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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Australia implements new national guidelines to improve fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis
Health professionals will have access to national clinical practice guidelines to help assess and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), following a 4-year research project led by The University of Queensland.
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Vaccine that protects against swine, human and bird flu could eliminate need for yearly shots
Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team.
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Estrogen-related receptors could be key to treating metabolic and muscular disorders
A new Salk Institute study suggests that estrogen-related receptors could be a key to repairing energy metabolism and muscle fatigue.
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Let-7 gene is a key guardian of healthy lungs that keeps pulmonary fibrosis in check, study finds
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered a key molecular player that is involved in lung repair and in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a common and severe class of adult ...
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Clinical trial finds faster recovery from COVID-19 through targeted use of high-dose vitamin B3 in the gut
Many patients suffer not only from respiratory symptoms due to their COVID-19 disease, but also from significantly reduced physical performance. A patent-protected tablet (CICR-NAM) developed at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein ...
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Study explores AI's ability to improve differential diagnosis accuracy
The development of more accessible artificial intelligence (AI) models has transformed the field of health diagnoses and medicine, with AI being used for diagnostic accuracy, personalized treatment plans, interpreting medical ...
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How typhoid fever triggers severe neurological symptoms
About 15% of patients with typhoid fever develop serious neurological complications, including delirium and seizures, that are collectively described as acute encephalopathy. Until now, however, scientists have not clearly ...
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Measles virus detected in Houston wastewater before cases were reported
An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported. The team that developed ...
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Discovery may explain why more men are affected by severe COVID-19
Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have found another piece of the puzzle that explains why there are differences in immune responses in women and men when they get sick with COVID-19. This discovery has implications ...
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BCG revaccination does not provide protection from sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) revaccination is not efficacious for preventing sustained Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, defined by sustained QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) test conversion, according to a study published in the ...
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For children with a rare form of dementia, music could be a powerful therapy tool
When we hear the word "dementia," we usually think of memory loss in older adults. But there's another, much rarer form of the disease that strikes far earlier in life—childhood dementia, also known as Batten disease.
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Bindi Irwin was rushed to hospital for appendix surgery. But what is appendicitis?
Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix.
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Trust is vital in managing future pandemics, says Australian study
A Burnet study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, titled "Preparing Australia for future pandemics: strengthening trust, social capital and resilience," discusses the need for the Australian Government to ...
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Is measles spreading in Florida? Hard to know: State's disease-tracking data no longer available
Do you want to know how many measles cases have been confirmed in your county in Florida this year? How about whether the recent tuberculosis case reported at a high school is confined to one school or spreading throughout ...
May 12, 2025
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Measles outbreak that began in Texas nears 800 cases across three states
Texas' measles outbreak that began in Gaines County in January has now expanded to 709 cases, officials said on May 9.
May 12, 2025
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Failure to focus on COVID suppression led to avoidable UK deaths, says expert
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the failure of UK government advisers to follow World Health Organization (WHO) advice and emerging evidence from East Asia that suppression could bring the virus under control quickly led ...
May 11, 2025
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Independent evaluations refute claims of novel neurological disease in New Brunswick
In 2019, reports of a rapidly progressive dementia cluster in New Brunswick raised public and media concerns about a potential new neurological syndrome. Public Health New Brunswick (PHNB) launched an epidemiological investigation ...
Man bitten by snakes 200 times may help create new antivenom
Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites—on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world's most dangerous snakes sink their fangs into his arms, all for science.
May 10, 2025
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Measles roars back in the US, topping 1,000 cases
The United States' measles outbreak has surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases with three deaths so far, state and local data showed Friday, marking a stark resurgence of a vaccine-preventable disease that the nation once declared ...
May 10, 2025
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Protein found in rheumatic diseases causes inflammation in COVID-19 patients
The sCD13 protein has been previously identified by a rheumatology research team at the University of Michigan as a powerful inducer of inflammation in multiple autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic ...
May 9, 2025
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The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks
The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even as Texas posted one of its lowest counts of newly confirmed cases since its large outbreak began three months ago.
May 9, 2025
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North Dakota becomes the latest state to report measles outbreak
North Dakota is the latest state to find itself dealing with a measles outbreak, becoming the 11th state in the nation to face the challenge, the Associated Press is reporting.
May 9, 2025
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Rare bone-eroding disease ruining lives in Kenya's poorest county
Joyce Lokonyi sits on an upturned bucket, fingers weaving palm fronds as the wind pulls her dress to expose the stump of her amputated foot, lost to a little-known disease ravaging Kenya's poorest county.
May 9, 2025
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North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here's what to know
Eleven states in the U.S. have active measles outbreaks as of Tuesday, when North Dakota joined the list after confirming its first cases since 2011.
May 9, 2025
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