A study by a team in Finland has found that coffee drinkers tended to have less total and abdominal fat, more muscle, and healthier metabolic markers, despite having similar BMIs. Higher coffee intake ...
In March 2024, a pivotal clinical trial was launched to evaluate what might well become the first new tuberculosis vaccine on the market in more than a century. As anticipation mounts for the trial to ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new pancreatic cancer drug, a pill that nearly doubled patients’ average survival times for one of the deadliest cancers when taken instead of ...
The plan for the reformation of Kenya’s universal healthcare coverage that was implemented in 2023 – passed and approved within a record six weeks – is almost identical to one the country tried to ...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health says that despite global supply-chain pressures having a huge impact on local essential medication stock, and resulting in shortages, every effort was being made ...
Researchers have found a way to slash the processing time for 3D-printed zirconia crowns from as much as 100 hours to under 30 minutes. The advance could eventually let dentists print strong, ...
In a case so rare it has not yet been contemplated by Queensland surrogacy laws, a woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents last year, reports The Guardian. She had ...
An estimated 1.5m (29%) people with HIV were 50 and older – and the numbers are growing, according to The Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing’s 2026 report, highlighting how profoundly the global HIV ...
Experts say that shoulder imaging can over-diagnose common problems, and that asymptomatic structural changes in this area are common, especially with ageing, reports Medscape. In fact, conservative ...
Despite early cancer screening helping to save lives, most South Africans on medical aid who qualify for this have not used the benefits, and often get diagnosed late, leading to exorbitantly ...
Until now, it was unclear if statins – commonly prescribed for high cholesterol in people up to age 75 to lower heart attack and stroke risk – were effective in older people. But last week, research ...
Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health has held talks with the United States Embassy in Tanzania on the implementation of a health-sector co-operation agreement between Tanzania and the US, valued at around $3 ...
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