Category: Health

It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are babies born so helpless? In 1960, an American anthropologist laid out an influential explanation rooted in human evolution. As our early ancestors began walking upright, Sherwood Washburn argued in 1960, they evolved a narrower pelvis to make walking long distances more efficient. At the…

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From October the city’s sexual health service will be run by two private companies. Source link

Health 25 July 2023, 6:19 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that India’s pharmaceutical exports this fiscal year are set to grow nearly twice as fast as last year to hit sales of $27 billion, driven by strong U.S. buying, a government-backed trade body told Reuters, despite deaths linked to Indian-made cough syrups.  Market Impact…

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A woman waits to be tested by medical staff, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 20, 2020. Picture taken April 20, 2020. — Reuters Fearing more cases to come, World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday said that a 28-year-old man had tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus…

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Three people have died from a listeria outbreak in the state of Washington, the Department of Health there reported on July 21. A total of five adults over 60 years of age are known to have developed “severe infections” from Listeria monocytogenes (listeriosis), including the three who died.  All five had “compromised immune systems,” the…

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Business & FinanceDealsHealth 21 July 2023, 6:41 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Thorne HealthTech Inc (THRN.O), a provider of at-home health tests and nutritional supplements, is exploring a sale.  Market Impact Thorne’s shares ended trading on Friday up 12.9% at $5.95 on the news, giving the company a market value of $320 million….

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