0159 GMT January 18, 2021
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Iran’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday the total number of coronavirus positive cases approached 1.3 million.
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By Devi Sridhar*
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A long-term study of 1,449 people in Finland found that those who had better scores on standard metrics of cardiovascular health in midlife, especially for behavioral factors such as smoking, had a lower risk of dementia later in life. Yajun Liang of Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.
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The sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump's administration have deprived the people in Iran of having access to medicine even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said the health minister.
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The World Health Organization has an unwelcome but potentially life-saving message for the holiday season: Don't hug.
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Australian and European researchers have released updated, evidence-based guidance for managing iron deficiency, a serious worldwide health problem.
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Iran’s Health Ministry on Saturday reported a slowdown in coronavirus infections, saying that 89 of 160 cities were out of the designated high-risk category.
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US health care workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the government’s vaccine development effort said.
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Added sugar in our everyday diet has long been associated with several health-related issues including obesity and diabetes.
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Evidence suggests several chemical additives in plastic products and packaging are poisoning consumers, harming the environment and undermining recycling initiatives, according to a new study, which calls for the development of safer alternatives, aljazeera.com reported.
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Fragile gains made over the past decade to advance women and children’s health are threatened by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19, according to a new report from Every Woman Every Child.
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