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Mice models for studying Alzheimer’s disease aren’t enough — here’s what will help

A more complementary animal model, however, could help researchers better translate the results from animal studies to humans.

Inverse

Four viral plant health trends that could destroy your beloved house plants

Multiple sites claim ice cubes can be used to give orchids a “just right” amount of water, but plant biologists say this advice is misguided.

Inverse

‘Ticking away in the back of my mind’: what does it mean to know the risk embedded in your DNA?

A scheme aims to help Australia become the first country to offer preventive genetic testing through public healthcare. Is that knowledge power?

The Guardian - AU

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Can my pet get monkeypox? Here's what veterinarians say

Experts reveal what we know so far about monkeypox and pets, including how to protect your pet from it.

Inverse

8 things science warn will accelerate ageing

As a new study confirms drinking too much really does make you look older, Lisa Salmon looks into other lifestyle factors that may contribute too

The Independent UK

New Covid warning over symptom that affects sleep

‘Isn’t that strange?’ scientist says as he shares different disease caused by BA.5

The Independent UK

Next-gen drug for rare disease now free

A Melbourne mother is hopeful access to a new drug could stop the effects of Pompe disease, offering her more years with her young daughters.

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Bowel Cancer Australia pushes to expand home testing program as cases detected in wider age range

The 37-year-old shrugged off blood in his stool, bloating, fatigue and unexplained weight loss, wrongly believing the disease only affected the elderly. But experts say the at-risk age range is widening.

ABC News

Covid pandemic may be causing more deaths than Australia’s daily numbers suggest

More than 80% of the country’s Covid deaths occurred in 2022, likely in part due to success of early control measures but questions remain

The Guardian - AU

Charlie Bird delights Stardust survivor with 'beautiful' speech at surprise birthday party

Charlie, who is bravely battling Motor Neurone Disease, praised his good friend Antoinette Keegan for her tireless campaign work

Dublin Live

New sub-lineages of monkeypox virus emerge

Despite a slow decline in cases globally, monkeypox cases continue to rise rapidly in Latin America

The Hindu

Netflix’s 'Sandman' portrays a very real sleeping illness — but does it get it right?

Here's what sleep experts and historians have to say about "encephalitis lethargica" or the "sleeping illness" in Netflix's The Sandman.

Inverse

New Covid warning over symptom that affects sleep

‘Isn’t that strange?’ scientist says as he shares different disease caused by BA.5

The Independent UK

8 things science warn will accelerate ageing

As a new study confirms drinking too much really does make you look older, Lisa Salmon looks into other lifestyle factors that may contribute too

The Independent UK

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TV presenter Sarah Beeny says ‘there is no chance it won’t be okay’ after cancer diagnosis

Sarah Beeny has re-posted some of the good wishes sent to her from her famous friends, including Victoria Derbyshire and Kirsty Gallacher, after the news broke that she has breast cancer.The property expert was diagnosed with the disease in August and has already undergone her first bout of chemotherapy.Taking to…

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Actress Jane Fonda Says She Has Cancer

US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy in her battle against the disease. The 84-year-old Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party, vowed to fight the "very treatable" illness. "I've been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and have started chemo…

Chicago Sun-Times

State health department investigating Legionnaires’ disease cluster in Burbank; 4 cases linked to area church

The Illinois Department of Public Health is working with the Stickney Public Health District to investigate the cluster of cases reported in the southwest suburb of Burbank.

ABC News

Lumpy skin disease could reach Australia before foot and mouth disease, with fears the threat is going unnoticed

While Australia is on high alert over foot-and-mouth disease, experts are sounding the alarm about another livestock virus that's spread by mosquitoes

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Salon

Don't touch that vulture

New Jersey officials are choosing to let rotting vultures lie. Experts are horrified at the risk of a new bird flu

Reason

Monkeypox Starts To Recede as Men at Risk Change Sexual Behavior

The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.

Tribune News Service

Wendy’s food illness outbreak is now up to 6 states, CDC says. Here’s what to know

Cases of food-borne illness linked to Wendy’s restaurants have spread, now sickening people across six states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Zenger

Court Allows Lifesaving Kidney Transplant For Disabled Teen

Health bosses at Manchester University NHS Foundation in England, in the U.K., refused to give the young boy a transplant.

The Independent UK

FDA still skeptical of ALS drug ahead of high-stakes meeting

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted another negative review of a closely watched drug for the deadly neurodegenerative disease ALS

Liverpool Echo

Woman diagnosed with deadly disease after heavy period

Victoria Lang originally thought the heavy bleeding may have been due to the covid booster

The Independent UK

Does Paxlovid cause Covid rebound?

US president and first lady have both reported relapses after using drug to treat coronavirus

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