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Professor Matt Dun set for big honour at press club on Tuesday.

Veteran journalist says he is ‘pragmatic’ about disease getting worse but remains ‘positive’

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease. In our recently published research, our team used machine learning to uncover that hidden information and improve early detection and diagnosis of infection.

Hoy’s children know nothing of their mother’s MS and have not yet been told their father’s disease is terminal

A woman wondered if she was wrong to call her parents selfish for having her when they knew there was a high chance she would inherit an incurable disease. The post Woman Learns A Secret Parents Have Been Hiding For 28 Yrs, They Beg Her Not To Tell Her Siblings…

There is a city nearby that we hide from view. Its people are of all ages, ethnicities and classes. What unites them is a disease: all are diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME.

Heart diseases are killing close to 18 million people every year, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). Out of the different heart related ailments, atherosclerosis plays a major contributory role.

Changes in the gene activity of immune cells may help flag people who have multiple sclerosis or are likely to develop it, a study of twins hints.

Celery belonging to the same family as carrots and can pack a powerful nutritional punch. The veggie is especially beneficial for your heart as it is full of plant compounds and antioxidants that can reduce risk factors of heart disease like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and blood vessel inflammation.…

Osteoporosis is defined as a bone disease that is characterised by decreasing bone mineral density and bone mass, making bones weaker, leading to a decrease in bone strength, which in turn may increase the risk of fractures. Often, there are no visible symptoms till a fracture occurs, spurred by a…

Research at the Francis Crick Institute could lead to new drugs to counter progress of diseases like Alzheimer’s