Buildings are enveloped in smog due to air pollution in Delhi, India, November 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Air pollution is one of the aggravating factors for respiratory diseases, however, there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish a direct correlation between any disease caused exclusively by air pollution, MoS for … Read more
More than 130,000 people in England will be offered free workplace health checks in the next six months under a new initiative to try and prevent heart disease. From September, employees in several sectors including building and hospitality will be able to access quick assessments that will determine their risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), … Read more
PA Media A new vaccination programme aimed at protecting newborn babies and older adults against a dangerous respiratory disease is now being rolled out in Scotland. The Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) immunisation programme begins on Monday morning, and will be offered in the other UK nations from September. RSV is common and highly infectious. It … Read more
Melbourne: Last week, two big names in the artificial intelligence (AI) and wellness industries announced a collaboration to develop a “customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach that will be available as a mobile app” to “reverse the trend lines on chronic diseases“. Sam Altman (head of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT) and Arianna Huffington (a former media … Read more
5 hours ago By Jim Scott, BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Chemie-Leigh Lewis says Grayson is generally a “happy” child The mother of the “only person in the UK” living with the rare and fatal condition Arts Syndrome said she had to fight for “life-changing” medication for her baby son. Chemie-Leigh Lewis, from Houghton-le-Spring on … Read more
11 minutes ago James Gallagher,Health and science correspondent, @JamesTGallagher Lauren Golightly Lauren Golightly has Crohn’s Disease, a type of IBD A major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been discovered by UK scientists. They found a weak spot in our DNA that is present in 95% of people with the disease. It makes it … Read more
John Jennings may have inherited a gene from his mother that could trigger early-onset of the condition. Source link
The parents of two young boys were diagnosed with cancer within days of each other. Source link
What is Ebola virus disease? Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare but serious disease caused by infection by the Ebola virus. There are five known strains of the virus. Four of them affect people. One affects only nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees) and pigs. EVD was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola … Read more
Doctors in Hyderabad successfully saved a 35-year-old man from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, grappling with end-stage liver disease, with a dual lobe liver transplant. This marks the first instance of such a complex procedure being executed in the Telugu States, said doctors. The surgery involved three individuals simultaneously undergoing the surgery, an unprecedented scenario that required … Read more