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4.9 Million Children Died Globally Before Turning 5 In 2024, Estimates Study
A series of five research papers published in The British Medical Journal estimate that globally, 4.9 million children died before turning five in 2024, including 2.3 million neonatal deaths.
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One-Fifth Of Global Population Will Be Obese By 2025
A study published on Friday by British medical journal The Lancet has revealed that in 2025 a fifth of the world population will be obese if the rate of overweight people continues to increase at the current rate.
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Reducing Sugary Drinks Cuts Calories, But Only A Few: Study
Studies from Britain and Mexico suggest reducing sugar in sweetened drinks or taxing it more to cut consumption can help people limit their calorie intake and lower their risk of developing diabetes, but not by much.
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Women Still Outnumbered In Medical Leadership By Men With Mustaches, Study Finds
If our headline made you think this study must be kind of a joke, you're right! But it's the kind of joke you have to laugh at to keep from crying. And it's actually a real study.
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Zombie Apocalypse Study Makes Top Scientific Journal
Are you afflicted by a shambling gait, a tendency to moan and the desire to bite and eat flesh? Watch out -- you could be becoming a zombie, according to the respected British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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Know Who's Testing You at the Free Health Camp? It Could Be a Layman
It is not always a doctor who is checking people - blood sugar, blood pressure, haemoglobin and other parameters - at the free health camps in India. The prestigious medical journal from UK, British Medical Journal, better known as BMJ, says it is mostly unlicensed sales representatives.
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Maternal Mortality Cut By Almost Half in 25 Years: United Nations
Deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes have fallen by almost half across the world in the past quarter century, but only nine countries have achieved the targets set by the UN, a report by UN agencies and the World Bank said today.
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This Diet Reduces Weight and Controls Cholesterol
What could be better than an all-in-one weight loss diet? A recent study at St. Michael's Hospital showed that a modified Atkins diet, called "Eco-Atkins" diet, can be effectively used to reduce weight and lower the risk of developing heart diseases.The...
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BMJ on Health in South Asia
In South Asia, which contains a quarter of the world's population, half the population live below the poverty line. Some 34% of the world's child deaths occur in the region, which has almost two thirds of the global burden of malnutrition. Of the nearly 4 million child deaths a year over two thirds are attributable to infection. In addition, India ...
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Access to important medical journals
The World Health Organization and reputed publishers have recently launched the "Access to Research" internet initiative for the developing countries. Thousands of doctors, researchers, health policy-makers and others in about 70 developing countries will therefore have free access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical literature....
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4.9 Million Children Died Globally Before Turning 5 In 2024, Estimates Study
A series of five research papers published in The British Medical Journal estimate that globally, 4.9 million children died before turning five in 2024, including 2.3 million neonatal deaths.
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One-Fifth Of Global Population Will Be Obese By 2025
A study published on Friday by British medical journal The Lancet has revealed that in 2025 a fifth of the world population will be obese if the rate of overweight people continues to increase at the current rate.
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Reducing Sugary Drinks Cuts Calories, But Only A Few: Study
Studies from Britain and Mexico suggest reducing sugar in sweetened drinks or taxing it more to cut consumption can help people limit their calorie intake and lower their risk of developing diabetes, but not by much.
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Women Still Outnumbered In Medical Leadership By Men With Mustaches, Study Finds
If our headline made you think this study must be kind of a joke, you're right! But it's the kind of joke you have to laugh at to keep from crying. And it's actually a real study.
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Zombie Apocalypse Study Makes Top Scientific Journal
Are you afflicted by a shambling gait, a tendency to moan and the desire to bite and eat flesh? Watch out -- you could be becoming a zombie, according to the respected British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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Know Who's Testing You at the Free Health Camp? It Could Be a Layman
It is not always a doctor who is checking people - blood sugar, blood pressure, haemoglobin and other parameters - at the free health camps in India. The prestigious medical journal from UK, British Medical Journal, better known as BMJ, says it is mostly unlicensed sales representatives.
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Maternal Mortality Cut By Almost Half in 25 Years: United Nations
Deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes have fallen by almost half across the world in the past quarter century, but only nine countries have achieved the targets set by the UN, a report by UN agencies and the World Bank said today.
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This Diet Reduces Weight and Controls Cholesterol
What could be better than an all-in-one weight loss diet? A recent study at St. Michael's Hospital showed that a modified Atkins diet, called "Eco-Atkins" diet, can be effectively used to reduce weight and lower the risk of developing heart diseases.The...
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BMJ on Health in South Asia
In South Asia, which contains a quarter of the world's population, half the population live below the poverty line. Some 34% of the world's child deaths occur in the region, which has almost two thirds of the global burden of malnutrition. Of the nearly 4 million child deaths a year over two thirds are attributable to infection. In addition, India ...
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Access to important medical journals
The World Health Organization and reputed publishers have recently launched the "Access to Research" internet initiative for the developing countries. Thousands of doctors, researchers, health policy-makers and others in about 70 developing countries will therefore have free access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical literature....
