The cholesterol-lowering drugs may help to reduce the inflammation associated with periodontal disease, research suggests.
Bill Potts from Florida has survived cancer five times: thyroid cancer once and non-Hodgkin lymphoma four times. 'It sounds odd to even say those words. It's such a big number,' he said.
Around 43% of the population, or 3.4 billion people, live with a neurological disease worldwide. Why are rates highest in Africa, and how are nations tackling the issue? The high prevalence of neurological diseases is having a devastating impact on local communities in Africa. "Mental health and neurological diseases are often misunderstood in Kenya," said Penny Wangari-Jones, founding member of Hidden Voices, a Kenya-based mental health charity. "People are often taken to churches and prayed...
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At a recent check-up I was informed that I had developed chronic kidney disease, a total shock. Could my statin and a blood-pressure pill have caused this problem?
The Federal Government, on Monday, confirmed the outbreak of ginger blight epidemic in four states in Nigeria, adding that ginger farmers have lost over N12bn due to the disease. It disclosed this at the inauguration of the National Ginger Blight Epidemic Control Taskforce in Abuja and revealed that the fungal disease had inflicted significant damage Read More
Today, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller received confirmation from the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that a mystery disease currently sickening herds in the Panhandle has been identified as a strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as Bird Flu.
Colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in US men under 50 and the second deadliest cancer for women of the same age.Rates of the disease have been rising in younger people since the '90s, according to the American Cancer Society, and the total medical cost of colorectal-cancer care in the US was $24.3 billion in 2020, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.While experts still don't know exactly what's behind the uptick in cases, and certain factors such as genetics are...
Shafaqna English- Commissioner- general of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said on X that siege, hunger and disease will soon become the “main killer” in Gaza, as Israel’s blockade of the territory continues. Gaza needs to be “flooded” with food and lifesaving assistance, he said. Sources:
TAYLORSVILLE —The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) is making Utah dairy producers aware of a mysterious disease affecting dairy cattle in Texas and other states. UDAF is doing all it can to monitor the situation and is working with cattle industry groups to provide accurate information to producers and veterinarians. There are no […]
The study, by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, found that the connection between heart disease and cancer lies in the secretion of extracellular bubbles from the heart following a heart attack
Researchers studied residents of Lousville Kentucky in the summer heat. They found going from no heat to moderate heat was enough to trigger compounds known to raise heart risk.