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Bengaluru Garbage Crisis: How Lack Of Sanitation In Urban Areas Affects Community Health
When waste management is disrupted, it creates filthy conditions that breed illness for entire communities. Piles of uncollected garbage turn streets into health hazards, spreading germs and toxins that affect health.
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Long Covid And Alzheimer's Might Be Driven By Similar Changes In The Brain, Says New Study
A new study from New York University finds that long Covid and Alzheimer's may share biological pathways, with choroid plexus changes linked to brain inflammation, waste clearance issues, and cognitive decline.
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Viruses On Plastics May Fuel Antibiotic Resistance, Warn Researchers
Plastics entering natural environments quickly become coated with microbial biofilms called the 'plastisphere', known to be hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, the team, including researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Are Your Kidneys Functioning Properly? Watch Out For These Symptoms
Poor kidney function can result in accumulation of waste products in the blood, leading to a condition known as uremia.
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Scientists Solve Mystery Of What Killed Over 5 Billion Starfish After A Decade
Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.
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When Madhubala Asked Her Sister To "Not Waste Money" On Her Medical Treatment: "She Was Reduced To A Skeleton"
Madhubala's illness was discovered on the sets of Bahut Din Huye(1954), where the actress spat out blood while brushing her teeth
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Most Cancer Patients Die Of "Cachexia", Not Cancer: Read Details
When tumours in cancer patients elevate levels of an immune system molecule called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), it can cause severe brain dysfunction, which leads to a lethal wasting disease called 'cachexia' in about 50 to 80% cancer patients, a study said
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'Zombie Deer Disease' Hits Another US State As 2 White-Tailed Deers Test Positive In Virginia
Chronic wasting disease, also known as 'zombie deer disease', is the illness that leaves animals confused and drooling.
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"Zombie Deer Disease" Spreading Fast, Could Evolve To Infect Humans, Says Expert
The Chronic Wasting Disease, as it is known, is caused by misfolded proteins known as prions. After infection, prions travel throughout the central nervous system, leaving prion deposits in brain tissues and organs.
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'Zombie Deer Disease' Could Spread To Humans, Scientists Warn As Cases Surge In US
Experts have labeled the disease as a ''slow-moving disaster'' and are strongly advising governments to prepare for the likelihood of its transmission to humans.
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Bengaluru Garbage Crisis: How Lack Of Sanitation In Urban Areas Affects Community Health
When waste management is disrupted, it creates filthy conditions that breed illness for entire communities. Piles of uncollected garbage turn streets into health hazards, spreading germs and toxins that affect health.
-
Long Covid And Alzheimer's Might Be Driven By Similar Changes In The Brain, Says New Study
A new study from New York University finds that long Covid and Alzheimer's may share biological pathways, with choroid plexus changes linked to brain inflammation, waste clearance issues, and cognitive decline.
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Viruses On Plastics May Fuel Antibiotic Resistance, Warn Researchers
Plastics entering natural environments quickly become coated with microbial biofilms called the 'plastisphere', known to be hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, the team, including researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Are Your Kidneys Functioning Properly? Watch Out For These Symptoms
Poor kidney function can result in accumulation of waste products in the blood, leading to a condition known as uremia.
-
Scientists Solve Mystery Of What Killed Over 5 Billion Starfish After A Decade
Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.
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When Madhubala Asked Her Sister To "Not Waste Money" On Her Medical Treatment: "She Was Reduced To A Skeleton"
Madhubala's illness was discovered on the sets of Bahut Din Huye(1954), where the actress spat out blood while brushing her teeth
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Most Cancer Patients Die Of "Cachexia", Not Cancer: Read Details
When tumours in cancer patients elevate levels of an immune system molecule called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), it can cause severe brain dysfunction, which leads to a lethal wasting disease called 'cachexia' in about 50 to 80% cancer patients, a study said
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'Zombie Deer Disease' Hits Another US State As 2 White-Tailed Deers Test Positive In Virginia
Chronic wasting disease, also known as 'zombie deer disease', is the illness that leaves animals confused and drooling.
-
"Zombie Deer Disease" Spreading Fast, Could Evolve To Infect Humans, Says Expert
The Chronic Wasting Disease, as it is known, is caused by misfolded proteins known as prions. After infection, prions travel throughout the central nervous system, leaving prion deposits in brain tissues and organs.
-
'Zombie Deer Disease' Could Spread To Humans, Scientists Warn As Cases Surge In US
Experts have labeled the disease as a ''slow-moving disaster'' and are strongly advising governments to prepare for the likelihood of its transmission to humans.
