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Tomato Blight? Don’t Put These Plants in the Compost Pile

Pulling out tired tomato plants is one of those end-of-season chores that seems straightforward: yank the vines, toss them into the compost pile, and turn this year’s garden into next year’s free fertilizer. But if those plants have brown, spotted, yellowing, or dying leaves, adding them to an ordinary backyard…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 18

Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab, or place for physical experiments, in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said. Anthropic has said it wants to unlock treatments for rare diseases, and its biology…

The Economic Times · Sep 18

FDA Clears First Gene Therapy for Sanfilippo Syndrome Type A with Shipments to Treatment Centers Within 60 Days

The FDA approved Fayuvi, the first gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome type A. What families should know about access, cost and safety checks.

Medical Daily · Sep 18

Pennsylvania Officially Counts Four Measles Deaths While the Federal Tally Stays at Zero Under a Changed Method

Pennsylvania's health department confirmed two more measles deaths as cases hit 731. The CDC's national count remains zero after a data source change.

Medical Daily · Sep 18

How a traditional Nordic way of eating could help you live longer

We live in Denmark, which consistently ranks as one of the world’s healthiest countries. The modern Danish diet, however, may not be quite so world-leading – with many Danes consuming high levels of sugar, salt and convenience food.

The Conversation · Sep 18

Second Death Confirmed in South Bronx Legionnaires Cluster as City Says All Positive Cooling Towers Were Disinfected

A second death was confirmed in the South Bronx Legionnaires cluster as cases reached 13. What Melrose and Morrisania households should watch for.

Medical Daily · Sep 18

5 Retina Changes That May Reveal Your Heart Risk

What if a doctor could spot clues about your heart without looking directly at your heart? The answer may be sitting at the back of your eye. The retina contains a dense network of tiny blood vessels, and researchers are studying whether changes in these vessels can reveal signs linked…

MyLifeXP · Sep 18

How you sleep, not just how much, influences what diseases you get in later life

Getting more REM sleep is associated with a lower risk of 83 diseases including heart failure, dementia, and Parkinson’s

The Independent UK · Sep 18

Modak, Prasad and Festival Sweets Are Sending Indian Dogs to the Vet, Here Is Why

The biology that makes festival food dangerous for dogsDogs metabolise theobromine, the stimulant compound in cocoa, at roughly one-fifth the rate a human does. A 10-kilogram dog that eats 50 grams of dark chocolate barfi has consumed enough theobromine to trigger vomiting, muscle tremors, and cardiac arrhythmia. This is not…

Times Life · Sep 18

Wireless Brain Implant Let a Michigan Woman with Motor Neuron Disease Choose Her Own Words in Real Time

Paradromics says its wireless brain implant let a woman with motor neuron disease speak her own words in real time. Here is what is known.

Medical Daily · Sep 18