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Centuries-old conditioning techniques are remaking bone, muscle and skin at a cellular level. Modern science is only just catching up.

The goal is ambitious: a single vaccine that works not just against all known human coronavirus variants, but against related bat viruses that could jump from animals to humans and cause future pandemics.

The approval of Elahere will help hundreds of women who have treatment-resistant cancer by delaying cancer progression and prolonging life.

The practical message is simple: treat hay fever, but choose the treatment carefully. Anyone concerned about taking antihistamines regularly should ask a pharmacist or GP to review their options.

Offering more options for screening can help detect cancer earlier or prevent it altogether.

For decades, successfully targeting the central mechanism that causes the vast majority of pancreatic cancers was considered impossible. However, that narrative is rapidly changing with a new drug that can shut down the key protein that drives pancreatic cancer, nearly doubling survival rates for patients with advanced stages of the disease.

The findings of the National Family Health Survey-6 underscored the growing burden of obesity and lifestyle-related diseases in India, particularly in the southern states.

Artificial intelligence is approaching, and in some cases exceeding, doctors’ ability to make accurate diagnoses. However, AI does not know what you have been through or what risk trade-offs you are willing to accept. It cannot acknowledge uncertainty the way a good doctor can, returning to it with you as your circumstances change.

Beyond diabetes and obesity, GLP-1 drugs have now earned regulatory approval in several new areas. A trial of more than 17,000 people found semaglutide cut the risk of serious heart attacks and strokes by 20 per cent, even in people without diabetes.

A key reason wearable health devices may increase anxiety for some people comes down to a mismatch in expectation and what the device says.

Social media influencers are spruiking cycle syncing as a more natural way for women to manage negative symptoms, such as period pain, and be more in tune with their bodies.

Neighbouring Andhra Pradesh recorded the second-highest Caesarean section rate in the country at 52.2 per cent, while Nagaland reported one of the lowest rates at 13.2 per cent.