This is significant progress compared to the 2018 figure of just six per cent, or less than half a billion people, when the ambitious target to eliminate all trans fat from the global food supply by the end of 2023 was initially set by WHO. “Trans fat elimination is attainable, affordable and life-saving, and WHO remains […]
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Partaking in cannabis, a recreational and medicinal substance commonly smoked or ingested, may increase the risk of severe COVID-19, a new study published on Friday found. The research, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal JAMA Network, found that one of the many factors increasing the risk of a severe COVID infection is smoking cannabis. While […]
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Dr. Amir Orlev, a senior cardiac catheterization specialist and director of the cardiology department at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC), was on the way to work when he noticed a man lying on the side of the road. Nobody else paid any attention to him. He called an ambulance, drove him to the hospital, […]
Continue ReadingTwo elderly women in their 80s died at noon on Saturday at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus after allegedly contracting West Nile fever, Maariv reported. At least twenty-five residents of central Israel, the majority of whom are in their seventies, have been hospitalized at Ichilov Hospital and Sheba Medical Center after contracting the deadly virus. […]
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The couple had gone to Maternity Hospital No. 5 in the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine. The facility is known for its comprehensive maternity care and had earned some local fame as the birthplace of quintuplets. But, just after Ms. Chebotar delivered her baby, an air raid alarm sounded over the city, which […]
Continue ReadingThe Health Ministry has warned of the rise in West Nile virus cases this year and called for residents to take increased precautions in a message on Friday. The Ministry announced that since the beginning of May, 19 people had been diagnosed with West Nile virus, of which 17 were hospitalized and three were […]
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The agency’s Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed by the African Region, the Region of the Americas, the Southeast Asia Region, and the European Region. There were no reported cases in the Western Pacific Region, it said in a bulletin issued on Wednesday. Vaccines and resurgence The UN health agency said […]
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When toddlers who grow up in disadvantaged homes reach the age of two or three, they have already fallen behind their peers at the age of birth to the age of two-years-old, who come from privileged homes, in terms of linguistic advancement. The serious lag in language development can be blamed on the lack of […]
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The spurious semaglutides – of a specific brand Ozempic – were found in Brazil, the United Kingdom in October 2023, and the United States in December 2023, and were delivered through a regular supply chain. The WHO’s official notice follows reports of “falsified semaglutide products” across all geographical regions from its Global Surveillance and Monitoring […]
Continue ReadingWith the arrival of summer, the danger of skin cancer increases. Every month, an average of 167 Israelis contract this malignancy. Hundreds of health fund clinics representing all four public health insurers are offering free skin examinations by dermatologists and plastic surgeons during National Skin Cancer Awareness Week from Monday, June 24, through Sunday, […]
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