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Research has shown that traditional communication methods and language may not be effective in reaching African American, Latino, and other minoritized communities. A new study explores learnings from UsAgainstAlzheimer's work, funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthy Brain Initiative, on how to
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A 65-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease, Denise Bacon, astonished doctors by playing the clarinet while undergoing deep-brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in London. The retired speech and language therapist, diagnosed in 2014, had not been able to play the instrument for five years due to her condition. During a
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Research led by Professor Miles Parkes has shown that a 'top-down' approach to treating Crohn's disease, involving early effective treatment with biologic medications, is significantly more effective than existing 'step-up' methods in controlling symptoms and inflammation. The study, published in the Journal of Crohn&
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A groundbreaking new study published in The Lancet has shed new light on gluten sensitivity, revealing that many people who believe they are gluten-intolerant may actually be suffering from a different condition altogether. The review research distinguishes between coeliac disease, an autoimmune disease triggered by gluten, and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity
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Polio is a highly infectious disease that spreads mainly through person-to-person contact or by consuming contaminated food or water. It can also spread through dirty surfaces or places with poor hygiene. Not getting vaccinated increases the risk, and the disease can have severe symptoms, including paralysis in the legs, muscle
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Chloe Kelly, 44, contracted rabies after being bitten by a cat while on holiday in Turkey. Her two dogs, Zeus and Bronson, raised the alarm, prompting her to call 111, which then led to her receiving emergency treatment and a vaccine flown in from Northampton. Chloe credits her dogs with
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CND Life Sciences, a medical technology company pioneering the development of cutaneous neurodiagnostic tests, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The grant will fund a three-year multicenter study to determine if the presence of phosphorylated alpha-synuclein
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Researchers at the University of Putra Malaysia have developed a new vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease, a condition caused by the Enterovirus 71 (EV71) virus. The vaccine targets the viral protein 1 (VP1), which contains major antigenic and neutralizing epitopes, making it a promising target for subunit vaccine
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2025, highlighting significant progress and challenges in the global fight against these ancient diseases. The report marks the third monitoring of progress towards the 2030 targets set in the Road map for neglected tropical disease 2021-2030.
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Scientists at Duke University have made significant progress in developing a gene therapy approach for glycogen storage disease type III (GSD III) using a recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) vector. This innovative therapy, which expresses a bacterial debranching enzyme (pullulanase) driven by a tandem dual promoter, has shown long-term
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New research has discovered that men's brains shrink faster than women's, contrary to the higher diagnosis rates of Alzheimer's disease among women. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed over 12,000 brain MRIs from nearly 5,000
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a comprehensive report on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), highlighting a significant decrease in the global burden of NTDs over the past decade. Between 2010 and 2023, the number of people requiring NTD interventions dropped by 32%, while the disease burden decreased by 18%
