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China's economic growth slows to weakest pace in over three years

Economic reports on Wednesday found that Chinese growth has sunk to the slowest pace in over three years. Despite benefitting from the global AI boom, the country has not managed to offset the slump due to a struggling property sector, drop in domestic spending and trade disrupti

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Zombies, gore and creepy kids – why we can’t stop playing horror games

As global anxieties multiply, video games from Resident Evil to Mouthwashing are providing rich source material to help decode society’s problems• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereHorror is so hot right now. There’s Obsession, Evil Dead Burn and Ho

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PCOS becomes PMOS: Condition that affects one in eight women has been renamed

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Professor Helena Teede led this name change after 14 years of research and global collaboration. But why was it needed?

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New global research highlights burden of unsafe food

If it isn't safe, it isn't food. That message sits at the heart of a major new global effort by the World Health Organization (WHO). University of Waterloo public health researcher Dr. Shannon Majowicz contributed research to the new WHO estimates, which cover the global burden o

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Psoriasis is linked to impairment of some sleep domains

Higher psoriasis (PsO) disease activity is independently associated with impairment in specific sleep domains, but not global sleep quality, according to a study published online May 29 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

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Social media use linked to poorer mental health in older Canadians, study finds

Different digital communication tools are associated with mental health in different ways among older adults in Canada, according to a new study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Hossam Ali-Hassan of York University, Canada, and colleagues.

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Declining global acceptability of intimate partner violence tied to declining prevalence

A study of more than 60 countries shows those with faster declines in the social acceptability of intimate partner violence against women also tend to have had faster reductions in rates of such violence, as well as faster human development improvements. Irina Vartanova of the In

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Obesity inequalities in England have widened since COVID-19—with steepest increases in new

A study by researchers from the University of Cambridge, the British Heart Foundation Data Science Center at Health Data Research UK and The George Institute for Global Health is the first to analyze obesity trends from 2019 to 2025, using NHS England electronic health records co

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Combination therapy can help global fight against antibiotic resistance

A Monash University-led study has found that an unusual pairing of two commonly used antibiotics can kill and stop the spread of resistance in a highly drug-resistant bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can cause life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and meningi

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A global push to recognize the threat of toxoplasmosis

One-third of the world's population is infected with the Toxoplasma parasite, which can cause ocular toxoplasmosis, an eye infection that can damage the retina and result in permanent vision loss. Although often seen as an unavoidable part of everyday human-animal interaction, to

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Clinical study of drug-resistant tuberculosis changes global medical practice

A clinical study that began in a research unit in Gqeberha (PE), Eastern Cape, has transformed global treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

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Armed conflict is linked to increased measles cases globally

Countries experiencing armed conflict tend to report more measles cases, and the elevated risk persists even a year after the fighting, according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. The study links armed conflict to measles in two ways: directly, by disrupting immunizatio

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