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Auchterarder's Sarah Mitchell determined to help others after losing mum to Huntington’s disease

The Perth College UHI student has joined Scottish Huntington’s Association as a volunteer youth ambassador to support other young people

Daily Record

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Tick-borne illnesses

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A close friend was diagnosed recently with Lyme disease due to a tick bite. However, I recently read about some new type of tick-borne illness. My family loves to hike and be outdoors, but I'm nervous now about continuing our activities. How can I reduce our risk…

Tribune News Service

RTE legend Charlie Bird 'upset and guilty' as he struggles to respond to hundreds letters of support

The 72-year-old who is battling Motor Neurone Disease said he doesn't have the "time and the energy" to respond to everyone

Irish Mirror

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Hospital funding deal sets a tight deadline for real reform, and the clock's ticking

At the urging of the premiers, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday agreed to extend current public hospital funding until the end of the year.

The Conversation

Thousands of women with breast cancer could benefit from new NHS-approved pill

A clinical trial found that people taking the drug alongside hormone therapy had a more than 30% better chance of their cancer not coming back

Daily Mirror

NHS to offer women in England drug that cuts recurrence of breast cancer

Abemaciclib can improve chances of certain type of cancer not returning after surgery by more than 30%

The Guardian - UK

N.Korea sends aid to 800 families suffering from intestinal epidemic

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other senior officials prepared aid to send to 800 families suffering from an unidentified intestinal epidemic, state media reported on Friday, as the country also battles its first COVID-19 outbreak.

Reuters

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Strawberry prices soar after wet weather, disease impact winter crops

First it was lettuce, now strawberries are being sold for staggering prices, with a Canberra supermarket asking $11.99 for a 250g punnet.

ABC News

About 4,000 women with breast cancer could benefit from new twice-daily pill

The drug, made by Eli Lilly, is suitable for those with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive early breast cancer.

The Independent UK

New NHS breast cancer pill can cut recurrence of disease

The twice-daily pill reduces the risk of cancer returning once a tumour has been removed

The Independent UK

Thousands to benefit after drug is approved for post-surgery breast cancer patients

The twice-daily pill makes it up to 30 per cent more likely that disease will not return

Wales Online

Certain health conditions can double your dementia risk, warns new study

And another study has been published linking dementia with vitamin D levels.

Daily Record

How climate change could be exacerbating the spread of diseases like monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis

A new study predicts the changing climate will provide increased opportunities for the spread of novel viruses.

ABC News

HC Wainwright Sees Opportunity For Acadia's Alzheimer's Candidate

HC Wainwright says FDA's briefing document on ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ: ACAD) pimavanserin was not unexpected.

Benzinga

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The Hindu

Is COVID-19 becoming endemic?

There are indications, but endemicity seems to be a little further away

The Hindu

Karnataka among two States to host One Health pilot with focus on zoonotic diseases

Learnings from the pilot, to be launched in the State on June 28, will be used to develop a national One Health Framework

Benzinga

More Patent Applications For Psilocybin: Learn About NOVA's Psychedelic Treatments For Neurological Diseases

The Canadian biotech company Nova Mentis Life Science Corp. (OTCQB: NMLSF) is filing new provisional patent applications to the U.S.

AAP

Shoddy homes lethal to Indigenous patients

Excessive heat, poor housing, energy insecurity and chronic disease have reached critical levels in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

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Evening Standard

Ozzy Osbourne breaks his silence after undergoing surgery that will ‘determine the rest of his life’

The musician, who has Parkinson’s disease, has had a catalogue of health woes including previously suffering a nasty fall which dislodged metal rods placed in his spine following a quad-bike accident in 2003

Daily Mirror

Vitamin D to diabetes - health conditions that DOUBLE your dementia risk, warns new study

The UK counts more than 42,000 people with young-onset dementia, who are also afflicted by life-altering symptoms. This risk could be significantly reduced by managing certain conditions, says new research

Roll Call

Senate passes major benefits expansion for sick veterans - Roll Call

The Senate passed a bill to expand health care and disability benefits for veterans who served in war zones and later contracted diseases.

Benzinga

Why Acorda Therapeutics Shares Gaining Today?

Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) announced that Esteve Pharmaceuticals GmbH launched INBRIJA 33 mg (levodopa inhalation powder, hard capsules) in Germany. INBRIJA is indicated in the EU for the intermittent treatment of episodic motor fluctuations (OFF episodes) in adult patients with Parkinson's disease treated with a levodopa/dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor. Under the distribution and supply agreements, Acorda…

Evening Standard

Evening Standard comment: Plug It In, London, for a cleaner future

Air pollution is a silent killer, with up to 36,000 deaths a year attributed to long-term exposure. Toxic air has been linked to the development of strokes, heart disease and exacerbates asthma.

Benzinga

Roche-AC Immune's Crenezumab Fails To Show Benefit In Sub-Set Of Alzheimer's Patients

Roche Holdings AG (OTC:RHHBY) said its Alzheimer's medicine crenezumab did not slow or prevent cognitive decline in people with a specific genetic mutation that causes early-onset disease. Crenezumab did not show a statistically significant clinical benefit in its co-primary endpoints assessing the rate of change in cognitive abilities or episodic memory function. The…

Evening Standard

Mystery disease reported in North Korea amid its Covid battle

North Korea’s leader has offered his family’s reserve medicines to victims of the disease, local media report

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