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What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? Symptoms, Causes and Cure Explained After Marshawn Kneeland's Diagnosis

The posthumous diagnosis of Marshawn Kneeland with Stage 1 CTE highlights ongoing research into the disease's causes, symptoms, and potential treatments.

International Business Times UK

Why Vultures Are Irreplaceable Scavengers and What Their Extinction Means for India's Ecosystem

A stomach that kills anthraxVultures have gastric acid with a pH close to 1, among the most corrosive digestive environments measured in any vertebrate. A carcass infected with anthrax, botulinum toxin, or rabies virus passes through that acid and exits neutralised. No other scavenger in India's food web does this.…

Times Life

5 Early Signs of Glaucoma That Mimic Ordinary Vision Changes and Often Go Undetected

Halos Around Lights at NightYou notice a coloured ring around a streetlight or an oncoming headlight and assume your eyes are just tired. This is one of the earliest reported symptoms of angle-closure glaucoma. The halo forms because raised intraocular pressure distorts the cornea slightly, scattering light before it reaches…

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Diabetic Retinopathy: Why Eye Damage from Diabetes Shows No Symptoms Until Vision Is Already Gone

The Eye Bleeds Before You Know ItDiabetes does not attack the eye the way an infection does, with pain, redness, and urgency. It works on the tiny blood vessels at the back of the eye, the retina, over months and years. High blood sugar makes those vessel walls weak and…

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Man’s Suspected Brain Cancer Turns Into A Horror Story As Medical Team Uncovers Something Far Creepier

The real disease the man had contracted plagues over 4 million people worldwide, but is extremely rare in Europe and the USA.

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Year of the Tomato: New Blight‑Resistant Varieties Offer High Yields in Cool, Wet Climates

Some gardening seasons feel like a friendly handshake. Others feel like a wrestling match with the weather. Cool temperatures, endless rain, and soggy soil often leave tomato lovers staring at yellow leaves instead of baskets full of ripe fruit. This year, however, brings welcome news for gardeners who refuse to…

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‘Don’t Die’ biohacker Bryan Johnson opens up about diagnosis: ‘Would be much worse...had I not taken care of my body’

Exclusive: ‘I am very grateful to have been focused on health’ over the past five years, he told The Independent

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Likely source of Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York identified as visitors are urged to watch for symptoms

The CDC says one in 10 people who get sick will die of complications from Legionnaires’ disease

The Independent UK

Quote of the day by Princess Diana: "I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is…"

Princess Diana said this during her 1995 interview with the BBC's Martin Bashir, one of the most watched pieces of television in British history. "I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved," she said. "I know that…

The Times of India

Largest study yet reveals which cancers have their own microbiomes

For decades, cancer has been thought of as a purely human disease – rogue cells multiplying out of control, with no room for anything else in the picture. But a growing body of research suggests that isn’t quite right. Some tumours, it turns out, come with company: communities of bacteria,…

The Conversation

75% of Americans want Trump to reverse US aid cuts over Ebola outbreak, poll finds

Survey finds significant number of those are Trump supporters, with 72 per cent also backing the restoration of some or all global health funding worldwide

The Independent UK

Heart's pumping strength tied to future memory loss: Study finds heart function drop could reveal Alzheimer's disease; memory decline may follow

A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has found that even minor cardiac dysfunction can predict microscopic tissue damage in brain regions associated with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers tracked 73 patients over 3.5 years and found that reduced heart pumping efficiency preceded measurable brain deterioration and memory decline.

The Economic Times

Bulletin AM briefing: USA defeated by Belgium after Balogun controversy and biohacker reveals incurable disease

Here’s five of the biggest stories this morning

The Independent UK

Biohacker seeking eternal youth diagnosed with incurable disease

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Can Kill Within 5 Days: Doctors Warn You Should Not Wait for the Rash

Rocky Mountain spotted fever kills 5–10% of patients even with treatment. The rash appears days after illness starts. CDC says start doxycycline immediately — don't wait for the rash.

Medical Daily

The Clinical Trial That Supported Tavneos for ANCA Vasculitis Was Just Retracted

NEJM retracted the Tavneos ADVOCATE trial on June 29, 2026, after FDA found altered patient data. Patients should not stop Tavneos without a doctor — here's what's known.

Medical Daily

Bundibugyo Ebola Has Killed 454 People as the First Treatment Trial Opens

1,481 Ebola cases and 454 deaths in DRC, Uganda, and France as of July 4, 2026. No approved vaccine or treatment. The PARTNERS trial just enrolled its first patient. Here's the update.

Times Life

7 Eye Health Warning Signs After 30 You Should Never Ignore: Vision, Floaters and Symptoms

1. A Sudden Increase in FloatersMost people have a few floaters, those grey specks or cobweb shapes that drift across your field of vision when you look at a bright wall or the sky. They are usually harmless deposits in the vitreous gel inside your eye. What is not harmless:…

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Scientists Found Why Some Brains Resist Alzheimer's Disease: Here Is the Cellular Survival Mechanism They Discovered

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience researchers found immature neuron behavior — not just quantity — determines Alzheimer's cognitive resilience. Here's what it means for the 30% who never develop dementia.

Medical Daily

West Nile Virus Detected in Nashville Mosquitoes for the First Time in 2026

Nashville Metro Public Health confirmed the first West Nile virus detection of 2026 in North Nashville on July 1. Here's the official guidance and what Davidson County residents should do.

Bangkok Post

Strong medicine for a sick economy

Listening attentively for 52 minutes to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas' diagnosis of Thailand's deep economic malaise, one could easily have suffered a heart seizure. Fortunately, he used the analogy of a patient with cancer who must determine what treatments are required to cure the disease in…

International Business Times UK

What Is Legionnaires' Disease? Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Prevention

A Legionnaires Disease outbreak in Manhattan's Upper East Side has been linked to a contaminated cooling tower, prompting health investigations and public advisories on symptoms and prevention.

Medical Daily

A 23-Year-Old Louisiana Man Became the First Person in the Gulf South to Be Functionally Cured of Sickle Cell Disease

Daniel Cressy, 23, is the first person in the Gulf South functionally cured of sickle cell disease using Casgevy CRISPR gene therapy at Manning Family Children's Hospital in New Orleans.

The Independent UK

Biohacker Bryan Johnson reveals he has incurable disease amid mission to ‘defeat death’

‘My stomach is eating itself,’ the tech entrepreneur announced on social media

Medical Daily

Fourth of July Fireworks Pollute the Air in Ways That Are Invisible but Dangerous for Millions with Asthma and Heart Disease

The AQMD issued hazardous PM2.5 advisories for July 4–5. DC hit Code Red air quality on July 5. Here's the post-fireworks health risk window for asthma, COPD, and heart disease.

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