Category Archives: Health

“””MENTAL HEALTH MOVES FROM PRIVATE STRUGGLE TO PUBLIC PRIORITY

Governments and health systems are beginning to treat depression, anxiety and psychological distress as central [...]

“””CHRONIC DISEASE BECOMES THE WORLD’S SLOW-MOVING EMERGENCY

Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung illness are reshaping global health, demanding long-term care [...]

“””PREVENTION RETURNS TO THE CENTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

As chronic disease and medical costs rise, governments are rediscovering an old lesson: the cheapest [...]

“””HEALTH SYSTEMS FACE A GLOBAL TEST OF TRUST, COST AND RESILIENCE

From chronic disease to climate shocks and aging populations, the world’s health systems are being [...]

A URINE TEST THAT MAY PICK THE RIGHT UTI ANTIBIOTIC IN UNDER SIX HOURS

A new study suggests doctors could move from guesswork and waiting days for lab cultures [...]

FIRST HUMAN TRIAL OF CELLULAR “REJUVENATION” MARKS A TURNING POINT FOR ANTI-AGEING MEDICINE

A closely watched clinical study is set to test whether partial cellular reprogramming can safely [...]

EXPERIMENTAL PANCREATIC CANCER PILL DELIVERS STRIKING SURVIVAL GAIN, RAISING HOPES AND HARD QUESTIONS

Topline Phase 3 results from Revolution Medicines suggest daraxonrasib could become one of the most [...]

WHO URGES COUNTRIES TO EXPAND NEW TB DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS IN PUSH FOR EARLIER DETECTION

The United Nations health agency is calling for wider use of near point-of-care tests and [...]

PANCREATIC CANCER TREATMENT SHOWS RARE BURST OF MOMENTUM AS APRIL DATA LIFTS HOPES

New results around daraxonrasib and elraglusib have given one of oncology’s deadliest diseases an unusual [...]

WHO BACKS NEW TB DIAGNOSTIC TOOLKIT IN PUSH FOR FASTER DETECTION

The recommendations issued around World TB Day aim to bring tuberculosis testing closer to patients [...]