Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
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China has emerged as the leading centre for clinical development and testing of a new generation of CAR-T-cell therapies that could eventually be used against cancer and autoimmune diseases, according to an
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Millions of people were unable to follow basic COVID-19 protections because they lacked adequate housing, social protection or access to public services, according to a new international study published by The Lancet.
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The Government of Fiji has declared a national emergency to address a rapid increase in HIV infections, seeking to contain the virus and protect public health. The health crisis, first evident in
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Chinese researchers have developed what they describe as the world’s smallest CT scanner, a portable machine weighing just 6kg (13.2lbs) and designed to produce detailed images of small fossils, archaeological relics and
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Drug shortages in public hospitals in Sri Lanka has been an endemic problem for decades and the reasons for this are many and varied. Political interference, bureaucratic ineptness, funding shortages, policy issues,
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Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Mahishini Colonne highlighted opportunities for closer bilateral cooperation at the Ambassadors’ Conference on Healthcare Technologies and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, held on 08 September 2026 in New Delhi
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Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has turned his daughter’s devastating medical crisis into an extraordinary test of an experimental therapy, after doctors transferred mitochondria from her leg muscle to her eyes in an
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For more than a century, the idea of replacing a failing human organ with one taken from an animal has hovered between medical ambition and science fiction. Now, advances in genetic engineering
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A genetically modified pig kidney functioned in a human patient for 271 days before being removed and replaced with a human donor organ, marking the longest recorded survival of an animal-to-human kidney
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Australia has confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a mammal, after the highly pathogenic virus was detected in a long-nosed fur seal in South Australia, authorities said on Sunday.
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Germany has become Europe’s largest regulated cannabis market since partially legalising the drug two years ago, with imports surging even as conservative politicians warn that the reform could increase health risks and
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Several years ago, psychiatrist Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell began noticing a striking change among teenage girls and young women arriving for their first psychiatric sessions. Instead of waiting anxiously to hear whether a professional
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Sri Lanka’s government has announced revised salary scales for medical officers and specialist doctors while disclosing fresh figures on the number of doctors who have travelled overseas in recent years, as Parliament
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