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Actor Michael J. Fox Accepts Honorary Oscar for Parkinson’s Advocacy

Actor Michael J. Fox, who charmed audiences in 1980s TV comedy "Family Ties" and the "Back to the Future" movies, received an honorary Oscar on Saturday for advocacy work that has raised $1.5 billion for research into Parkinson's disease. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's, a nerve disorder that causes tremors…

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Linda Nolan shares first breast cancer symptoms as she warns of 'foolish' mistake

Linda Nolan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, six years after her older sister Anne, 72, and four years before sister Bernie who tragically died from the disease

Daily Mirror

Chris Hemsworth learns he has a predisposition to Alzheimer's disease; may take break from acting

Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth, who recently featured in the docuseries 'Limitless', has revealed that he has a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease, and therefore may be taking a break from acting.

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Former Sunderland striker Marcus Stewart's 'Beacon of hope' after Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis

The former Black Cats striker was diagnosed earlier this year

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Kevin Sinfield receives incredible standing ovation as he completes ultramarathon challenge

Kevin Sinfield's mammoth ultramarathon challenge to raise money for motor neurone disease charities came to an end this evening, and the former Leeds Rhinos man received a hero's welcome at Old Trafford.

Daily Mirror

Kevin Sinfield ends ultra marathon challenge to raucous reception

Sinfield ran from Murrayfield to Old Trafford in aid of fighting motor neurone disease

The Independent UK

Bird flu driving up turkey prices

The highly contagious avian flu is spreading through domesticated and wild flocks — and it is deadly

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Poorer eyesight as you get older 'could be an early warning sign of heart disease'

The study's findings provide hope opticians on our high streets could screen for the disease and ultimately prevent cardiac arrests among those affected by the eye condition

Daily Mirror

Rs 200 crore cherry economy of Himachal facing threat from Phytoplasma disease

SHIMLA: The spread of Phytoplasma disease in cherry plants has left the farmers worried in Himachal Pradesh. Though the disease was observed in plants in June and July this year but no one cared initially as the farmers were unfamiliar with it.

The Times of India

BBC Breakfast studio erupts in hysterics as Kevin Sinfield relieves himself live on air

Former Leeds Rhinos captain and rugby legend Kevin Sinfield left presenter Charlie Stayt speechless while taking part in an ultra marathon to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease awareness.

Daily Mirror

Health: Blinding Eye Disease Is Linked With Heart Disease And Stroke, Suggests Research

According to a recent study from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, patients with a particular type of age-related macular degeneration (shoppingmode AMD), the main cause of blindness in the United States. Read on for details:

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Irish dad who lost seemingly healthy wife just weeks after diagnosis fights to lower bowel cancer screening age

On the one year anniversary of Susan Ricken’s death, her husband John Paul is campaigning to spread the message that bowel cancer isn't just "an old person's disease"

Irish Mirror

Leeds postman to dress up as Spider-Man on his round in honour of Rob Burrow

He is dressing up as Spiderman to raise money for motor neurone disease (MND) after being inspired by Rob Burrow's story

Leeds Live

Men’s Health: Prostate cancer and other common health problems in Indian men; how to prevent them

Prostate Cancer evokes the same emotion in a man as breast cancer would in a woman. Prostate Cancer is one of the commonest cancers amongst men globally. Interestingly, prostate cancer is actually a spectrum of disease and not all men diagnosed with prostate cancer require treatment. The detection of early…

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Chris Hemsworth’s taking increased risk of Alzheimer’s in stride — and taking a break

In making a TV series about pushing back against the effects of time and age, Chris Hemsworth got some health information that made him confront his own mortality: The “Thor” actor has eight to 10 times the normal risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

ABC News

Long COVID clinic in Brisbane offers hope to sufferers as Queensland studies cases

Long COVID has shown that the disease can be far more than just a seven-day isolation period. A Brisbane clinic is rehabilitating long COVID sufferers who battle fatigue and breathlessness.

The Independent UK

Nine children have been hospitalised in an Ohio measles outbreak that’s infected more than a dozen

Almost all of the cases reported have been in children under the age of 5, local health officials said

The Independent UK

Kevin Sinfield on course to surpass fundraising target with latest challenge

The former Leeds Rhinos captain is aiming to run around 40 miles for seven successive days

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COVID-19, RSV and the flu are straining health care systems – two epidemiologists explain what the 'triple threat' means for children

Every fall and winter, viral respiratory illnesses like the common cold and seasonal flu keep kids out of school and social activities. But this year, more children than usual are ending up at emergency departments and hospitals.

Daily Mirror

Jake Quickenden has testicles examined live on Loose Men after family tragedy

Former X Factor and I'm A Celeb star Jake Quickenden, 34, lost both his father and brother to bone cancer and previously appeared on The Real Full Monty in 2020 to raise awareness of the disease

Wales Online

Women who find benign breast lump or cyst at double the risk of developing cancer in future

A study of 800,000 women revealed they were 96 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in the next 12 to 20 years

Axios

CDC: Home births surged during pandemic

The research is the latest insight into the pandemic’s indirect impact on maternal health at a time when hospitals were grappling with how to stave off an unknown disease.

Reuters

Peru reports first severe bird-flu outbreak

Peru has reported its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza as the disease swept through some wild pelicans, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.

Wales Online

Legionnaires’ disease bug found at police training college

Contingency plans are in place, police said

Daily Record

Legionnaires disease found at Police Scotland college at Tulliallan

The bacteria was found within five shower heads in the Dunvegan accommodation complex - which houses female officers - during routine testing at Tulliallan in Kincardine, Fife, on Wednesday, November 16.

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