September2017
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Ex-footballer Clarke Carlisle ‘missing’ from Manchester
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: The family of former footballer Clarke Carlisle have said they are concerned for his welfare after being unable to contact him. His wife Carrie said they believed he had last been seen in Manchester city... -
Antidepressants for Anxiety should be continued for at least a year after treatment response
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: Patients with anxiety disorders who respond to antidepressants and then stop treatment face increased the risk of relapse in the year after treatment discontinuation, finds a meta-analysis in The BMJ. The analysis included 28 studies... -
North Korea missile test splits world powers
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: The latest missile test by North Korea, one of its furthest-reaching yet, has split world powers who united behind new UN sanctions just days ago. The US said the burden of responding to the... -
London blast a terror incident, say police
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s morning rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on a District Line train from Wimbledon,... -
British Red Cross appeal raised over £1.3 million for Hurricane Irma
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: In the first week since Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, the British Red Cross appeal has raised over £1.3 million. The public has donated over £650,000 since the British Red Cross appeal was launched... -
Google sued over ‘sex discrimination’
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: Three women who used to work at Google have filed a lawsuit against the technology giant, alleging it pays women less than men for comparable work. The suit says Google is aware of the... -
Leaked document shows censored scenes from Doob
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: Doob stars Bollywood star Irrfan Khan, Kolkata’s Parno Mittra, Bangladesh’s Nusrat Imrose Tisha and Rokeya Prachy among others. Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s much-talked about drama film Doob: No Bed of Roses was permitted to release... -
24-hour glucose monitoring during pregnancy improves birth outcomes for women with type 1 diabetes and their babies
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: For women with type 1 diabetes, monitoring blood sugar levels continuously during pregnancy via an implanted device helps better manage the disease, and improves birth outcomes compared to traditional finger-prick tests, according to a... -
GBD study provides latest estimates for worldwide causes of death, disease and illness
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: The Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) publishes its latest global estimates for the state of the world’s health in The Lancet. The GBD is the only annual, comprehensive, peer-reviewed assessment of global trends... -
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s legacy sullied in a humanitarian crisis
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: Aung San Suu Kyi was once synonymous with the struggle against oppression when she had been enclosed almost a decade during military rule in Myanmar. In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, she called for...
