HEALTH NOTES: With age comes body confidence Women in their 60s are more confident about the way that they look than any other age group, a poll has suggested. More than two-thirds of women aged 60 to 70 said they feel confident about their appearance, compared with only about half of twentysomethings. The 70-to-79-year-old age […]

Researchers find people with mental health problems and depression are at the greatest risk of stroke People with severe depressive symptoms have ‘given up on life improvements’  Researchers believe screening for mood disorder genes could avoid strokes  Depression and other mental health problems may put sufferers at increased risk of a stroke, two studies have […]

How learning to swim aged 30 helped me defeat the chronic pain I’ve suffered for 14 years There was a man in front of me in the pool, hanging on to a foam float for dear life. He was kicking his feet frantically, splashing water in my face in the process. I tried to step […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its malaria policy guidelines to recommend the use of nets treated with a combination of insecticides, in what researchers say could be a game-changer in the global fight against the disease if managed effectively. Malaria is a leading cause of illness and death in many of the world’s […]

Researchers have developed a molecule that is, when administered nasally, extremely effective in preventing the disease caused by all known variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The molecule can be a key tool in preparing for future pandemics, as it is aimed at preventing both the transmission and spread of the virus. In laboratory animal studies, […]

A multinational, phase 3 clinical trial – TALAPRO-2 – tested whether the combination of two medicines, talazoparib and enzalutamide, may improve clinical outcomes in adult men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Treatment with talazoparib and enzalutamide resulted in a 37% reduced risk of cancer progression or death, compared to treatment with placebo and enzalutamide. The […]

Paris, France — Forty years after the creation of TULIPE, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that gathers funds from pharmaceutical companies to provide an emergency response during times of crisis, in 1982, NGO representatives and TULIPE partners have reviewed the healthcare situation in Lebanon, which is “sinking into the depths of a black hole,” according to […]

The risk of long-term health problems, hospitalization and death after a COVID-19 infection diminishes among those who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid within five days after testing positive, according to an analysis of federal health data by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care […]

Illustration: Megan Robinson/Axios State efforts to control health costs through public options are stalling in the face of resistance from providers and lackluster enrollment, even as talk of a federal version recedes. Why it matters: The states' underwhelming attempts offer an ominous warning for lawmakers seeking to lower health costs: Insurers and providers aren't going […]

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimated. That’s up from 1 in 44 two years earlier. But […]