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- An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/12/deer-chronic-wasting-disease-decline/676962/ 4 comments
- The Diseases Are Coming https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/diseases-doge-trump/681964/?gift=P4PbparCGiV10Ifk2hg6wuWMevgZqd5LqWfjRgAs8MQ 23 comments politics
- Plant-based swaps may cut diabetes and heart disease risk, major review finds. Analysis of 37 studies finds largest health benefits come from replacing processed meat, with 20% reduction in type 2 diabetes https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-03093-1#:~:text=Conclusions,health%20and%20all%2Dcause%20mortality. 569 comments science
- Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, new research shows https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/58-of-human-infectious-diseases-can-be-worsened-by-climate-change/ 3 comments environment
- Analysis: COVID-19 pills are coming, but no substitute for vaccines, disease experts say https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/covid-19-pills-are-coming-no-substitute-vaccines-disease-experts-say-2021-11-08/?taid=6189f1157ef03c00011ce5cd&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter 10 comments worldnews
- One of the great steps of individualized medicine is to combine pharmacogenetics with Ayurogenamics.Personalized medicine will come to mean not just the right drug for the right individual, but the right drug for the specific disease affecting a specific individual. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7760374/ 4 comments science
- New Skin Disease in Dolphins Linked to Climate Change. The study comes on the heels of significant outbreaks in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas and Australia in recent years. In all of these locations, a sudden and drastic decrease in salinity in the waters was the common factor https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/news/new-skin-disease-in-dolphins-linked-to-climate-change 16 comments science
- Infectious Disease Expert: The 'Darkest Of The Entire Pandemic' Has Yet To Come https://www.huffpost.com/entry/osterholm-pandemic-forecast_n_5f8c6e02c5b67da85d1f2d67 342 comments politics
- Sitting is not always bad for older adults: It’s generally accepted health advice that adults should sit less, move more, and engage in regular exercise to reduce risk of chronic diseases. However, when it comes to the brain and cognition, a new study suggests that some sedentariness isn’t all bad https://chhs.source.colostate.edu/is-sitting-always-bad-for-older-adults-a-new-study-says-maybe-not/ 16 comments science
- A new study found fecal transplant as a promising treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: The research study comes from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University and has been published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. https://www.liveplanetnews.com/a-new-study-found-fecal-transplant-as-a-promising-treatment-for-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease/ 26 comments science
- Cairo contacts France, Canada on coronavirus cases coming from Egypt - The Egyptian Ministry of Health added in a statement that Egypt has not recorded any cases with the disease currently or even carrying the virus. https://www.egypttoday.com/article/1/82124/cairo-contacts-paris-ontario-on-coronavirus-cases-coming-from-egypt 10 comments worldnews
- When proteins in the brain form deposits consisting of insoluble aggregates, diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s can occur. Now a research team has come a step closer to understanding this process. https://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/news-calendar/news_detail/?languageid=100001&contentid=1665885 5 comments science
- How come the Vikings in Newfoundland didn't cause a Columbian exchange of plants, animals and diseases? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/cth9a9/how_come_the_vikings_in_newfoundland_didnt_cause/ 8 comments history
- No, illegal immigrants and refugees are not causing six eradicated diseases to come back https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/jun/10/facebook-posts/no-illegal-immigrants-and-refugees-are-not-causing/ 42 comments politics
- Crispr Gene Editing Is Coming for the Womb: In utero gene editing for monogenic lung disease [proof-of-concept in mice] https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-gene-editing-is-coming-for-the-womb/ 5 comments science
- The "internal wiring" of breast cancer can predict which women are more likely to survive or relapse, say researchers. The study shows that breast cancer is 11 separate diseases that each has a different risk of coming back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47553534 81 comments science
- Government will launch system to map distribution of people’s deaths by causes, such as diseases & accidents. By understanding mortality trends on regional basis and carefully analyzing causes, government aims to come up with effective measures in field of preventive care & improve public health. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004688553 5 comments worldnews
- Stand-up comedians come down with infectious diseases more frequently https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/humr.ahead-of-print/humor-2017-0054/humor-2017-0054.xml?format=int 10 comments science
- Bill Gates thinks a coming pandemic disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months - and says we should prepare for it as we do for war http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4 54 comments worldnews
- Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it as we do for war http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4 19 comments science
- Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it like we do for war http://uk.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4 3807 comments worldnews
- Science AMA Series: I'm Paul Knoepfler, Professor at UC Davis. I do research with CRISPR on stem cells and brain tumors. CRISPR genetic modification of human embryos is making big news. Can we erase genetic diseases? Are designer babies or eugenics coming? I’d love to talk about stem cells too. AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/6wiw87/science_ama_series_im_paul_knoepfler_professor_at/ 1186 comments science
- Rare genetic degenerative neurological disease - coming my way in 20-25 years! https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6s1uzo/rare_genetic_degenerative_neurological_disease/ 8 comments personalfinance
- Cats may hold even more potential than dogs when it comes to sniffing out missing persons, bombs drugs and diseases. http://www.seeker.com/why-cats-could-make-skilled-search-and-rescue-animals-2277969871.html 13 comments science
- Climate change threat to public health worse than polio, White House warns | sweeping risks to public health from rising temperatures in the coming decades – with increased deaths and illnesses from heat stroke, respiratory failure and diseases such as West Nile virus http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/04/climate-change-public-health-threat-white-house-report 731 comments science
- Teenager dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone as disease makes a come-back http://www.cityam.com/224258/teenager-dies-ebola-sierra-leone-disease-resurfaces 3 comments worldnews
- Scientists from the United States, China and Britain will come together to discuss the future of human gene editing, which holds great promise for treating diseases but also has the potential to create "designer babies" https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-china-uk-experts-tackle-vexed-issue-gene-104440655.html 10 comments worldnews
- How come musical memory can be preserved in advanced Alzheimer’s disease, despite memory impairments in other domains? The answer may be in this new paper by Jacobsen et al. in the journal Brain. (RT from /r/neuroscience) http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/06/03/brain.awv135 131 comments science
- A Canadian woman who had declined to have her children immunised against pertussis, better known as whooping cough, has changed her position now that all seven of her children have come down with the disease. http://www.smh.com.au/world/antivaccination-mother-tara-hills-seven-children-come-down-with-whooping-cough-20150415-1mm0za.html 3 comments worldnews
- Who’s fueling Ebola fears? Politicians, of course. "When it comes to political attacks just before an election, nothing is off-limits. Including, apparently, a deadly disease." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/16/whos-fueling-ebola-fears-politicians-of-course-video/?tid=rssfeed 101 comments politics
- Thousands ‘evade’ Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone. Health officials in Guinea said people were coming “in waves” through the bush, fearing they would be taken away if they were found to have the disease. http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/20/thousands-evade-ebola-lockdown-in-sierra-leone 352 comments worldnews
- Researchers develop new drug against Crohn's disease (Translated by Bing). The new drug is expected to come on the European market next year. http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.1710457 193 comments science
- As Arctic ice melts, disease spreads . With rising temperatures comes strong evidence that the Arctic is seeing a spike in the rate of various diseases. 'We should recognize disease as a harbinger of a warming world.' http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/06/arctic-disease 4 comments worldnews
- As someone with Crohn's disease, it is downright irresponsible for Mitt Romney claim that his "plan" covers preexisting conditions, when his campaign has to come out the next day and deny it! We are dealing with people's lives! http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/top-romney-adviser-states-will-have-to-cover-people-with-pre-existing-conditions-under-president-rom.php 684 comments politics
- "SPOILER: You’re probably going to die in a hospital bed in your sixties, seventies or eighties. The culprit will probably not be terrorism, China or the government coming for your guns. It will be heart disease or cancer." http://eclectablog.com/2012/08/yes-you-can-die-from-a-lack-of-insurance.html#.ucjuxwwzqkw.reddit 1123 comments politics
- The Coming Anarchy: How Scarcity, Crime, Overpopulation, Tribalism, and Disease Are Rapidly Destroying the Social Fabric of Our Planet http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/1994/02/the-coming-anarchy/4670/ 8 comments reddit.com
- I know we've come a long way since the English Disease of the 70s, but it still pains me knowing that hooliganism continues to tarnish the beautiful game. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-11387678 6 comments soccer
- Why did bed bugs disappear and come back after 40 years? Why don't they (seem to) transmit disease? No one seems to know. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31bedbug.html?ref=science 478 comments science
- The medical field is always looking for ways to cure diseases. Even in the Medieval or ancient times, they would come up with plausible solutions for what was ailing the patient. http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-methods-of-treatment/ 9 comments science
- The Coming Anarchy: How scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism, and disease are rapidly destroying the social fabric of our planet http://www.prosebeforehos.com/article-of-the-day/01/22/how-scarcity-crime-overpopulation-tribalism-and-disease-are-rapidly-destroying-the-social-fabric-of-our-planet/ 5 comments reddit.com