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Health news • Jul 07

819 more suspected measles cases, one death recorded in 24hrs

Since 15 March, the total number of confirmed measles cases has stood at 12964, while suspected cases have reached 107384...

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Health news • Jul 07

Ebola outbreak in Congo still spreading, WHO says

The Ebola ‌outbreak in Congo has not yet stabilised and is still expanding as population movement fuels transmission, a World Health Organization official...

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Health news • Jul 07

Dear Doctor: Are drug companies suppressing peptide use because it’s a better, cheaper cure?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm curious about peptides. I read that they're incredible health cures and effective at lowering weight and high cholesterol.

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Health news • Jul 07

Bellevue teen builds app to monitor Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and ALS

Ilina Rao, 16, of Bellevue has spent the past year building NeuroSpeak, an app which uses AI to help users screen for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and...

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Health news • Jul 07

Largest study yet reveals which cancers have their own microbiomes

Knowing which cancer tumours have their own microbiomes could lead to more personalised treatments.

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Health news • Jul 07

There's no treatment designed for the Ebola strain ravaging DRC. But now there's hope

It's been over 50 days since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Clinicians on the ground are working to save...

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Health news • Jul 07

Legionnaires' cluster grows to 23 cases on Upper East Side

A growing cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases on Manhattan's Upper East Side has reached 23 confirmed infections, including 17 hospitalizations,...

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Health news • Jul 07

How strength training can help women keep a healthy heart

Mobility coach Dana Santas shows how integrating resistance training into a weekly fitness regimen can benefit women's heart health.

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Health news • Jul 07

Different forms of intelligence show unique genetic links to psychiatric conditions

A massive new study reveals that different types of intelligence share distinct genetic links with various psychiatric conditions.

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Health news • Jul 07

Common gym supplement could help fight depression, new research suggests

Creatine, the common muscle-building supplement, may help improve depression symptoms, new research suggests. A systematic review, published in Genomic...

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Health news • Jul 07

This Mindless Habit Is Linked With An Increase In Cancer Risk — And You Are Likely Guilty Of It

The increasingly common habit is bad for multiple systems in our body.

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Health news • Jul 07

Man Notices Small Lump on Knee, Then Faces Life-Saving Decision

A small lump that developed on a man's knee when he was a teenager may have seemed unconcerning at first, but he never could have predicted just how much it...

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Health news • Jul 07

Medicine can treat obesity, but can’t agree on what obesity is

IN THE SPACE of less than a decade, medicine acquired a means of doing what millennia of diets and exhortation could not. A new class of drugs,...

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Health news • Jul 07

Two tests GPs can soon offer to help spot endometriosis

People who think they may have endometriosis - a painful condition affecting one in 10 women - will soon be able to ask their GP for a couple of...

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Health news • Jul 07

What if this Ebola outbreak can’t be stopped?

If the Ebola outbreak isn't extinguished, it could burn for decades, posing an ongoing threat to global health.

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Health news • Jul 07

What is autoimmune gastritis? The rare disease anti-ageing millionaire Bryan Johnson says is 'eating' his stomach

Bryan Johnson, known for spending millions to slow ageing, says he has autoimmune gastritis, a rare disease that causes the immune system to attack the...

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Health news • Jul 07

Sacramento County to release more than 2 million mosquitoes in Rosemont to fight invasive species

On Tuesday, the skies in one Sacramento County community will be filled with a swarm of more than 140000 mosquitoes that are being set free.

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Health news • Jul 07

How a Boston doctor built a following as a ‘loud and unafraid’ voice in the Trump era

Dr. Jeremy Faust saves lives in the ER and breaks stories with his Inside Medicine newsletter. He's also testing the bounds of news reporting.

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Health news • Jul 07

Endometriosis could be diagnosed by blood test, research suggests

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh say people with the condition have a distinct pattern of hormones.

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Health news • Jul 07

The Children We Can Still Protect

Inside Dhaka's measles ward, families face the cost of delayed protection. Many more children can still be reached in time.

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