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🍼 A baby has been born in Ohio from a 30-year-old frozen embryo - the longest-known preserved embryo to result in a live birth.

📰 Read more: medfest.org/news
#IVF #Embryo #HealthNews #MED

📢 This week in #medicine:

🍼 Baby born from 30-year-old frozen embryo
🥾 15 mins of brisk walking cuts death risk by 20%
🔥 New cellulose burn dressing stops bleeding
🧠 MS signs may appear 15 years before diagnosis
💰 UK junior doctors strike over pay
🥵 Fans may worsen heat stress in older adults

Brisk walk, longer life 🚶‍♀️💨 Just 15 minutes of brisk walking a day linked to 20% lower risk of death, new US study finds.

🔗 medfest.org/news/brisk-15-minute-daily-walk-linked-to-20-lower-death-risk

#HealthNews #BriskWalk #Longevity #HeartHealth

💔 New Danish study finds people with long-term grief are up to 5x more likely to need mental health care—and face nearly 2x higher risk of death over 10 years.

📰 Read more: medfest.org/news/people-with-ongoing-grief-use-more-healthcare-and-face-higher-death-risk/

#MentalHealth #Grief #PublicHealth

🦟 Chikungunya outbreak in China sparks global WHO alert

4,000+ cases in 2 weeks raise fears of wider spread. WHO urges surveillance and mosquito control.

More - medfest.org/news/chikungunya-outbreak-in-china-sparks-global-warning-says-who

#Chikungunya #WHO #GlobalHealth #InfectiousDisease #China

Just three nights of poor #sleep = increased heart risk 💔

A new Swedish 🇸🇪 study finds even short-term sleep loss increases inflammation linked to heart disease

Read more: medfest.org/news/just-three-nights-of-poor-sleep-can-harm-heart-health-swedish-study-finds

#heart #health #medicine

👶 U.S. fertility rate drops to 1.6 children per woman - the lowest on record

CDC cites delayed parenthood, rising costs & lack of support. Experts warn long-term social & economic impacts.

Read more - medfest.org/news/10000-steps-no-longer-needed-for-health-boost-new-study-finds

🚶‍♂️ 7,000 steps is the new 10,000 - A new study shows just 7K steps/day can cut your risk of chronic disease and early death. Less hustle, same health boost!

📰 Read the full story: medfest.org/news

#healthnews #Fitness #StepCount

📢 This week in #medicine:

🚶 7K steps/day = big health gains
👶 US fertility rate drops to record low
🛌 3 nights of bad sleep raises heart risk
🦟 Chikungunya outbreak in China sparks WHO alert
💔 Grief linked to higher death & healthcare use

🔗 medfest.org/news

🧬 Measles is back in the US - in a big way! 1,288 cases so far this year - the highest since it was declared eliminated in 2000. CDC warns falling vaccination rates are putting the country’s disease-free status at risk.

More: medfest.org/news
#Measles #Vaccines #CDC

💉 Huge progress in HIV prevention: WHO has endorsed lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection that works like a “vaccine” to stop HIV before it starts

🌍 More here: medfest.org/news
#HIV #Lenacapavir #WHO #GlobalHealth

📸 The world’s biggest body scan study just hit 100,000 scans! The UK Biobank has now imaged 100K volunteers—linking brain, heart & body scans to genetics and health data.

🧠 Read more: medfest.org/news/worlds-...

#UKBiobank #MedicalResearch #FutureOfHealth

📢 This week in #medicine -

🇰🇷 S Korea med students end 17-month boycott
🧠 UK Biobank hits 100K scans in world’s largest imaging study
🐶 Dogs sniff out Parkinson’s w 82% accuracy
💉 WHO backs 2x year HIV prevention shot
🧬 US measles cases hit 25-year high

🔗 Read more: medfest.org/news

🧠🐶 Dogs can detect Parkinson’s disease with 82% sensitivity and 100% specificity, UK study finds - years before symptoms appear

Read more medfest.org/news/trained-dogs-can-sniff-out-parkinsons-in-skin-odour-with-82-sensitivity/

#Parkinsons #HealthNews #MedicalResearch

🇰🇷 After 17 months, South Korea’s med students are ending their class boycott.

Over 8,000 walked out in protest of a gov’t plan to expand med school admissions. That plan’s now scrapped — students are headed back.

📖 Read more: medfest.org/news

#SouthKorea #MedEd #HealthcarePolicy

🚶‍♂️ Daily Walking Reduces Chronic Back Pain Risk by 25%

A new study finds that adults who walk just over 100 minutes a day are significantly less likely to develop chronic low-back pain. Simple movement, big impact.

Full story 👉 medfest.org/news
#backpain #walkingbenefits #prevention #healthnews

🦠 Scientists are turning herpes into a cancer fighter.

A modified herpes virus shows early promise in treating skin cancer—targeting cancer cells while sparing healthy ones. Approval could be near.

🔗 Read more at medfest.org/news
#cancer #virotherapy #healthnews #herpes #science

👶 Switzerland approves first malaria treatment made for newborns under 11 lbs — a dissolvable, baby-friendly formula designed to protect the most vulnerable.

🦟 A big step forward in the fight to save infant lives.
🔗 Read more: medfest.org/news
#malaria #globalhealth #childhealth #healthnews

This week in #medicine

👶 First antimalarial approved for newborns
🧬 Measles surging in U.S. amid vaccine hesitancy
🦠 Herpes virus may treat skin cancer
🚶 Walking cuts chronic back pain risk
🦟 Dengue spike in Bangladesh: 3 dead, 492 hospitalized

🔗 More at medfest.org/news
#healthnews #globalhealth

🚨 #Measles cases are surging across the U.S. 🚨

More than 1,280 cases have already been reported this year - the highest in over 30 years. Texas and Florida are seeing the biggest outbreaks. Experts say dropping vaccine rates and misinformation are to blame - medfest.org/news

#PublicHealth #MMR

🦟 Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh leaves 3 dead and nearly 500 hospitalized in just 24 hours - Hospitals are overwhelmed as monsoon rains fuel a surge in mosquito-borne infections across the country

📖 More @ medfest.org/news

#dengue #publichealth #Bangladesh #mosquito

This week’s health news – 6 July 🗞️

😷 Flu emergency hits South Australia
🛂 Med grads blocked from U.S. residencies
🧠 New brain cells found in older adults
🩸 Blood filter may remove microplastics
💔 Air pollution linked to hidden heart damage

Full stories at medfest.org/news

This week's news for the 29th June -

🦴 #viagra may help bones stay strong as we age
💉 New #hiv shot protects for 6 months
❌ U.S. cuts global #vaccine aid
⚠️ #cyberattack at UK hospital linked to patient death
💪 #bariatricsurgery doubles self-esteem in a year

Full stories at medfest.org/news

This week's news for the 22nd June -

⚖️ Syrian doctor jailed for war crimes
👃 AI detects Parkinson’s via earwax
🧠 Gen Z leads peer mental health push
🧬 NHS to DNA test all newborns
💰 WHO warns of health funding crisis

Full stories at medfest.org/news #medicine #news