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Psoriasis Symptoms: When an Autoimmune Skin Condition Signals Systemic Inflammation

Learn how psoriasis symptoms reveal more than skin changes, exploring this autoimmune skin condition's link to systemic inflammation, related health risks, and evidence-based treatment options.

Medical Daily · Jan 27

Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms vs Osteoarthritis: Key Signs of Joint Inflammation You Shouldn't Ignore

Learn how rheumatoid arthritis symptoms differ from osteoarthritis, what joint inflammation really means, and why early recognition of these conditions is crucial for long-term joint health.

Medical Daily · Jan 27

Nipah outbreak in India sparks worry in China ahead of Lunar New Year travel season

Public anxiety spreads on social media despite experts saying transmission risk remains low

The Independent UK · Jan 27

The UK has lost its measles elimination status — again

Measles has been spreading continuously in the U.K. for over a year, meaning the country has lost its elimination status.

LiveScience · Jan 26

Influencer Sara Bennett's Husband Reveals Subtle Hand Symptom That Preceded ALS Diagnosis

Influencer Sara Bennett's husband has shared how a subtle hand symptom was one of the first warning signs before her ALS diagnosis, highlighting how easily early symptoms can be missed.

International Business Times UK · Jan 26

Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests

The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic. They do not arrive as forgotten names or misplaced keys, but as changes so subtle they are almost impossible to notice: a slightly narrower vocabulary, less variation in description, a gentle flattening of language.

The Conversation · Jan 26

Commonly prescribed drug could slash heart attack and stroke risk

Gout has been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attacks and stroke

The Independent UK · Jan 26

Warning over measles as disease ‘re-established’ in UK

From 2021 to 2023, the UK had previously held the status of having eliminated the disease

The Independent UK · Jan 26

A brief history of sugar

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than crystallised. By around 500BC, methods to boil sugarcane juice into crystals was first developed in India.

The Conversation · Jan 26

Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that travels with people across borders.

The Conversation · Jan 26