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Commentary: By avoiding funding Alzheimer’s research, the government is cutting seniors’ life spans

Millions of patients and their caregivers breathed a collective sigh of relief when drugmaker Eli Lilly recently announced its new experimental Alzheimer’s medication appears to slow cognitive decline by 35%. The Food and Drug Administration could approve the new treatment, donanemab, as soon as this year.

Chicago Tribune

Killer John Crerar 'waiting for God to take him' in lung disease struggle

The former army sergeant is serving life for the brutal rape and murder of Phyllis Murphy who vanished on her way home from Christmas shopping in 1979

Dublin Live

‘Suddenly, I saw Dad again’: The radical technology helping those living with dementia

Dementia can spark confusion and distress both in those affected and their loved ones, writes Kate Ng, but new forms of tech could provide a valuable lifeline

The Independent UK

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USDA reports case of mad cow disease in United States but negative trade implications 'unlikely'

The US Department of Agriculture says the atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease, does not present a risk to the food supply or to human health.

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Covid-19 cases rise, related deaths up

The number of Covid-19 inpatients continued to increase and fatalities also rose over the past week, when schools reopened, the Department of Disease Control reported on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Keir Starmer unveils Labour plan to improve social care to free up more hospital beds

Labour leader Keir Starmer will give a major speech detailing his plans to “build an NHS fit for the future” with one in every seven hospital beds taken up by people who don't need to be there

Daily Mirror

First genetically modified banana being assessed by regulators

Australian researchers have developed the world's first genetically modified (GM) banana, but don't expect it in a fruit bowl near you anytime soon.

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Health experts warn 'world not prepared' as women infected with contagious disease

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says two woman in America have tested positive for the infection.

Daily Record

'Higher risk of sight loss for African-Caribbean people with diabetes is a big concern'

Miriam Stoppard says it is our responsibility to find out if there’s a variation in the form diseases take in different ethnic groups with African-Caribbean people with type 1 diabetes a greater risk

Daily Mirror

Belfast parents' plea as son diagnosed with potentially fatal disease

"We want to give Teddy the best quality of life"

Belfast Live

Grandad who had cancer 'all over his body' celebrates being disease free

Stephen Cossins says a drug trial is responsible for his clean bill of health.

Daily Record

Evil killer John Crerar 'waiting for God to take him' as he struggles with lung disease

The former army sergeant is serving life for the brutal rape and murder of Phyllis Murphy who vanished on her way home from Christmas shopping on December 22, 1979

Irish Mirror

Hair could predict a person's chance of heart attack or stroke

New research suggests hormones can help predict risk

Wales Online

Gene Therapy is Upending How Doctors Treat Incurable Conditions

Gene therapy has helped doctors make major strides in treating inherited blindness, and it's now being explored for other conditions.

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The Hindu

Multiple sclerosis: new evidence for the role of glandular fever virus

New evidence sheds light on the role of glandular fever virus in causing multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease.

Daily Mirror

Parkinson's 'timebomb' could see thousands develop disease due to once common chemical

A once common chemical used in dry cleaning, and currently used in metal cleaning and degreasing, has been linked to an increased prevalence of Parkinson's a new study has warned

Edinburgh Live

Scottish family desperately seek help as son diagnosed with terminal illness

Jamie Tierney, three, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a muscle-wasting disease which also affects the lungs, heart and brain and is mainly found in boys.

Manchester Evening News

Nurse weighed just five stone and needed the toilet 30 times a day due to painful condition

Katie Harpur was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 16

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Medics warn 'world is not prepared' as patients infected with highly contagious disease

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), confirmed the unnamed patients in the United States, aged 28 and 47, have been struck down with the first known cases of the drug-resistant ringworm, also known as tinea.

Wales Online

Bacteria leaking from our guts is making people fatter, say scientists

Endotoxins are also driving disease such as type 2 diabetes

Daily Mirror

Mum tried to ignore crippling stomach pain until doctor said she was 24 hours from dying

Mum-of-one Victoria Danson, 33, from Chorley, was told she was 24 hours away from dying before she was rushed in to emergency surgery due to her Crohn's disease

Wales Online

Medics say 'world is not prepared' for highly contagious fungal disease as first cases found

Two women have been confirmed as having the first known cases of tinea

Daily Mirror

Grandad with cancer 'all over his body' now disease free - without having chemo

Stephen Cossins, 71, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, thought 'that's it then' when he was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer back in 2016 but is free of the disease today

Nottingham Post

Medic warns 'world not yet prepared' for contagious drug-resistant fungal disease

Two patients have been struck down

The Guardian - UK

Foreign Bodies by Simon Schama review – pandemics and prejudice

The historian brings his considerable literary talents to this study of how blame, often mixed with antisemitism, has attended disease and vaccination through the ages

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