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Romualdez assures cancer patients: Congress to address cash aid, distance woes

House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez meets some children who are cancer patients at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City. MANILA, Philippines — Concerns raised by cancer patients in a town hall meeting like the need for additional financial aid and possible shelters to mitigate distance to hospitals will be addressed by the 19th […]

AI Analysis Will Predict Future Disease from Bone Density Scans

Researchers have used machine learning to assess bone density scans for calcification in the aorta, the body’s main artery. They say their method could be used to predict future cardiovascular and other disease, even before symptoms appear. Just as calcification, or the deposit of calcium, on the inner wall of blood vessels in the heart […]

This scientific duo is developing a spectroscopy-based device that could revolutionise cancer detection

Cancer, a dreaded disease that affects millions worldwide, has a greater chance of successful treatment and improved patient outcomes when diagnosed at an early stage. And this duo is working on a novel spectroscopy-based tool that has the potential to transform the landscape of early cancer detection. Recognising the potential of their work, the two — […]

Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease are Leading Causes of Death, According

…AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT… The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert for Pennsylvania today due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. A Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include […]

Asymptomatic throat carriage is the key to transmission of Group A Streptococcus infections

Breakthrough research has found that Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections are more likely transmitted from asymptomatic throat carriage than skin-to-skin contact in communities with high rates of infection. This major discovery has far-reaching implications for public health approaches, vaccine development and future research as it challenges previous understanding of how the bacterium is spread. GAS […]

Mysterious Spread of Bird Flu in Cats in Poland, WHO Reports

​Poland is the first country to report “high numbers” of cats infected with bird flu across a large area, the WHO said Monday, adding that the risk of human infection remained low. ​The World Health Organization said that since Polish health authorities informed it last month of unusual cat deaths across the country, 29 cats […]

Swine flu found in pigs at Oakland County Fair, transmission to humans is ‘rare’

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Health officials are in the middle of a contract-tracing effort after pigs at the Oakland County Fair tested positive for the influenza A. The fair’s opening day was July 7. According to the Oakland County Health Division, the infections were discovered a week later on July 14. The pig barn […]

New Genes Implicated in Deadly Heart Defect

image: Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D. and Georg Vogler, Ph.D. view more  Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. – July 17, 2023 – By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening heart disease that […]