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World Health Day 2026: Lyon Summit Unites Science and Policy Health

World Health Day 2026: Lyon Summit Unites Science and Policy

The WHO marks World Health Day under the banner 'Together for health. Stand with science,' as France hosts the One Health Summit in Lyon and the inaug...

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How Chronic Wounds Work—and Why They Won't Heal Health

How Chronic Wounds Work—and Why They Won't Heal

Chronic wounds affect millions worldwide and cost healthcare systems billions annually. Here's how normal healing breaks down, why oxygen starvation t...

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How GLP-1 Drugs Work—and Why They Do More Than Expected Health

How GLP-1 Drugs Work—and Why They Do More Than Expected

GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide mimic a gut hormone to curb appetite and lower blood sugar, but emerging research shows they may also protect...

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What Is BMI and Why Experts Say It's Flawed Health

What Is BMI and Why Experts Say It's Flawed

Body mass index has guided medical decisions for decades, yet scientists and physicians increasingly warn that this 200-year-old formula misclassifies...

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New Drug and Blood Test Could Transform Preventive Medicine Health

New Drug and Blood Test Could Transform Preventive Medicine

Baxdrostat shows breakthrough results for resistant hypertension in Phase 3 trials, while the Galleri multi-cancer blood test detects over 50 cancer t...

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How Cartilage Works—and Why It Can't Heal Itself Health

How Cartilage Works—and Why It Can't Heal Itself

Cartilage is the smooth, rubbery tissue that cushions every joint in the body, yet it is one of the few tissues that cannot repair itself after damage...

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Sweeping Reforms Proposed to Tackle Billions in Healthcare Deficit Health

Sweeping Reforms Proposed to Tackle Billions in Healthcare Deficit

A government expert commission has presented 66 reform proposals aimed at closing the statutory health insurance funding gap of over 15 billion euros....

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COVID Variant 'Cicada' Confirmed in the Czech Republic: What We Know Health

COVID Variant 'Cicada' Confirmed in the Czech Republic: What We Know

A new COVID variant, BA.3.2, nicknamed 'Cicada,' has been confirmed in the Czech Republic. It is characterized by increased resistance to antibodies....

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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Sharply Cut Depression and Anxiety Health

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Sharply Cut Depression and Anxiety

A landmark Swedish study of over 95,000 patients published in The Lancet Psychiatry finds semaglutide users experienced 42% lower risk of worsening me...

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What Is Resistant Hypertension and Why It Won't Drop Health

What Is Resistant Hypertension and Why It Won't Drop

Resistant hypertension affects millions whose blood pressure stays dangerously high despite three or more medications. New research points to hidden h...

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How E-Cigarettes Work—and What Science Says Health

How E-Cigarettes Work—and What Science Says

E-cigarettes heat nicotine liquid into an inhalable aerosol instead of burning tobacco. The science on whether they help smokers quit—or create new he...

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Sarcopenic Obesity Increases Mortality by 83% Health

Sarcopenic Obesity Increases Mortality by 83%

A 12-year follow-up study has found that the combination of abdominal fat and low muscle mass – sarcopenic obesity – increases the risk of all-cause m...

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