3 d. ago Wonder pill that cancer patients take at home could help them respond to chemotherapy better, study finds

The researchers looked into the body's immune system - white blood cells - which produce a protein called heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1).

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6 d. ago Weight loss pill that helped patients shift 12% of body mass may soon be on NHS

A weight-loss tablet, which could be a cheaper and easier alternative to jabs and has seen patients during a trial lose up to almost 2st, could soon be available on the NHS

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6 d. ago Daily pill helps patients lose 12% of body weight in early trial

Results of study suggest orforglipron could be a simpler, cheaper alternative to injectionsA daily weight-loss pill has been shown to help patients lose about 12% of their body weight, according to the results of a clinical trial.The drug, made by the American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, is a GLP-1 agonist – a type of medication that helps lower blood sugar levels, reduces appetite and slows digestion. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Daily weight loss pill that works like Ozempic helped users lose almost TWO STONE in groundbreaking trial

People taking the new wonder drug orforglipron lost an average of 12.4 per cent of their body weight after 72 weeks and benefited from reductions in bad cholesterol, blood fats and blood pressure.

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7 d. ago Pill that costs just pennies a day linked to decreased risk of dementia, study suggests

Doctors are exploring an old, affordable diabetes drug as a possible way to help prevent dementia using real-world data from millions of patients.

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8 d. ago Talking therapy for back pain can help patients for up to three years – study

Chronic lower back pain is a common problem.

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3 w. ago Diet that sheds weight fast by eating MORE: This easy plan was made to help cancer patients

At the age of 65, I have reached crunch point. I'm sick of weird diets and I'm seriously fed up with feeling hungry. I'm also really hacked off at still being fat

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3 w. ago ‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaignersIn late October 2022, as protests over 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody swept across Iran, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, a father of three, was racing through alleyways in the city of Bukan, in western Iran, carrying medical supplies to secret clinics where doctors treated injured demonstrators in defiance of the state.Many of the wounded were too afraid to seek hospital care after reports of secret police patrolling wards, interrogating patients and detaining injured protesters. By helping, Babamiri, a 47-year-old fruit and vegetable farmer, did not see himself as a revolutionary but simply as someone doing what was right, says his daughter, Zhino. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The martial art which is helping Parkinson’s disease patients overcome their symptoms

Capoeira is considered both a martial art and a dance, combining ritual, exercise, spirituality and music

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4 w. ago Parkinson's patients in Brazil turn to a movement practice known as capoeira to ease symptoms

A Brazilian physical therapist has been leading a unique project in Rio de Janeiro since 2018, trying to help patients with Parkinson's disease with capoeira classes

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