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Sickle cell disease affects thousands of people in the UK – here’s what you need to know

The disease kills more women in the country than any other, but lack of funding and awareness means few get support, and a fast-food culture only adds to the problem

The work aims to increase the number of Black, Asian and ethnic minority patients taking part in clinical trials.

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The US team developed a test that showed DNA damage in the mitochondria – energy-producing structures found in the cell – in Parkinson’s patients.

Poland's health authorities say the death toll from Legionnaires' disease has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeast region close to the border with Ukraine

When London faced the bubonic plague in 1665, many people desperately sought a way to protect themselves and their loved ones from getting sick. One widely adopted method consisted of mixing two small cloves of garlic in a pint of fresh milk. People believed that drinking this cocktail in the…