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Why do women go through the menopause – are there any evolutionary benefits? Source link

This representational image shows a doctor checking a patient’s blood pressure. — Pexels A new study has found that intensive management of high blood pressure through medication and lifestyle coaching can significantly reduce the risk of developing dementia. Researchers in China and the United States found that individuals receiving intensive interventions experienced a 15% lower risk of dementia compared to …

Josh Parry LGBT & identity reporter Getty Images James’s career went from Drag Race star and into the mainstream, appearing in the West End and on various TV programmes. The sister of James Lee Williams, better known as The Vivienne, says her family only learned of the drag performer’s battle with ketamine addiction after watching Drag Race UK. In an …

A representational image showing a health worker administering polio vaccine drops to a child. — AFP/File 44,000 parents refused vaccination in last drive. Majority refusals from Karachi East, says Kamal. Over 25,000 police deployed for polio teams. KARACHI: Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Monday disclosed a rather alarming detail concerning the anti-polio efforts and revealed that environmental samples have …

In an NHS survey, 48% of men said they felt pressure to “tough it out” when it came to potential health issues. Source link

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif administers polio drops to a child on April 20, 2025. — Radio Pakistan  Govt making efforts to eliminate poliovirus once and for all: PM. He praises efforts of frontline health workers for their dedication. Says robust measures taken to ensure safety of polio teams. LAHORE:  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday formally launched a seven-day nationwide …

RNIB As well as an influencer, author, broadcaster and RNIB ambassador, Lucy Edwards is hoping to become a mum Blind content creator and TikTok star Lucy Edwards says she’s “so excited” to be on a health kick to undergo IVF for gene editing purposes, but reveals the dilemma she faced in deciding to screen out the very gene that made …

The logo of the World Health Organisation is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The White House, under the United States President Donald Trump’s administration, has launched a COVID-19 website blaming the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticising Democratic former president Joe Biden, former top US health …

Alison Holt Social affairs editor James Melley Senior social affairs producer BBC “A victory for common sense” or “devastating” –  the contrasting reactions to the statement by five Supreme Court judges that legally the term “woman” means a biological woman. Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set the country on a long, …

Devonay Pena comforts her 13-month-old daughter, Jaqi Herrera, after Herrera received her first dose of the MMR vaccine at the City of Lubbock Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, US, February 27, 2025.— Reuters The US government released new data this week showing that rates of autism diagnoses among US children reached record highs in 2022. Autism is a neurological and …