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Obesity is a symptom of a society that doesn’t care

Letters: John Atkinson says obesity is almost exclusively a disease of poverty, particularly in children, while Kate Halliwell defends the food and drink industries. Plus letters from Fiona Morgan, Julie Box and Alix Dearing

The Guardian - UK

Can probiotics cure Florida’s ailing coral reefs? Tests show it works on devastating disease

MIAMI — On a coral reef, white is the color of death.

Miami Herald

Family disputes Lance Reddick’s cause of death: ‘wholly inconsistent with his lifestyle’

LOS ANGELES — The family and longtime attorney for “John Wick” and “The Wire” star Lance Reddick are disputing an uncorroborated death certificate that says the actor died of heart disease.

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'I have 'Jolie gene' and petrified my cancer will return - new NHS drug gives me future'

Claire Spragg was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and discovered she carried the faulty BRCA2 gene. She was able to take a year's supply of olaparib, which is now available on the NHS

Daily Mirror

New online PIP guides from DWP could help you claim up to £691 each month

PIP is worth between £26.90 and £172.75 each week for people with a disability or health condition.

Daily Record

Birds of a feather cast asunder by Brexit: fears for Britain’s rare canaries

Rare species now required to be tested for five diseases before they can travel between UK and EU

The Guardian - UK

Fentanyl Caused ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio’s Death

“Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported Thursday. The county agency also cited cardiomyopathy, a disease that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the body, as a…

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Inspirational Dad takes on series of crazy challenges after mum's death from heart disease

A dad from East Renfrewshire is preparing to run, cycle, climb and walk in a series of crazy challenges over the next four months, to raise money for research into heart and circulatory diseases, in memory of his "wonderful" mum.

Glasgow Live

‘Spreading faster than ever’: Bangladesh’s tea pickers have world’s highest rate of leprosy

Despite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the disease

The Guardian - UK

Without other pandemic precautions, hospital mask rules didn't stop COVID spread, study finds

In a world moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and medical offices have been the last bastions of mandatory masking. But new research finds that in communities where pandemic precautions have been largely abandoned, mask mandates in healthcare settings do little to prevent coronavirus infections among patients.

Los Angeles Times

My baby boy is my little miracle after I lost my ovaries to cancer

Stacey, 38, speaks of her joy at becoming a mum after she thought all hope was lost - and being given the all-clear from the disease

Wales Online

Actor Lance Reddick reportedly died of coronary artery disease

LOS ANGELES — Lance Reddick reportedly died of ischemic heart disease and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ.

Los Angeles Times

Celiac disease: Causes, symptoms and treatments

Celiac disease causes severe digestive symptoms and results from an immune reaction to dietary gluten.

LiveScience

John Lydon 'didn't see how he could live without' wife Nora Forster months before death

John Lydon had been caring for his wife Nora Forster - who had Alzheimer's disease - in the years prior to her death, which was announced in a statement on social media earlier this afternoon

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Rob Burrow 'honoured' as Leeds Marathon to return to city in 2024

The former Leeds Rhinos player was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2019

Daily Mirror

The Wire actor Lance Reddick 'died from heart and artery disease'

The cause of The Wire star Lance Reddick's death last month at the age of 60 has been revealed by his death certificate

Daily Mirror

Michael J Fox insists he's a 'tough son of a b****' amid his Parkinson's battle

Back To The Future star Michael J Fox gives a candid look into his life with Parkinson's disease and the ways he tried to hide the diagnosis in a new documentary

The Texas Tribune

Sen. Kelly Hancock opens up about rare kidney disease, as he advocates for Texas bill to increase living organ donors

Hancock, a North Richland Hills Republican, was diagnosed at age 27 with a rare genetic kidney disease that occurs when the immunoglobulin A antibody builds up in the kidneys.

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Benefits of breastfeeding - from nutrients to comfort the experts share it all

Benefits of breastfeeding are varied, we speak to the experts to get the lowdown on all the good work boobs can do

Daily Mirror

Families on alert as baby with 'highly infectious’ disease attends Wiggles concert

Measles - which was most devastating in the UK during the Victorian era - is most commonly detected by a red, blotchy rash that covers the entire body, but also causes flu-like symptoms

Daily Record

New lung cancer tool can identify those most as risk of developing disease

The new tool could help send patients for screening earlier and lead which could provide and early diagnosis and save lives.

The Conversation

Deadly fungus Candida auris is spreading across US hospitals - a physician answers 5 questions about rising fungal infections

In late March 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted the threat posed by a rapidly spreading fungus called Candida auris that is causing infections and deaths among hospital patients across the country. The unexpected rise of this recently discovered pathogen is part of a larger trend…

Dynamite News

Study reveals how people with obesity due to genetic tendency have lower risk of cardiovascular disease

Researchers found that those with obesity who have a genetic tendency for high BMI have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is mostly caused by environmental factors like lifestyle. Read further on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

Scientists develop highly accurate oral cancer test amid sharp rise in cases

Scientists have developed a non-invasive test that is highly accurate at identifying oral cancer.

Daily Mirror

Mum's warning after son, 2, catches Lyme disease from tick bite in children's playground

Bethany Harris noticed two ticks on two-year-old son Harrison's head after taking him to a play park before a rash formed and he was taken to A&E where doctors diagnosed Lyme disease

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