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Swapping Meat for These Plant-Based Alternatives May Actually Have Real Heart Health Benefits

Researchers found that plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) generally have better nutrition profiles than meat, despite being highly processed.

Inverse

What the First Trump-Biden Debate Taught Us Last Time

In between insanities, the erratic Republican was considerably more right about COVID-19 policy in September 2020 than the smug Democrat or the scoldy journalist.

Reason

From health emergency to parliament, little changes for the media under new govt

The death of a poor person is rarely front-page news, especially in this post-election season when the daily drama of the 18th Lok Sabha is understandably drawing attention. But even as we watch this session of the Lok Sabha and note the changes and the repetitions from the past, it…

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Popping multivitamins may not actually help people live longer, study finds

A third of all US adults may be taking multivitamins hoping it would prevent future disease, report says

The Independent UK

New COVID variant LB.1 on loose: Here's what health agencies warn about it

A new variant of COVID has emerged and is spreading faster in the US. The LB.1 variant currently makes up 17.5% of new COVID cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. The CDC estimates that the new variant can overtake the KP.3 variant anytime…

The Times of India

Chickens set to be euthanised after bird flu confirmed at ACT property

The disease has been linked to an outbreak in NSW.

The Canberra Times

One in four healthy people over 60 in UK ‘have undiagnosed heart valve disease’

Researchers say in most cases condition is mild but it can increase risk of heart attacks and strokes

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Sugar Prices Rebound as Red Rot Disease Spreads in India

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.14 (+0.73%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed up +7.50 (+1.34%). Sugar prices Wednesday recovered from early losses and settled moderately higher when India's agricultural agency reported the spread of a fungus crop disease called...

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Sugar Prices Rebound as India Reports the Spread of a Fungus Crop Disease

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) today is up +0.10 (+0.52%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is up +6.30 (+1.12%). Sugar prices today recovered from early losses and moved higher when India's agricultural agency reported the spread of a fungus crop disease called red rot...

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Nigeria’s cholera outbreaks: why they happen and are so hard to control

On 9 June 2024 the Lagos State government declared a cholera outbreak. Three days later, it announced that 324 suspected cases had been reported in the state, including 15 people who died and 40 who were discharged after treatment. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported that as…

The Conversation

What is meningococcal disease? UK issues health warning about potentially deadly condition

Infected people have returned to the country from the famous Hajj pilgrimage, the annual event for Muslims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Evening Standard

CDC issues dengue alert in the U.S. as risk of contracting the disease increases

Over 2,200 cases have been reported so far in the U.S. this year, most of them in Puerto Rico

Latin Times

Anxiety doubles risk of developing Parkinson's, study finds

UCL team says symptoms such as depression and sleep disturbance are risk factors for disease

Evening Standard

Gena Rowlands, who played character with Alzheimer's in The Notebook, has disease herself, reveals film's director

The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for the past five years, according to her son, director and actor Nick Cassavetes.

Evening Standard

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Dengue cases break records in the US: Signs and symptoms of the break-bone fever

Health officials in the US have warned doctors to be careful about dengue cases as the number of the mosquito borne disease has broken calendar-year records. Dengue remains less common in the continental United States, but in the 50 states so far this year there have been three times more…

The Independent UK

UK issues urgent health warning after potentially lethal meningococcal disease detected

Infection found in three Hajj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia

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Actress Gena Rowlands Revealed To Have Alzheimer's Disease

Learn about Gena Rowlands, the acclaimed actress, and her personal connection to Alzheimer’s disease revealed by her son, director Nick Cassavetes.

The Independent UK

Health officials tell US doctors to be alert for dengue as cases ramp up worldwide

U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records

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Reason

Does Weed Cause Strokes and Heart Attacks?

A widely cited study commits so many egregious statistical errors that it's a poster child for junk science.

The Conversation

Hot weather can be hard on the body – and may even worsen some health conditions

The current weather forecast suggests summer might finally have arrived, as the UK’s first heat health alert of the year has been issued.

The Independent UK

The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s: ‘We lived it, she acted it and now it’s on us’

Rowlands portrayed the older version of Rachel McAdams’s Allie, who dies after suffering from the same disease

The Conversation

Technology makes it possible to diagnose diseases on the spot – but South Africa’s public healthcare system faces several obstacles

Digital technology has hugely improved healthcare in many ways.

The Conversation

Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why

As one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., kidney disease is a serious public health problem. The disease is particularly severe among Black Americans, who are three times more likely than white Americans to develop kidney failure.

The Conversation

Birds, barley, cheese and wine – it’s not just smoke and dust that can cause lung disease

Our lungs are the interface between blood and air. Their role in oxygenating our bloodstream is their primary function, and they bear the brunt of a lot more than just pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Borne upon the air are numerous chemicals, pollutants and particles that can generate many…

Medical Daily

People With Anxiety At Double Risk Of Parkinson's Disease: Study

There is a two-fold increased risk of Parkinson's disease in the anxiety group compared to the control group, the study revealed.

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