Browsing: disease

Milly’s chronic fatigue illness, outlined by her father, Patrick Barkham, is heartbreaking (As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How…

There are many reasons to feel guilty. I’m a nature writer who preaches about the importance of wild childhoods, and my daughter has been made chronically…

Good morning. Few medical diagnoses are as brutal and devastating as Huntington’s disease.For decades, those who inherited this cruel condition faced only despair. There was no…

Women who miss their first breast cancer screening appointment have a 40% higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a new study.Experts at the…

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentBBC/Fergus WalshProfessors Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi led the UK part of the trialOne of the cruellest and most devastating diseases –…

Rachel Cowley found out that her daughter Jessica has DRPLA in May this yearRachel Cowley’s daughter Jessica was like any other 10-year-old until she started having…

September 15, 20253 min readDeath Rates from Chronic Diseases Dropped in Most CountriesA report finds that death rates from cancer and heart disease have declined since…

September 8, 20254 min readTrump’s Health Cuts Leave States with Gaping Holes in Disease SurveillanceAI now scans for bird flu and measles news, but public health…

Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and coordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control.Long-awaited…

Doctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.For decades,…