Tag: Disease
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Proposed silica dust regulation to prevent black lung disease may fall short : Shots
[ad_1] “There’s a lot of memories here, some good, some bad,” said Danny Smith, reflecting on his years working at the now-defunct Solid Energy mine in Pike County, Ky. Smith, 51, suffers from an advanced and incurable stage of black lung disease. Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR “There’s…
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Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Invests $100M on Rare Disease Cure
[ad_1] This article originally appeared on Business Insider. Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon, has been living with a rare muscular disease for the past several decades, and he’s funneling $100 million of his multibillion-dollar net worth into finding a cure. Wilson was given the diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, in 1987 when…
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This Disease Is Battering Us yet Nobody's Listening
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 1, 2019. The featured film, “Farmer’s Footprint / Regeneration: The Beginning,” highlights the failure of our chemical-dependent food and farming system, and how it degrades our soils, pollutes our air and water, and is the main driver of soaring cancer rates and…
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Respiratory disease season is underway : Shots
[ad_1] Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations are now available across the U.S., including at this CVS pharmacy in Palatine, Illinois. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations are now available across the U.S., including at this CVS pharmacy in Palatine, Illinois. Nam Y. Huh/AP As the weather cools down,…
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This disease kills nearly 500,000 kids every year. A ‘vital’ new vaccine was just approved
[ad_1] Key PointsThe WHO has recommended the use of a second malaria vaccine for children.The vaccine, known as R21/Matrix-M, will begin to be rolled out in mid-2024.R21/Matrix-M is mass manufactured by India’s Serum Institute. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday the use of a second malaria vaccine to curb the life-threatening disease spread…
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The Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?
[ad_1] On a muggy evening in July on the island of Príncipe, part of a volcanic archipelago 200 miles off the West African mainland, 11,000 mosquitoes dusted in fluorescent green powder flew together into the heavy equatorial air, tiny volunteers in the service of science. Over the next 10 nights, another group of volunteers, human…
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Guillain-Barre symptoms: Man struck by deadly auto-immune disease after dream Bali holiday
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A man has been left paralysed from the face down after contracting a rare auto-immune disease after returning from a dream holiday in Bali. Real estate agent, Tom Pegg, 23, who is…
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Relief Efforts in Libya Turn to Disease Prevention, as Hopes for Finding Survivors Dim
[ad_1] Nearly a week after a powerful storm caused catastrophic flooding in northeastern Libya, rescue groups assessing the damage left behind after two dams collapsed in the city of Derna — washing entire neighborhoods out to sea — said that the death toll was still being assessed amid diminishing hopes for finding survivors. “There are…
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Bella Hadid is dressed down in an all-white outfit during rare outing in NYC with brother Anwar Hadid… after she took time off work to battle Lyme disease
[ad_1] Bella Hadid made a rare appearance in New York City on Saturday in a simple all-white ensemble as she touched down on a helipad with her little brother, Anwar Hadid, 24. The 26-year-old supermodel kept her raven-haired locks loose around her shoulders, flaunting her radiant, makeup free complexion for her arrival in the city…
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Statin May Lower Heart Disease Risk for H.I.V. Patients
[ad_1] Americans with H.I.V. are achieving the once unthinkable: a steady march into older age. But beginning around age 50, many people living with the virus face a host of health problems, from heart disease and diabetes to social isolation and cognitive decline. And so the medical research community, which some three decades ago developed…