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Health The WorldWe May Soon Detect Parkinson’s Disease Years Before Any Symptoms
Eight blood-based biomarkers could be the key to detecting Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before the first symptoms appear, which could lead to the development of a long-awaited cure for millions of patients worldwide.
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Health The WorldBye Bye, Trans-fatty Acids!
Between 2018 and 2023, best-practice policies were successfully implemented to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids (FTAs), which have severe impacts on public health, and while challenges remain, policy recommendations are being put forward to complete and sustain elimination.
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Health ChadDream Come True: No More Sleep Sickness!
Not only has Chad eliminated its first neglected tropical disease , the gambiense form of the sleeping sickness, as a public health problem, but it has also become the 51st country to do so, making the 100-country target by 2030 set by the World Health Organization…
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Health The WorldLifesaving Investments Against Infectious Diseases Prove Worth Every Penny (and More!)
A recent study shows that the $100 billion invested in fighting infectious diseases in poor countries over the last 30 years generated almost $50 trillion and will have averted more than 40 million deaths by 2040.
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Health United KingdomVolunteers Help Us Figure Out How We Could Be Immune to Coronavirus
A recent study conducted in the United Kingdom answers a burning question regarding the seeming immunity some individuals have against the coronavirus with findings that could lead to the development of treatments capable of mimicking these natural protective responses.