Changes in biology of internal fat may be the leading cause of heart failure

Distribution of gifts to cancer patients on International Childhood Cancer Day 2025. Photo: WHO 1 September 2025 – Globally, 400 000 children are diagnosed with cancer annually, which means 3 children are diagnosed with cancer every 4 minutes. Of these cases, 90% occur in low- and middle-income countries, where only a fifth of diagnosed children survive. In contrast, children born in high-income countries have a more than 80% chance of surviving childhood cancer. The difference in survival rates is one of the most significant inequalities across cancer types. Behind each statistic is a child’s story. To ensure these stories shape policies and inspire change, the voices of survivors must be heard. During the recent national childhood cancer stakeholder workshop held in Egypt, 4 cancer survivors explained how their journeys shaped their perceptions of the gift of life and spoke about the tremendous efforts by health care providers and their families to relieve their pain and uncertainty. They said the peer support they received and the social bonds they developed with other childhood cancer survivors brightened the most difficult days. The workshop was inaugurated by H.E. the Minister of Health and Population Dr Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar who listened attentively to the speakers. In 2018, Read more...

The widely used diabetes drug metformin changes blood metal levels in humans. The Kobe University study is an important step in understanding the drug's many actions and designing better ones in the future.

If you're wondering why your spring allergy symptoms never went away, it's possible you are suffering from spring… into summer… into fall allergies.

US-based online store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin gummies to Australia. This comes after a rise in reports of non-fatal overdoses in Western Australia in children who took these popular supplements.

This summer, TikTok and Instagram feeds have been full of a new ritual: "checking the UV." Gen Z content creators are tracking the daily UV index—not to avoid the sun, but to head outside when it's strongest for what they see as the "optimal" tan. At the same time, some social media influencers are spreading claims that sunscreen is harmful or unnecessary, a trend that has dermatologists increasingly concerned.

Concerned about the ability of artificial intelligence models trained on data from urban demographics to make the right medical diagnoses for rural populations, West Virginia University computer scientists have developed several AI models that can identify signs of heart failure in patients from Appalachia.

For the first time in Australia, an independent committee is considering whether Medicare should fund gender-affirming surgery for trans adults (those aged 18 and over).

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In sports such as wrestling, boxing, rowing, weight lifting and the martial arts, athletes are grouped by weight to make things fairer.

If your social life has been lived out in Zoom calls since the height of the pandemic, Labor Day weekend is prime time for a reboot.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now providing real-time, daily publication updates on adverse event data from its reporting system.

New research from the University of Aberdeen challenges the current view that trauma in childhood increases the risk of all health conditions. The study found instead that some conditions are more affected than others and women are more affected than men.

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A new treatment has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial led by a UCL Professor.