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This is my third and final installment summarizing the arguments in my draft article The Cost of Justice at the Dawn of AI. In the first, I reviewed Baumol's cost disease's implications for the legal sector. Baumol recognized that if the productivity of any sector improved less than the productivity…

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month continues to carry a screening emphasis in Kentucky

Kentucky leads the nation in the incidence rate of colorectal cancer and is fourth in the mortality rate for this disease. Major gains though have been made in screening for this cancer, from 49th to now 15th nationally.

WEKU

Alzheimer's may be caused by immune cells thinking brain cells are bacteria, expert says

A new theory of Alzheimer's disease reassesses the role of beta-amyloid in the brain.

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Big Swedish study hints at link between bowel disease, infant diet

Diet in early life can predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease risk, with fish and vegetables lowering it and sugar-sweetened beverages raising it, a large study of Swedish and Norwegian children has found.

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Scientists release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue in Brazil

Genetically modified mosquitoes are being released in Brazil to reduce the spread of the viral infection dengue fever.

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With a million cases of dengue so far this year, Brazil is in a state of emergency

Brazil looks to short-term and long-term strategies to fight a disease so painful it's known as "breakbone fever." The outbreak is part of a global wave of dengue triggered in part by climate change.

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Apollo hospital’s uses new technology to identify fatty liver early

Apollo Hospitals in Chennai introduces new machine to diagnose and reverse fatty liver disease, offering early detection and prevention.

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Two more die due to KFD, total deaths increases to eight

Kyasanur Forest Disease claims two more lives in Karnataka, bringing total deaths to eight; health department issues warning.

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Hepatitis A outbreaks bring back focus on vaccination in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram faces rising hepatitis A outbreaks, prompting discussion on universal vaccination due to contaminated water and poor hygiene.

The Hindu

Emma Heming Willis Addresses Misguided Media Coverage On Neurocognitive Diseases

Emma Heming Willis advocates for accurate reporting and community support in addressing the impact of misleading media coverage on families dealing with ne...

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Daily Quiz | On rare diseases

Rare diseases are those debilitating conditions that occur infrequently in a population, and very few of them have approved treatments. Rare Diseases Day is observed on February 29.

The Hindu

Tandem Cycling Boosts Well-Being For Parkinson's Patients And Their Care Partners: Study

In a small-scale study, researchers examined how engaging in a simple exercise together such as tandem cycling could benefit a patient who suffers from Parkinson's disease and their respective caretakers.

Medical Daily

Measles is on the rise in the United States and Kentuckians are urged to get vaccinated

Measles was declared eradicated in the US in 2000 when vaccination rates effectively eliminated the disease.

WEKU

US Conspiracy Theorists Monetize 'Disease X' Misinformation

Coined by the World Health Organization to denote a hypothetical future pandemic, "Disease X" is at the center of a blizzard of misinformation that American conspiracy theorists are amplifying -- and profiting from.

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Rare tree fights a losing battle in north Kerala

Cycas circinalis, Eenthu Pana in Kerala, faces extinction due to a fast-spreading disease, requiring urgent research and action.

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Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop it

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Painful disease striking one in three flies under radar

Australians are being urged to talk to their doctor about their risk of shingles, with one in three people expected to develop the disease in their lifetime.

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Richard Lewis' Cause Of Death Revealed: Cardiopulmonary Arrest

Beloved actor and comedian Richard Lewis passes away at 76 due to cardiopulmonary arrest with Parkinson's disease as a secondary cause. HBO mourns his loss...

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'Excess deaths' in Gaza for next 6 months projected in first-of-its-kind effort

A team of researchers tried something that's never been done as a conflict rages. Instead of trying to calculate the toll of war in the moment, they looked forward. What's the reaction to their study?

The Guardian - US

Three things to know about your brain in menopause – and how to navigate the changes

‘A surge of interest’ is helping scientists understand and normalize ‘the change’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Crypt by Alice Roberts review: An addictive picture of medieval Britain from a cutting-edge perspective

The past was not a good place to die in Britain. Frightening diseases that are essentially vanquished in modern times were rife, deadly, and untreatable. Think syphilis, leprosy and the Black Death. Then there was the endemic violence. Readers of Alice Roberts’s Crypt, the third in her trilogy of books…

Evening Standard

Good news of the week: Olly Alexander's Eurovision entry and Barbie at the Design Museum

The good news of the week, from the UK’s Eurovision entry to a new Barbie exhibition

The Hindu

Special Ayurveda wellness centres are being planned, says Minister

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Post-pandemic vaccine hesitancy fueling latest measles outbreak - Roll Call

Only 92 percent of U.S. adolescents have been vaccinated against measles, while officials recommend a 95 percent vaccination rate.

Evening Standard

Calories on menus in pubs and restaurants will save 9,000 lives, says study

Scientists say extending measures to all food outlets would reduce obesity

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