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Opium prices in Afghanistan near historic peaks, mostly benefiting large-scale traffickers
Opium prices in Afghanistan soared to $750 per kilogram in 2024, according to a new report released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This marks a tenfold increase from the $75 per kilogram price in 2022, prior to the de facto Afghan authorities imposing a ban on drugs.
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Australian Man Becomes First to Leave Hospital with Titanium Artificial Heart
In a groundbreaking medical achievement, an Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave the hospital with a titanium artificial heart, a device that is used as a temporary solution for patients with heart failure awaiting a donor heart. This marks a major milestone in medical technology, as previous recipients of the BiVACOR device had remained in U.S. hospitals while it was in place.
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Los peligros ocultos del aclaramiento de la piel en el norte de Nigeria
En el norte de Nigeria, una madre lamenta profundamente haber utilizado cremas para aclarar la piel de sus seis hijos, una práctica habitual en la región. Inicialmente destinadas a ganarse el favor de su familia, los efectos nocivos de las cremas han dejado en sus hijos cicatrices, quemaduras y daños duraderos en la piel. Prácticas para aclarar la piel y efectos nocivos
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Un brote de síndrome de Guillain-Barré afecta a Pune (India)
Cientos de afectados por la parálisis progresiva
Pune (India) se enfrenta a un aumento de los casos de síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB), con unos 160 notificados desde enero. El brote, relacionado con la bacteria Campylobacter jejuni, ha dejado a muchos pacientes en cuidados intensivos y ha suscitado preocupación por las infecciones de origen alimentario.
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El regreso del sarampión: Lo que debe saber sobre sus riesgos, síntomas y prevención
El sarampión fue en su día una enfermedad común en la infancia, pero gracias a las vacunas ahora es poco frecuente en Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, los recientes brotes nos recuerdan lo contagioso que es el virus y la importancia de la vacunación. Veamos los aspectos básicos del sarampión, sus síntomas, los riesgos potenciales y cómo puedes protegerte a ti mismo y a los demás.
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Crece la preocupación por el control de la Casa Blanca sobre la financiación de la ciencia, los investigadores temen sus repercusiones
La creciente influencia de la administración Trump sobre la financiación federal de la ciencia ha hecho saltar las alarmas entre los investigadores, en particular con los esfuerzos para revisar y potencialmente bloquear subvenciones que incluyan lenguaje de diversidad, equidad e inclusión (DEI). Muchos científicos temen que este nuevo escrutinio obstaculice la investigación innovadora y comprometa la ventaja científica de Estados Unidos.
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La Universidad Johns Hopkins lucha contra el drástico recorte de fondos de los NIH
Los drásticos recortes en los fondos de los NIH amenazan la investigación vital
La Universidad Johns Hopkins se ha sumado a una demanda contra los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH) a raíz de una propuesta de política para recortar drásticamente la financiación de la investigación médica. Estos recortes, destinados a reducir los «costes indirectos», podrían detener la investigación crítica y retrasar los avances médicos que salvan vidas. La universidad, junto con otras instituciones punteras, lucha por proteger el futuro de los avances sanitarios.
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Three Ways Forward in a Post Covid-19 World
There are three important ways forward in addressing the pandemic and its impacts on health and wellbeing in the years to come.
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Gender-sensitive Workplace Health Promotion: Why It Is Important and How It Can Be Implemented in Practice
Sex and gender are important determinants of health, but we often lack criteria for effective gender-sensitive work place health promotion. A team at the Austrian Health Promotion Fund are working to overcome these challenges. They have developed 17 criteria and a 62-point checklist for workplace health promotion initiatives.
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COVID-19: the worst may be yet to come
As much of western Europe begins to ease countrywide lockdowns, globally the pandemic may still be in its infancy, with more than 160 000 new cases reported each day since June 25. Individual countries count cases differently, so direct comparisons are difficult, but the numbers illustrate a worrying pattern. At a subnational level the picture is nuanced, with local hotspots, but at a country level the picture is clear—the world is facing a worsening multipolar pandemic.
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Medicine shortages in the EU: causes and solutions
Find out why there is a shortage of medicines, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and how Parliament wants to improve the situation
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Coronavirus Makes Inequality a Public Health Issue
“It may seem like a ridiculous idea but the only way to fight the plague is with decency.” – Dr Rieux in Albert Camus’s 1947 novel, The Plague.
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Study finds functional medicine model is associated with improvements in health-related QOL
In the first retrospective cohort study of the functional medicine model, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that functional medicine was associated with improvements in health-related quality of life. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open.
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NHS treating 5,000 diabetics a day as one in 10 patients now suffer with illness, figures reveal
Hospitals are being deluged by 5,000 type 2 diabetics a day, new figures reveal as one in 10 patients are now suffering from a form of the illness linked to being overweight and inactive.
More than 1.7million people with type 2 diabetes were admitted to hospitals last year, costing the NHS an estimated £22million a day.
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A ‘Cure’ for Ebola but Will it Stop the Outbreak if People Won’t Get Treatment?
While people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are slowly being made aware that scientists have discovered two drugs that are effective in treating Ebola, letting go of the fear and anxiety that has prevailed across the country this year will require more work.
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Why Doctors Hate Their Computers
Digitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients?
On a sunny afternoon in May, 2015, I joined a dozen other surgeons at a downtown Boston office building to begin sixteen hours of mandatory computer training.
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90–90–90 Treatment for All
An ambitious treatment target to help end the AIDS epidemic
By 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status ...
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Incident Management System
To enhance World Health Organisations Emergency Programme (WHE) response capability,
To enhance World Health Organisations Emergency Programme (WHE) response capability, WHE proposed the development of a series of training packages to build staff competencies, skills and knowledge, to enhance deployment and response capability.
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Depression: A Global Public Health Concern
Depression is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease and affects people in all communities across the world. Today, depression is estimated to affect 350 million people.
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Estimating HIV incidence and number of undiagnosed individuals living with HIV in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2015
Since 2011, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence appears unchanged in the European Union/European Economic Area with between 29,000 and 33,000 new cases reported annually up to 2015.
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Establishing a Global Vaccine-Development Fund
As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa continues, albeit at a much lower level than it reached in the spring, we still lack a vaccine that has been shown to be safe and effective.
Much attention has appropriately been directed at major disease targets such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis, and malaria, for which organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust are providing considerable financial support. Similar attention has been devoted to the provision of currently licensed pediatric vaccines, which is supported by GAVI (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization).
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Maternidad en la niñez
Enfrentar el reto del embarazo en adolescentes
Every day in developing countries, 20,000 girls below age 18 give birth. Nine in 10 of these births occur within marriage or a union. This has consequences on the health, education, employment and rights of an untold millions of girls. Full Report also in Español...
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