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PEPFAR, the acclaimed anti-HIV program, faces loss of funds as part of U.S. aid pause

NPR Health

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

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UNC Health Southeastern updates maternity ward with a focus on comfort

NC Health News

By Heidi Perez-Moreno Border Belt Independent When Mary Campbell gave birth to her first daughter in 2021, her maternity room at UNC Health Southeastern was cramped and loud. The hospitals thin walls did little to muffle the sounds of crying babies and foot traffic in the hallways, and Campbell could barely nap during her 36-hour stay. But when Campbell, who works as an emergency room nurse at the hospital in Lumberton, had her second child last month, her experience was very different.

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Cooling green roofs seemed like an impossible dream for Brazil's favelas. Not true!

NPR Health

Temps soar in Brazil's summer (from December to March). Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for a favela home.

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What is Guillain-Barré Syndrome? Explained

The Hindu

Guillain-BarrSyndrome is an autoimmune neurological disorder in which a persons immune system attacks their peripheral nerves, leading to muscle weakness that can progress to paralysis

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Surgeon preferences may explain differences in CABG survival rates

News Medical Health Sciences

In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- versus single-arterial grafting may help explain the differing results between prior retrospective analyses and randomized controlled trials regarding long-term survival.

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India’s preeminent cardiac surgeon K.M. Cherian passes away

The Hindu

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How has India revised obesity parameters?

The Hindu

India revises obesity guidelines after 15 years, emphasizing body fat distribution and health risks for Asian Indian populations.

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New dye offers breakthrough in deep tissue imaging and cancer therapy

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new dye that can strongly absorb second near-IR radiation and transform it to heat.

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Union Budget 2025: Health experts hope for less GST on medical goods, better funding for R&D, inclusion in PMJAY from age 60

The Hindu

Increasing healthcare spending to 2.

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How fruit fly genetics could change the fight against mosquito diseases

News Medical Health Sciences

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

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Pakistan detects first Mpox case at Peshawar airport in 2025

The Hindu

Pakistan reports first Mpox case in 2025 at Peshawar airport, triggering public health response and contact tracing efforts.

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Transition from irrigation with untreated wastewater to treated wastewater and associated benefits and risks

NPJ Clean Water

npj Clean Water, Published online: 26 January 2025; doi:10.

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Union Health Ministry team to assess Guillain-Barré outbreak in Pune

The Hindu

Union Health Ministry team supports Maharashtra in assessing Guillain-Barr outbreak in Pune, with 73 cases reported, including ventilator support.

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Molecular Hydrogen — The Powerful Antioxidant You've Never Heard Of

Mercola

Editor's Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published August 25, 2024. In my ongoing quest to deliver the most effective strategies for optimizing your health, I had the pleasure of speaking with Tyler W. LeBaron, Ph.D., one of the world's foremost experts on molecular hydrogen. LeBaron, founder of the Molecular Hydrogen Institute , is an accomplished marathon runner and strength athlete who pushes his body to extremes that most of us can't imagine.

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Kidney transplant racket in Hyderabad: nine arrested

The Hindu

Among those arrested were Siddamshetty Avinash, general surgeon, Guntupally Sumanth, MD of Alakananda Hospital, Ponnuvasmy Pradeep and Suraj Mishra, mediators from Karnataka as well as several medical assistants

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New procedure standard/practice guideline released for fibroblast activation protein PET

News Medical Health Sciences

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) have issued a new procedure standard/practice guideline for the use of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) PET.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Gut Health

Mercola

Gut health plays in pivotal role in your overall well-being a topic I explored in-depth in my interview with Dr. Vincent Pedre, an internist with a focus on functional medicine and gut health. Our discussion covered the intricate connections between your gut microbiome, diet, antibiotics and chronic diseases, revealing why your gut is often the cornerstone of chronic health issues.

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Study shows how the sound affects balance in people with vestibular hypofunction

News Medical Health Sciences

The vestibular system is a network of organs in the inner ears that detects the motions and position of the head.

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Household nutritional support can avert 0.36 million TB deaths

The Hindu

A new modelling study suggests that over 361,000 deaths and over 880,000 new TB cases can be averted by 2035 at 50% coverage with nutritional support to TB patients and household contacts

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Study reveals impact of fava bean proteins on sensory cells in the mouth

News Medical Health Sciences

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have for the first time investigated how protein structures derived from fava beans affect a cellular model of human oral tactile cells.

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CIA believes COVID most likely originated from lab but has low confidence in its own finding

The Hindu

The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns

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Gaza's life expectancy halved amid ongoing conflict

News Medical Health Sciences

Life expectancy in the Gaza Strip has been nearly cut in half (-46.3%) since the current war began in October 2023, according to new estimates published in The Lancet.

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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website

NPR Health

A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.

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Dying cells trigger a lethal cascade in sepsis

News Medical Health Sciences

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell. Their findings could lead to a new understanding of this dangerous illness.

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How will federal health 'black out' affect bird flu response?

The Hill

President Trump ordered a blackout for federal health agencies, which bans them from publishing external communication, but this cut-off could leave health care professionals and the public unable to appropriately respond to the increasing spread of bird flu. The virus has been rapidly spreading among birds, wreaking havoc on the poultry industry. A strain has begun circulating among livestock as well.

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CIA shifts theory on COVID origin: Reports

The Hill

The Central Intelligence Agency said COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China in a Saturday statement, pivoting from a previously neutral stance just a few days after Director John Ratcliffe was sworn in, multiple outlets report. CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting, a CIA spokesperson shared in a statement to NBC News.

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