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A representational image showing a person going through cold. — Unsplash/File A common cold, that is typically caused by rhinovirus, has the ability to cause a runny nose, congestion, coughing as well as sneezing. Signs that it’s more than a cold include a sore throat, chills, diarrhoea, nausea and throwing up, reported Health. If your symptoms improve, then your body …

BBC Olimata felt like “a shell of a human”, when she had anorexia, as a teenager Lives are being lost and families torn apart because of “woefully inadequate care” for people with eating disorders, according to a group of MPs. The “alarming” rise in disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, over the past decade, has now become an “emergency”, the …

More than 130 people used the UK’s first drug consumption clinic in the facility’s first week. The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow opened on 13 January, letting people take substances under supervision. Cllr Allan Casey, the city convener for addiction services, said it had been an “intense first week” for staff, with 131 users. There were no medical emergencies …

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). “Oooh, that’s a big one,” the newly inaugurated US president said as he approved the document after arriving back at the White House. It was one of dozens of executive actions he put his signature to on …

President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic. In an executive order issued about eight hours after he took the oath of office, Mr. Trump cited …

A host of hospital building projects in England are being delayed with some having to wait up to 14 years before work starts, the government says. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the plans – which formed part of a 2019 election promise by the Conservatives for 40 new hospitals by 2030 – were not affordable. He accused the Tories of …

Getty Images The first study to assess how weight-loss drugs affect the whole of human health has discovered an “eye-opening” impact on the body, researchers say. The analysis, involving about two million people, linked the drugs to better heart health, fewer infections, a lower risk of drug abuse and fewer cases of dementia. The US researchers also warned the drugs …

A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in East Sussex, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. First detected in central Africa, this variant of the virus appears to transmit more easily between people. Symptoms include pus-filled lesions, fever, headaches and low energy. The individual is now under specialist care at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS …

PA Media Ruvimbo Kaviya was left unable to eat because of the pain caused by her tumour A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw a tumour removed through her eye socket using keyhole surgery. Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, from Leeds, had a meningioma removed from the space located beneath her brain and …

Health officials collect swab samples from people to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Karachi on September 14, 2020. — AFP Ensure timely reporting of cases from hospitals: health dept Officials are directed to reinforce IPC practices.  Dept directs for dissemination of info about symptoms of diseases. KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has directed all the district health offices to …