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Surviving a Gulf August: What Actually Works Against Extreme Heat

Heat illness is one of the most preventable medical emergencies there is, and most of the popular advice about it is either useless or actively wrong. The humidity is what changes the arithmetic.

Aug 8, 2026/4 min read

A city street shimmering with heat haze in intense summer sun

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A Chewing Gum That Cut Oral HPV by up to 93 Percent

An engineered gum reduced HPV and nearly eliminated two bacteria linked to head and neck cancer. It is early work, and the delivery method is the genuinely clever part.

Aug 6, 2026/4 min read

Chewing gum tablets beside laboratory glassware

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High Blood Sugar Damages You Over Decades. Low Blood Sugar Can Do It Before Lunch

Diabetes care is organised around bringing numbers down, which makes it easy to forget that the acute danger points the other way. The ADA defines three levels of hypoglycaemia, and the third one requires another person.

Aug 6, 2026/4 min read

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The WHO Has Put Fungal Infections on the Danger List

New guidance targets a threat the agency calls one of the most neglected in global health. The problem is not just the infections, it is how few drugs exist to treat them.

Aug 4, 2026/5 min read

A laboratory technician examining culture plates

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The Conversation About Fasting With Diabetes Should Happen Two Months Before Ramadan, Not During It

The IDF and Diabetes and Ramadan International Alliance stratify patients into low, moderate and high risk, and updated the calculator for 2026. The assessment is meant to happen six to eight weeks ahead, which is when almost nobody books it.

Aug 3, 2026/4 min read

An iftar table at dusk with dates, water and a glucose meter

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Saudi Surgical Teams in Gaza Show What Medical Relief Looks Like in Practice

Saudi-backed medical projects have delivered urgent surgery and nutrition support in Gaza, combining visiting specialist teams with a longer program targeting hundreds of patients.

Aug 3, 2026/2 min read

Volunteer surgeons and local medical staff preparing for an urgent hospital procedure

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The First Oral PCSK9 Drug Changes the Cholesterol Treatment Conversation

FDA approval of the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor adds a once-daily option for adults who need greater LDL reduction, but it does not replace individualized cardiovascular care.

Aug 1, 2026/2 min read

A physician discussing a new oral cholesterol treatment with an adult patient

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A Personalized Gene Therapy Helped Two Boys With Severe Epilepsy

Two individualized antisense treatments reduced the effects of a rare SCN2A disorder. The results are hopeful, but they come from two carefully monitored patients, not a broad trial.

Aug 1, 2026/2 min read

A pediatric precision-medicine team studying a genetic treatment for severe epilepsy

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The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Is a Warning About Health Systems, Not a Reason for Panic

WHO reports sustained transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while Uganda begins enhanced surveillance. Clear facts matter more than fear.

Jul 31, 2026/2 min read

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Gestational Diabetes Usually Ends at Delivery. What It Told You About Your Future Does Not

Pregnancy is an accidental stress test of the pancreas, and gestational diabetes is a failed one. The glucose normalises after birth, the elevated lifetime risk does not, and the follow-up appointment that would catch it is missed constantly.

Jul 31, 2026/3 min read

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West Nile Cases Are Rising in Europe: What Travelers Should Actually Do

WHO says the risk remains low for most people as cases rise in parts of Europe, but bite prevention and awareness of severe symptoms matter.

Jul 31, 2026/2 min read