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GERD explained as extreme acid reflux makes patients burp, sweat and increases cancer risk

Symptoms of Gastroesophageal reflux disease can include heartburn, bad breath, bloating and pain when swallowing.

Daily Record

Editorial: Just one case of polio is a global threat

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

Tribune News Service

Suella Braverman’s decisions ‘led to scabies and diphtheria at overcrowded asylum centre’

Sources blame home secretary for conditions that encouraged disease, as charities decry ‘inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers

The Independent UK

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This simple habit could significantly boost your heart health

Sleep was just added to the American Heart Association’s checklist for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health.

Inverse

Research: Ultrasound Scan Can Detect Prostate Cancer

Researchers at Imperial College London, University College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have found that a new type of ultrasound scan can diagnose most prostate cancer cases with good accuracy in a clinical trial involving 370 men. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

PFAS left dangerous blood compounds in nearly all US study participants

The toxic ‘forever chemicals’ can stay in human blood for years, and are linked to cancers, kidney damage and heart disease

The Guardian - US

Lebanon Announces 3 New Cholera Cases, One Death

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that it has registered three new cholera cases in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 371. It confirmed a new death from the infection, raising the toll to 16. It released an infographic showing where the most infections have been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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County Durham man's heartache as vulnerable sister dies just four months after devastating cancer diagnosis

Geoff Fisher is urging loved ones of those with special needs to be extra vigilant about their health after sister Kate passed away aged just 34

Chronicle Live

Determined Lanarkshire dad overcomes muscle-wasting disease to find his feet as an Ironman

Thomas Henderson completed the gruelling endurance event, despite a neurological condition that affects the muscles in his legs

Daily Record

Yellow-band disease outbreak detected in Sattahip coral reef

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has found a yellow-band disease outbreak at a coral reef in Sattahip in Chon Buri province.

Bangkok Post

Michael Hiltzik: Obscenely rich dialysis firms are spending millions to defeat California's tighter regulations

A good rule of thumb for assessing the value of a business is to look at how much its owners will spend to defend it from regulations. By that measure, the dialysis business is very valuable indeed.

Los Angeles Times

Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars to retire due to ‘crippling degenerative disease’

Founding member will no longer tour with the band in 2023

The Independent UK

'Black women can get breast cancer too' - meet the survivors dispelling myths and saving lives

Black Women Rising by The Leanne Pero Foundation is empowering black women to share their stories of breast cancer to break down stigmas attached to the deadly disease

Daily Mirror

Ethiopia's Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO

Ethiopia's Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases.

Reuters

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'Anxious' Navy Officer's death during 'feared' physical test 'could have been avoided' rules coroner

APO Fleming had a 'significantly enlarged' heart and was suffering from 'severe' ischemic heart disease when he died. A paperwork issue led to 'insufficient' scrutiny of his medical circumstances.

Daily Mirror

NHS worker bowel cancer patient ‘desperate’ for help to fund £1000 a month trial drug

Londoner Tim was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer three years ago at the age of 27, after months of back and forth with a GP about his symptoms and being told he was “too young” to have the disease.

The Guardian - UK

Global tuberculosis cases increase for the first time in 20 years

Campaigners say diagnoses of TB – ‘the quintessential disease of poverty’ – have risen because of ‘neglect’ and lack of funding

Evening Standard

Zombie pigeons in the UK: Mystery bird illness turns living birds into zombies

Birds infected with the virus will usually die within a few days but this is long enough for it to keep spreading between birds

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Why does the US allow a controversial weedkiller banned across the world?

Paraquat is outlawed in the EU, UK, Switzerland and China as a growing chorus of US advocacy groups demand the EPA change its position

Tribune News Service

Cinnamon is highly beneficial according to a new study

Cinnamon might be the oldest known spice in the world. In ancient Egypt, it was once valued more highly than gold. Cinnamon is used in nearly every holiday treat during the fall and winter, bu there are plenty of benefits to using cinnamon year round.

Newcastle Herald

Fifth COVID shot not likely until next year

Three people died from COVID in Hunter-New England in the 14 days prior to October 22.

The Independent UK

Brisk daily seven-minute walk instead of leisurely stroll ‘cuts risk of heart disease’

Doing just two brisk walks for an hour and 15 minutes a week or one run for the same amount of time a week is enough to keep the condition at bay

The Independent UK

People who walk faster are reaping health benefits, experts find

Long-accepted forms of exercise may have no benefit in preventing heart disease, experts say

Wales Online

Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars retires from touring due to ill health

71-year-old heavy metal star has lived with painful spinal disease since his teens

Salon

Are butter boards bad for you?

Here’s what you may want to consider before whipping up a butter board of your own

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