 2016

There is a new Zika transmission zone in Miami and five people have been infected. Scientists announced a mile-square patch of northern Miami, around the...

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