Three people in the UK have caught a disease usually confined to dogs. Brucella canis, a bacterial infection that causes pain, lameness and infertility in canines has now infected three human Britons. The incurable disease spreads through contact with an infected animal’s fluids and while usually mild in human cases, can result in meningitis and...
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Mystery Behind Neuron Death in Alzheimer’s Decoded
Summary: Researchers have unveiled the mystery behind neuron death in Alzheimer’s disease. A groundbreaking study reveals that neurons undergo a programmed cell death, necroptosis, when exposed to amyloid plaques and tau tangles, hallmark proteins linked to Alzheimer’s. The study pinpoints an RNA gene called MEG3 as a potential key player in this process. This pivotal...
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Researchers discover the best time to exercise if you want to lose weight
Those heading to the gym after work may want to adjust their schedules, research suggests. A US study on 5,285 middle-aged adults showed exercising between 7am to 9am was the best time for weight loss. Participants in this category had a lower body mass index (BMI) and smaller waist circumference than people who exercised at...
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‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women | PFAS
Women exposed to several widely used chemicals appear to face increased odds for ovarian and other certain types of cancers, including a doubling of odds for melanoma, according to new research funded by the US government. Using data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a team of academic researchers found evidence...
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Can’t stand the sound of slurping? One in five of us suffer from a condition that makes common noises unbearable
Common sounds such as coughing and sniffing can negatively affect one in five People with the condition are more likely to report anger or distress by sounds While sniffing, coughing and slurping are sounds that most of us barely notice, for others, such noises are enough to make you physically cringe. Misophonia is a condition that...
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From smoking to seatbelts: hard-hitting safety campaigns that made a difference | Health
Cancer charities and health campaigners are calling for a return to hard-hitting advertisements – common in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s – to help tackle public health problems. Below are some of the key public health ads of past decades. Don’t aid Aids – 1987 The 1987 Aids awareness campaign, Don’t aid Aids, was...
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Guide Dogs charity HQ rocked by incurable canine-to-human disease
The Guide Dogs headquarters has been rocked after two young dogs were put in quarantine after testing positive for an incurable disease that can be transmitted to humans, The Telegraph can reveal. The young males were screened for the bacterium Brucella canis earlier this year and returned a positive test. The animals have been separated...
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Texas man in his 30s dies from flesh-eating bacterial infection he caught from eating raw oysters
A Texas man in his 30s has died after eating raw oysters contaminated with a flesh-eating bacteria. Local health officials said the man, who has not been named, contracted a Vibrio vulnificus infection — having ingested the bacteria that lives in warm, coastal waters when he ate oysters. Doctors say Vibrio infections are rising across...
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Miss Brighton highlighting Crohn’s disease in Miss Great Britain bid
Poppy Griffiths, 20, wants to spread the word that the illnesses, a form of a painful inflammatory bowel disease, “does not have to control your life”. She was diagnosed with Chron’s aged 15 which comes and goes in waves but is now using her platform to champion the charity Chron’s and Colitis UK, with hopes...
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Diabetes risk increased by 19% due to one common sleeping habit, study finds
Staying up late or being a “night owl” increases the risk of diabetes by 19% compared with waking up early, new research has suggested. Scientists found women who go to bed and wake up late – which means they have an “evening chronotype” – are also more likely to have unhealthy lifestyles. Tianyi Huang, an...