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UN chief Antonio Guterres declares last 10 years a ‘decade of deadly heat’ | World News
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The world has experienced a “decade of deadly heat”, the head of the UN says, as he urged countries to “exit this road to ruin”. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the top ten hottest years on record had occurred in the past decade and warned the world was witnessing “climate breakdown in real time”.…
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Single women having IVF triples in a decade but NHS funding remains limited, regulator says | UK News
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The number of female same-sex couples having IVF has doubled over the last decade and more than tripled among single women, according to the fertility regulator. Figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) show those two groups also had the highest success rates. Between 2012 and 2022 across the UK, the proportion of…
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Being obese for a decade boosts risk of heart attack or stroke, study finds | US News
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People under 50 who have been obese for a decade are at greater risk of heart attack or stroke, early research suggests. Findings presented at Endo 2024 – the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts – suggest women younger than 50 who have been obese for 10 years increased their risk of developing these…
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Smoking among younger middle-class women ‘up 25% in a decade’ | UK News
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Smoking among younger middle-class women has jumped more than 25% in the last decade, according to new research. By contrast, smoking rates fell among working-class women. Using data from the Smoking Toolkit Study, an ongoing monthly survey of adults in England, researchers from University College London (UCL) looked at the smoking habits of 197,266 people,…
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Previous decade ‘hottest on record’ with polar ice melting faster than in the last century | Climate News
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The previous decade was the hottest on record, with polar and mountain ice melting faster than in the 20th century, according to the UN’s weather agency. Between 2011 and 2020, the average global temperature was 1.1C above pre-industrial levels, according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Scientists have warned that permanent global…
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Rich polluting countries like UK must ‘fast forward’ net zero target by a decade, demands UN chief | Climate News
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In a controversial move, the United Nations chief is today calling on polluting developed countries like the UK to “fast forward” net zero targets by a decade to 2040, warning the “climate time bomb is ticking”. It comes as the most comprehensive review yet of the state of climate change delivers a bleak picture of…
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Advanced cancer survival rates ‘could double within a decade’, say scientists | Science & Tech News
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The survival of people with advanced cancer could double within a decade, say scientists involved in cutting-edge research. People could end up living far longer with more patients also being cured, according to experts from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. They are learning more about what they…
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Astronauts will be ‘living and working on the moon’ within a decade, says NASA | Science & Tech News
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NASA plans to have astronauts working and living on the moon for up to two months within a decade. NASA’s Artemis rocket ship set off on course for the moon this week, sending a next-generation capsule on a crewless voyage around the moon and back 50 years after the final Apollo lunar mission. The US…