Ghana’s population can be described as rapidly urbanising and young.
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Ghana’s implementation of key population policies has not been consistent.
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Prophets of the NHS’s demise have been proved wrong year after year.
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Finland aims to be tobacco free by 2030. Could the UK do more to keep the population healthy?
Ozempic, a semaglutide drug being used for weight loss, could impact how society sees fat people.
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As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
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Using AI effectively in healthcare will require retraining of the workforce, retooling health services, and transforming workflows.
Advances in facial recognition technology may have useful applications in healthcare.
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Key to diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is an assessment of certain facial features. A 3D facial scan is expensive but 2D images may offer a solution.
An X-ray image comparing a healthy spine and one showing signs of ankylosing spondylitis.
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Our new study demonstrates the enormous potential that machine learning has to help identify people with AS
While blue, Democratic states are becoming bluer, red, Republican-leaning states are becoming more conservative.
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Idaho, Montana and Florida had the highest population growth among US states between 2020 and 2022.
The aftermath of the 1991 bombing in Omagh, which killed 29 people.
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The long-term legacy can be linked to poor mental health, high levels of suicide and alcohol and drug problems – but also innovation.
Proposed UK surrogacy law changes raise concerns over unequal treatment of birth mothers.
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UK surrogacy law reform: what you need to know about the proposed changes and how they could affect you.
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Parents can feel judged for taking their child to a doctor too soon or too late.
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The problems facing the NHS have been years in the making: a result of poor decision-making, lack of political consensus and chronic underinvestment.
The search and rescue operation for survivors in Hatay, Turkey.
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The window of survival after an earthquake is narrow and there are three top priorities for aid workers.
Exemptions from funding cuts are needed to ensure trans and non-binary people can get medical care.
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The closure of the virtual Connect-Clinic means fewer trans and non-binary people will get the vital health-care services they need.
US health data pioneer Ernest Codman at work on his national registry of patient outcomes, 1925.
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To understand the potential for machine learning to transform medicine, we must go back to the controversial origins of data use in healthcare
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Deep-seated structural issues in the NHS affect all patients, however they particularly impact people with long COVID who are trying to both understand a complex new illness and access healthcare.
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‘See your GP’ is standard advice. But what if you don’t have one? Or yours is shutting up shop? Here’s how to find a new GP who suits you.
The red blood cells were made by extracting stem cells from a blood sample.
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Lab-grown technologies may help change the way certain human diseases are studied and treated.
The COVID vaccine should be available to everyone regardless of gender, sexuality and class.
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LGBT+ people have been eligible to receive COVID vaccines, but lack of ID cards, discrimination, accessibility issues and misinformation have emerged as challenges to do so.
Staff from South Sudan’s Health Ministry pose with protective suits during a drill for Ebola preparedness.
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When tackling an Ebola outbreak speed is a critical element - every hour counts.