Category: 4. Health

Repeated weight loss followed by weight regain, often called “yo-yo dieting” or weight cycling, has long been viewed as unhealthy and potentially even worse than staying overweight. However, a major new review published in The Lancet Diabetes &…

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1. W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency  The New York Times
2. WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, Uganda a global health emergency  Al Jazeera
3. Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of…

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1. Westmoreland health authorities heighten hantavirus surveillance  Jamaica Observer
2. CARPHA assures Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius cruise ship not pandemic potential  IRIE FM
3. Health Ministry, Carpha deny hantavirus has reached T&T  Trinidad…

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1. Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaks  AP News
2. ‘You only have so much space’: the limits of reducing infection risk on cruise ships  The Guardian
3. How outbreaks at sea have been helping to shape the…

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Scientists have discovered that a powerful cancer-linked protein does more than fuel tumor growth. It also helps cancer cells survive by repairing damaged DNA, a finding that could eventually improve treatments for some of the deadliest cancers.