- What are prion diseases? Hunters died of fatal disorder after eating tainted deer meat, researchers sayby Michael Bartiromo on April 27, 2024 at 4:04 pm
(NEXSTAR) – A recent report published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that two hunters contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal neurological disorder, after eating venison obtained from deer infected with chronic wasting disease.
- Closing Gender-Based Disease Disparities Starts in the Labby Violaine Harris on April 27, 2024 at 4:01 pm
At the same time, research and anecdotal accounts show that women often feel underserved and underrepresented in terms of the healthcare they receive. For instance, a study last year from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that 29 ...
- 'Plasma was called liquid gold': the true story of the UK infected blood scandalon April 27, 2024 at 3:06 pm
Cummins was one in a network of prisons across America that provided plasma and its extracts in products shipped around the world, including Britain. Other paid donors were recruited from deprived neighbourhoods of the US, including drug addicts and people ...
- Explained: What Is Childhood Dementia And How It Affects Childrenon April 27, 2024 at 11:18 am
Most types of childhood dementia are caused by mutations (or mistakes) in our DNA. These mistakes lead to a range of rare genetic disorders. Advertisement.
- Vitamin D Boosts Gut Bacteria and Enhances Cancer Immunity in Miceon April 27, 2024 at 11:06 am
Vitamin D shows protective effects against cancer in a new study from the Francis Crick Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Aalborg University in Denmark. Published in Science, the study ...
- Aspirin's immune-boosting effects in colorectal cancer revealedon April 27, 2024 at 10:02 am
New research has revealed that aspirin may exert these protective effects by boosting certain aspects of the body's immune response against cancer cells. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of ...