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Struggling with sleep? Samsung Health's latest update promises more personalised guidance

Samsung Electronics has announced a major update to its Samsung Health app, making Sleep Coaching easier to access by reducing the amount of sleep data required to get started.

Eating sugar while on antibiotics? New study raises concerns about gut health

Eating sweets while taking antibiotics may worsen the harm done by the drugs to the normal community of bacteria in the gut, a new study found.

High Cholesterol? Eating oats for just 2 days may help lower LDL levels

A short-term oat-based diet appears to be surprisingly effective at reducing the cholesterol level.

This everyday snack could hold a clue to diabetes prevention, study finds

New research suggests that peanuts may do more than provide calories, with specific fatty acids associated with peanut consumption linked to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Children facing a growing obesity crisis? WHO issues new global guidelines

Child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of youngsters in the five-to-19 age group, according to the UN World Health Organ ...

Plague's deadly past exposed: Ancient outbreaks hit humans 5,500 years ago

Researchers have reconstructed the earliest known plague genomes, showing for the first time that early forms of the disease caused deadly outbreaks around 5,500 years ago — long be ...

Plague panic in Russia? Authorities probe suspected death

The death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was fol ...

Nearly 200 under quarantine after Russian lab worker dies in plague scare

Health authorities have placed nearly 200 people under quarantine in Russia’s Siberian Irkutsk region after a laboratory worker reportedly died from plague, according to media repor ...

WHO's big health update: Global life expectancy nearly back to pre-COVID levels

People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said ...