New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (May 12–15) shows the use of the new GLP-1 class of obesity drugs in people with asthma is associated with a 26% fall in the number of asthma ...
May 15, 2026
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Rugby league player Jai Arrow's recently announced diagnosis of motor neuron disease has again brought this devastating disease to public attention.
May 22, 2026
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A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus will be ready by the end of the year, the head of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday.
May 28, 2026
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that can cause severe breathing complications in babies, especially those younger than 6 months old. While many adults recover quickly from RSV with mild symptoms ...
New research has shown woodchips to be the secret weapon to keeping ticks off recreational woodland trails, including eliminating nearly all Lyme disease-carriers when treated with insecticide. The two-year experimental field ...
May 21, 2026
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Treatment with so-called BTK inhibitors has improved the prognosis for people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). At the same time, these drugs affect the immune system and may cause side effects over time, according ...
May 26, 2026
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The UN health chief was on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where authorities are struggling to contain the spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak but the recovery of a patient, the first since the crisis began, was ...
May 29, 2026
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In theory, hypertension is a disease that is both easy to test for and readily treatable with existing medications and lifestyle interventions.
May 13, 2026
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For ten years, the Fr1da study, coordinated by Helmholtz Munich, has been investigating whether early stages of type 1 diabetes in children can be detected in routine pediatric care. The latest evaluation shows that the screening ...
May 21, 2026
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Physicians may one day be able to identify which patients with peripheral artery disease are most likely to develop complications and intervene earlier, thanks to a Northeastern University discovery. Peripheral artery disease ...
May 14, 2026
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