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ITV Coronation Street's Daniel Brocklebank details tragic link to new storyline as he feared it triggering own loss

It has been revealed by the ITV soap that Billy Mayhew's partner Paul will be diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND)

Manchester Evening News

ITV Coronation Street confirms devastating diagnosis for Paul Foreman as he hides secret from Billy

Viewers of the ITV soap have been worried for the builder ever since he was accidentally knocked over by Carla Connor

Manchester Evening News

A deadly fungus is spreading at an alarming rate in the US. Here’s what you need to know

A potentially fatal fungus is spreading in the United States, but those with minimal health risks are likely in the clear, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Corrie's Billy actor shares personal connection to MND storyline amid Paul's diagnosis

Daniel Brocklebank, who plays Billy on Coronation Street, has opened up about his own personal connection to Motor Neurone Disease amid Paul Foreman's diagnosis

Daily Mirror

Corrie's Paul actor says he has 'mixed feelings' over Motor Neurone Disease exit

Coronation Street actor Peter Ash has admitted he has 'mixed feelings' over his exit as his character is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

Daily Mirror

Six South Australians have accessed voluntary assisted dying, with the daughter of one saying it was a 'beautiful process'

Amanda Hancock's mother Denise Wyatt, who had Huntington's disease, is one of six South Australians who have died through accessing voluntary assisted dying since new laws took effect.

ABC News

Corrie star pledges not to 'cheapen' agony of MND as he embarks on devastating storyline

Producers and actors say they have worked closely with medical experts to make sure they get their portrayal right

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The little frog facing big challenges

There's a small glimmer of hope for the critically endangered southern corroboree frog.

The Canberra Times

Cardiologists and First Nations leaders on mission to stop rheumatic heart disease in Central Australia

Gavin Wheaton still remembers seeing his first case of rheumatic heart disease in the Central Australian town of Yuendumu 40 years ago. Now, he's one of a group of cardiologists travelling remote areas screening for the disease.

ABC News

Coronation Street's Paul Foreman to be diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease

Coronation Street's Paul Foreman is to be diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in a hard hitting storyline beginning next month, as actor Peter Ash opens up about the physical challenges of his new storyline

Daily Mirror

The grisly deaths of the great composers show how some met an unfortunate end

From murders to parasitic disease and sexually transmitted infections, here’s how some of the most celebrated classical composers in history met their makers

Daily Mirror

Gene therapy: Everything you need to know about the DNA-tweaking treatments

Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA.

LiveScience

Bristolians urged to get tested as gonorrhoea cases continue to rise

The STI, usually treated with antibiotics, can cause infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease in patients

Bristol Post

Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is

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TB checks continue as calls grow for new vaccine

Health authorities continue to battle an outbreak of tuberculosis on South Australia's Indigenous lands amid fresh calls for more funding to fight the disease.

The Independent UK

European farmers borrowed genes from hunter-gatherers to survive disease – study

The findings suggest that mixing between the two groups resulted in mosaics of genetic variation that were acted upon by natural selection.

Daily Mirror

'Last Of Us' black fungus with 60% death rate spread rapidly during Covid pandemic

Nearly half of patients who contract C. auris die within 90 days as it predominately targets elderly people with weakened immune systems, according to the The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

The Conversation

We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

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Daily Mirror

Man who 'died' shares what afterlife is like - with no light at the end of the tunnel

Kevin Hill has a serious and uncommon disease that leaves him in excruciating pain and on one occasion it got so bad that he died before he was brought back to life

The Conversation

TB kills 75,000 children in Africa every year: how this can stop

Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world’s 30 highest TB burden countries are in Africa. In many of these countries, TB is the leading cause of death across age groups, but especially among children. Globally, TB is the leading cause of death by any single…

Daily Record

People on Universal Credit with certain health conditions could be due up to £156 extra every week

If you need help due to an illness, disability or mental health condition you may qualify for extra financial support from DWP.

The Conversation

TB in children isn't being controlled - it's key to fighting the disease for everyone else

World TB Day on March 24th will commemorate the day in 1882 when Professor Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the microbial cause of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The Times of India

Can eating onions help control cholesterol levels?

One of the many health advantages of eating onions is that they reduce cholesterol. Research has shown how onions affect cholesterol levels. Read here to discover the link between onion consumption and cholesterol. Your health may suffer if your blood cholesterol levels are healthy. A much greater risk of heart…

The Independent UK

How to lower your risk of developing cardiovascular disease

Making simple lifestyle changes – and regular blood pressure tests – can help reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels.

Daily Mirror

Beethoven may have drunk himself to death, scientists say after studying composer's hair

Researchers say he was predisposed to liver disease and infected with Hepatitis B, and combined with a love of wine it might have been the fatal combination

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