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Hope for baldness? Research suggests a new therapy may be effective 2023

Androgenetic alopecia—male or female pattern baldness—is difficult to cure. Disrupting the complicated human hair cycle can cause hair loss. Hormones, genetics, and aging induce this. Androgenetic alopecia can be treated with oral finasteride, topical minoxidil, growth factor concentrate-platelet rich plasma (GFC PRP), and hair transplant by follicular unit extraction (FUE), so developing expensive and risky…

Study shows 1.3 billion will have diabetes by 2050

Estimates published in the medical journal The Lancet show that the number of individuals who have diabetes would more than quadruple by the year 2050 as a result of global aging and increased body weight. This places millions of additional people at risk of developing harmful illnesses. The vast majority of diabetics suffer from Type…

Free Health Mission Affects 300,000 Oyo Residents 2023

There have been no fewer than 300,000 Oyo State citizens who have benefited from the free health mission that Omitutun is doing across the state. In comparison to earlier periods of the outreach, the second quarter of it, which ended on Thursday at Ring Road Specialist Hospital in Ibadan, saw an increase in the number…

Long Covid’s Mental Health Issues Draw HHS Response 2023

A Biden administration effort introduced Wednesday focuses on long-term Covid users’ mental health. The Biden administration’s Health and Human Services Department links lengthy Covid to anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, tiredness, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The HHS wants to improve mental health diagnosis and treatment for long-term Covid patients. Long-term COVID can cause physical and mental…

Gloucestershire Police reduce mental health callouts 2023

Gloucestershire police will minimize mental health calls. The force will join a nationwide program that limits mental health calls to life-threatening situations. It adopted the Met Police’s scheme first. Mental health organisations worry the new strategy may endanger the most vulnerable. Chris Nelson, Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), claims mental health calls require “many…

Daytime naps improve brain health: Study 2023

According to University College London researchers, short daytime naps promote brain function and reduce brain atrophy. A research reveals that daily 30-minute naps improve brain function. Short naps slowed aging by three to six years, since the nappers’ brains were 15 cubic centimeters bigger. Scientists recommend naps under 30 minutes. (Those 20-minute power naps may…

Health facilities in Egypt are smoke-free 2023

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, has permanently outlawed smoking “in all its forms” at all curative, preventative, and rehabilitative health facilities. This regulation protects residents from smoking-related health problems. According to Ministry of Health and Population spokeswoman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the minister’s decree also bans smoking in ministry premises and related…

How life & health insurers can improve health outcomes and close the protection gap 2023

The global health crisis has illuminated the significance of population access to healthcare and the need for individuals to take proactive measures to preserve their health and well-being. Nonetheless, it has contributed to the widening of the protection gap, particularly for vulnerable groups, as a result of the exacerbated cost of living crisis, job losses,…

CodeBlue Launches Survey On The Mental Health Of Health Workers 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought mental health to the forefront, with Malaysia reporting at least three sudden deaths among health care personnel within the past two years. The Selangor state health department recently confirmed the fatalities of two Klang-based healthcare workers on June 4 and June 6 (one was a 32-year-old doctor who worked at…

Cyber Crime Cell Investigates CoWIN Data Breach: Health Ministry 2023

The Hindu Business Line reported that the Union health ministry, despite asserting that CoWIN data has not been compromised, plans to file an FIR against the intrusion that may have originated from another database. “We will submit a case with the Cyber Crime unit today or within the next two days. However, CoWIN data has…