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Charity using art to help rehabilitate inmates
A charity is supporting the rehabilitation of prisoners by offering them the opportunity to create and sell their own artwork.Prisoners at HMP Erlestoke, in...
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Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia and currently affects more than seven million people in the United States. Some available treatments can...
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WHO and the Netherlands renew their partnership on climate change and health
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have renewed their strategic partnership in addressing the growing impacts of climate change...
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Top-rated mental health trust asked to save £24m
Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse in east London, said she had written to the trust to express her fears."At this moment,...
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Your brain may be wired to regain lost weight
For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t...
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Signing ceremony for contribution agreements between WHO and France
Geneva 17 October 2024 – This afternoon, His Excellency Mr Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva, and WHO...
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Initiatives aim to help breastfeeding difficulties
The charity said the initiative an new equipment would "improve access to breastfeeding support, remove financial barriers for families, and help mothers across the...
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Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
Aging is the strongest known risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, yet researchers still do not fully understand which molecular changes associated with getting older...