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Timing is everything: How body-clock medicine tackles age-old diseases
Discoveries about what makes our internal clocks tick could create new treatments for conditions like epilepsy, diabetes and heart disease.
EU member states urged to develop co-ordinated vaccine plans for measles, flu and other diseases
The European Commission has urged EU member states to co-operate more closely in fighting diseases, such as measles and flu, saying vaccines against them were among the most powerful and cost-effective public health measures.
Chronic diseases can be curbed with ‘sin taxes’, study finds
SO-CALLED “sin taxes” on soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco, could be a powerful tool for combating rising rates of chronic disease worldwide, researchers claim.
Diabetes is really five different diseases, not just Types 1 & 2 – study
New research suggests that diabetes may actually be five different diseases rather than two separate types as previously thought. The new findings could change how people are treated for the disorder. A study, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, has revealed five new subgroups of diabetes, each genetically distinct from one another. […]
Testosterone may protect men from autoimmune diseases
Enlarge / Strong man is strong. (credit: Lauren Mitchell / Flickr) Testosterone. Source of prostates and testes, muscles and machismo, chest hair, and according to some, even math skills. Its levels are only one of the biological differences between males and females, but they may help to explain another: the discrepancies in the incidence of […]
Deadly Victorian diseases make a return from obscurity, but why now?
RICKETS, TB and scurvy sound like the stuff of history books but official figures show such Dickensian diseases have recently been making a comeback.
Deadly Victorian diseases make a return from obscurity, but why now?
GETTY Many 19th century diseases were wiped out, but many seem to be making a worrying return And while immunisation and treatments mean outbreaks are contained before they become the uncontrollable killers they once were, it is still alarming to see Victorian diseases in the headlines. Among the maladies currently having a resurgence are: Rickets […]
Predicting diseases could improve with new ‘reliable’ count of cell proteins
Scientists have produced what they say is the first reliable count of protein molecules in a simple cell. They hope the finding will lead to new ways to predict diseases such as cancer in more complex human cells.
Rheumatoid arthritis: Symptoms could be signs of THESE lung diseases
RHEUMATOID arthritis symptoms could cause some lung conditions, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, researchers have warned. Daily Express :: Health Feed
