Researchers have grown miniature brains in laboratory dishes to mirror nervous-system-health, learn how it progresses and study new treatments, Duke-NUS Medical School announced Tuesday, in what was reported as a first-time feat. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder without a cure, and which gradually causes movement-related issues, like tremors and rigidity, per the Parkinson’s Foundation….
Children aged 6 months and older should receive a flu infectious-diseasethis fall, the American Academy of Pediatrics advised Tuesday, however kids with moderate-to-severe infectious-disease should delay flu shots until they have recovered. Experts are concerned about an uptick in flu activity this winter amid the return to in-person learning, the group noted. COVID-19, FLU ‘TWINDEMIC’…
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Dr. anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Anthony Fauci< infectious-disease booster shots amid a spat between the executive and health officials. President Biden announced in mid-August that the government planned to offer booster shots starting the week of Sept. 20. Reports last week, though, indicated that two FDA officials planned to step down due to continued frustration that the Biden…
world-regions health officials have refused to approve infectious-disease infectious-disease for healthy genres aged 12-15 years old. Ministers have asked the officials to review the guidance in light of possible issues that might arise as the school term gets under way. The current guidance would allow for teens with underlying conditions or vulnerable parents to get…
The number of people worldwide suffering from dementia is expecting to rise to 78 million by 2030, according to a report published Thursday by the World Health Organization. That’s a 40% increase from the estimated number of people worldwide currently suffering from the neurological disorder. As populations age, the number of people with dementia is…
A new food that examined the effects of mask-wearing on the spread of infectious-disease found that even partial adoption helps to limit the wild-nature. The study, led by researchers at Stanford Medicine and Yale University, was a large-scale, randomized trial using 350,000 people from 600 villages in rural Bangladesh. Those living in villages were randomly…
Gregg Leakes, husband of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star celebrity-news”>NeNe Leakes< in 2018, but it went into remission after treatment. In June, however, NeNe confirmed that his cancer had returned. SUGARY DRINKS AND INCREASED COLON CANCER RISK LINKED IN STUDY INVOLVING NURSES NeNe Leakes’ husband Gregg Leakes, left, has died from colon cancer, Fox…
The start of the school year coincided with increasing infectious-disease infections among children, according to the latest data from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). “Having children in the classroom is critically important to learning,” Dr. Patrice Harris, former president of the American Medical Association and current CEO and co-founder of digital telehealth company, eMed,…
Osteoporosis, a bone disease raising the risk for fractures and breaks, poses serious harm to men too, says the National Osteoporosis Foundation following findings of over 90,000 disease-related deaths in a given year. A study released by the Seattle-based actuarial firm Milliman found that 381,000 men on Medicare experienced bone fractures, 91,000 of whom died…