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Top Heart Doctor Reveals Surprising Daily Habit That Saves Lives

A top heart doctor is urging people to make two simple habits part of their daily routine and it’s probably not what you'd expect.

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Four Seasons creator Alan Alda gives health update after Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

The MASH star was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2015

The Independent UK

Dr John Froude obituary

Other lives: Infectious diseases specialist who worked in Africa, the Middle East and the US

The Guardian - UK

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‘Barcodes’ in the DNA could prevent disease and slow down ageing, researchers say

The discovery could offer a new understanding of how blood ages over time

The Independent UK

DNA ‘barcodes’ shed light on how the blood ages

The discovery could help prevent diseases years before symptoms appear, as well as paving the way for the exploration of rejuvenation therapies.

Evening Standard

Over 50 and Healthy: Here’s 10 Foods You Should Stop Eating Once You Turn 50

As we age, our bodies change in ways that can surprise us. Suddenly, foods that never bothered us before can start to cause issues, and our nutritional needs shift. If you’re over 50, you might notice it’s a little harder to keep your energy up, maintain a healthy weight, or…

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Dealing with disease “down there”

Joe Biden did more for cancer research than any president in recent memory

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What we know about the mad cow disease case on Essex farm

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The Independent UK

Common fabric could save lives from most deadly disease

Artificial arteries made from a common natural fabric material could save many lives from Australia's most deadly disease after a scientific breakthrough.

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Measles cases have now spread to 30 states

The Centers for Disease Control has reported in an update that a total of 1,024 cases of the disease across the U.S. and 14 outbreaks had been reported since the beginning of the year

The Independent UK

Scientists ‘slash risk of Alzheimer’s’ with medicine used to treat cold sores

Researchers made a surprising connection between certain viral diseases and Alzheimer’s

The Independent UK

Treating cold sores with anti-virals ‘may slash risk of developing Alzheimer’s’

A study found that people who had suffered the herpes virus had an 80% increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Evening Standard

Biden's office says his 'last known' prostate cancer screening was in 2014

Former President Joe Biden's office says his “last known” prostate cancer screening was in 2014, and he had never been diagnosed with the disease before last week

The Independent UK

FDA says it will limit access to Covid-19 boosters for Americans under 65

Critics say shift will negatively affect people who are not high risk but want to be vaccinated against the disease

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The Conversation

The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?

The outbreak of the deadly “mud bug” melioidosis in north Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year.

The Conversation

Biden is getting prostate cancer treatment, but that’s not the best choice for all men − a cancer researcher describes how she helped her father decide

“Me encontraron càncer en la pròstata,” my father told me. “They found cancer in my prostate.”

Fortune

Is coconut oil a healthy fat?

Here's what one expert has to say about the so-called superfood.

Evening Standard

Mad cow disease explained: What is BSE and can humans get it?

The Animal and Plant Health Agency has reported a case of BSE in Essex

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The Independent UK

A ‘groundbreaking’ pandemic agreement for tackling disease outbreaks has been agreed. What does it mean?

ANALYSIS: Negotiations to ensure richer countries share vaccines and drugs with poorer countries during health emergencies had threatened to derail negotiations, writes Rachel Schraer

The Conversation

How to tackle new strains of potato blight and avoid another great famine

A new aggressive potato blight strain was detected in Wales and eastern Scotland earlier this year. The strain, identified as EU 46, can withstand certain fungicides, making it harder to control. It serves as a stark reminder that nearly 175 years after Ireland’s great famine, this destructive pathogen continues to…

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“What Scientific Breakthrough Are We Closer To Than Most People Realize?” (29 Answers)

Science is awesome. Just recently, surgeons in the U.S. transplanted a pig kidney into a man. Last year, scientists finally successfully sequenced the Y chromosome.

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‘We don’t have that’: Woman with Celiac disease selects gluten-free meal option on American Airlines flight. Then a flight attendant gives the only gluten-free meal away to someone else

An American Airlines customer with Celiac disease is issuing a warning to other travelers after the company ran out of gluten-free meals on her flight and was “not nice about it.”

The Guardian - UK

World agrees pandemic accord for tackling outbreaks of disease

Hailed as ‘a victory for public health,’ the agreement aims to build on the lessons of Covid-19 and protect the globe from pathogenic threats

The Independent UK

Mad cow disease confirmed on Essex farm

The animal has been humanely culled and there is no risk to public or food safety

Evening Standard

Single case of atypical BSE found in cow in Essex

The case is distinct from classical BSE behind the ‘mad cow disease’ outbreak in the 1980s and 1990s and there is no risk to people, officials said.

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