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Scurvy Returns: Study Says Cost Of Living Crisis And Weight-Loss Surgeries Drive Resurgence

Scurvy, a dietary deficiency disease, once considered a thing of the past is making a surprising comeback.

Medical Daily

Egypt declared Malaria free: What India needs to learn about mosquito management now

Egypt has been declared malaria free. The World Health Organisation has called the achievement "truly historic". "Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history and not its future," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

The Times of India

Renaissance-era disease scurvy is making a comeback due to cost of living crisis

Scurvy may be mistaken for conditions like inflamed blood vessels and, if left untreated, may lead to potentially fatal bleeding

The Independent UK

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"Check your oranges": Ad in Delhi Metro on breast cancer draws flak, netizens divided over its content

In the ongoing breast cancer awareness month, where health experts are working hard to make people aware of the deadly disease that claims millions of lives every year, especially those of women, an ad displayed at the Delhi Metro has caught attention of netizens, particularly due to its content.

The Times of India

Cattle Disease Wreaks Havoc In Libya

On Najmeddine Tantoun's farm on the outskirts of the western Libyan city of Misrata, the usual whir of hundreds of dairy milking machines has given way to near silence.

International Business Times

Scurvy is largely a historical disease but there are signs it’s making a comeback

Scurvy is is often considered a historical ailment, conjuring images of sailors on long sea voyages suffering from a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables.

The Conversation

Perth man treated for scurvy as cost-of-living crisis brings back ‘disease of the past’

Doctors discover 51-year-old patient who sometimes skipped meals and ate mostly processed food had condition caused by severe vitamin C deficiency

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Decision expected on new Alzheimer’s treatment

The drug is one of the new ‘disease modifying’ treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

The Independent UK

Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

More than 41,000 people in the U.S. died of pneumonia in 2022, according to the CDC.

Fortune

Are you ready for LG7? Lady Gaga to release spooky new single 'Disease' this week ahead of seventh album

The Little Monsters are seated and ready for a pre-Halloween release from the superstar coming in just three days time

Evening Standard

Baywatch star Michael Newman dead at 68

Michael Newman has passed away from "heart complications" after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease.

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Melatonin disruption tied to early-onset osteoporosis, new study suggests

A genetic analysis suggests that rare cases of early onset osteoporosis may be partly caused by disruptions to the function of the hormone melatonin.

LiveScience

Women are at a higher risk of dying from heart disease − in part because doctors don’t take major sex and gender differences into account

A simple difference in the genetic code – two X chromosomes versus one X chromosome and one Y chromosome – can lead to major differences in heart disease. It turns out that these genetic differences influence more than just sex organs and sex assigned at birth – they fundamentally alter…

The Conversation

Miranda Hart reveals ‘phone stopped ringing’ after Lyme disease forced her to give up work

Miranda Hart reveals her phone “stopped ringing” after her Lyme disease diagnosis forced her to give up work.

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How finance can be part of the solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis

More than half of the world’s total GDP is at least moderately dependent on nature. Yet arguably, there is no economy (or life) without nature. A quarter of animal and planet species are now threatened, and 14 out of 18 key ecosystem services – including fertile soils to grow food,…

Evening Standard

TB cases rose 40% in Scotland last year, figures show

Public Health Scotland said the most reported risk factor for the disease ‘was being a refugee or asylum seeker’.

The National (Scotland)

Chris Hoy sparks surge in web searches for cancer, says Macmillan

SIR Chris Hoy revealing his cancer is terminal sparked the biggest surge in web searches for the disease since the royal family’s diagnoses,…

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Polio Resurgence In Pakistan Sparks Urgent Vaccination Campaign

Learn about the challenges faced by Pakistan in eradicating polio and efforts to combat the disease amidst rising cases.

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Cancer study finds nuts could hold key to stopping spread of disease

The research found that cancer cells are in great need of selenium

Evening Standard

Denying cancer cells Brazil nut ingredient could halt spread of disease – study

Preventing breast cancer cells from receiving selenium could stop them from spreading, research has shown.

Newcastle Herald

'Terrible monster': the man taking on devastating childhood cancers

Professor Matt Dun set for big honour at press club on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Broadcaster John Stapleton reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis

Veteran journalist says he is ‘pragmatic’ about disease getting worse but remains ‘positive’

The Conversation

Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease. In our recently published research, our team used machine learning to uncover that hidden information and improve early detection and diagnosis of infection.

The Independent UK

Chris Hoy reveals his wife was diagnosed with incurable disease within weeks of his devastating cancer news

Hoy’s children know nothing of their mother’s MS and have not yet been told their father’s disease is terminal

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Woman Learns A Secret Parents Have Been Hiding For 28 Yrs, They Beg Her Not To Tell Her Siblings

A woman wondered if she was wrong to call her parents selfish for having her when they knew there was a high chance she would inherit an incurable disease. The post Woman Learns A Secret Parents Have Been Hiding For 28 Yrs, They Beg Her Not To Tell Her Siblings…

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