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Deutsche Welle - Health

Cycle syncing exercise could optimize results for women

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UN: 4.5 million girls at risk of genital mutilation in 2026

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Sudanese refugee dentists rebuild care in Uganda

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Gambia has one of the continent's highest FGM rates, and activists are fighting to uphold a national ban.

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Berlin hospitals threatened by spate of attacks

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Evelyn Nyambura, 29, is preparing for clitoral reconstruction, hoping it will heal years of physical and emotional pain.

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After years of silent suffering, a Kenyan FGM survivor has turned her pain into purpose.

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Fact check: Online claims link contraceptives to cancer

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German health minister rejects US counterpart's COVID claims

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A parliamentary inquiry has been looking into the policy decisions made to contain the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.

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German business bankruptcies hit decade high amid downturn

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TrumpRx promises to lower drug prices. For some, it will bring valued relief; many others may see more modest savings.

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On World Cancer Day, a WHO study suggests that nearly 40% of cases of cancer in 2022 were linked to preventable factors.

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As European governments try to deal with the growing PFAS pollution, cleaning it up could cost up to €1.7 trillion.

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Washington has introduced nutritional guidelines with more meat and fat. Health and sustainability experts are alarmed.

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Pelvic floor damage and organ prolapse are very common but many suffer in silence. What treatments are there?

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Plastic pollution is set to double its health toll in the coming decades unless global plastic production is curbed.

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Reduced funding, weakened disease surveillance and disruptions to health programs could result from the US pullback.

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The Philippines' "doctors to the barrios" model reveals why rural care remains fragile despite years of reforms.

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A study found Kurdish communities have high rates of PTSD from a 1988 attack carried out by Saddam Hussein's regime.

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