3 h. ago Grand Slam champion Monica Seles reveals battle with chronic neuromuscular disease

Seles, who dominated the sport as a teenager, was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 2022

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5 h. ago Monica Seles reveals battle with chronic neuromuscular disease

Seles, who dominated the sport as a teenager, was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 2022

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14 h. ago ‘It’s a horrible picture’: Gaza faces new threat from antibiotic

Fatal infections more likely due to malnutrition, injuries and lack of medical facilities under Israel’s blockadeGaza is facing a new threat as diseases resistant to antibiotics spread across the devastated territory, research has revealed.Medical supplies are desperately scarce and tens of thousands of people have been injured in the 22-month war, while many others have been weakened by malnutrition, so the high levels of drug-resistant bacteria will mean longer and more serious illnesses, a more rapid transmission of infectious diseases and more deaths, experts said. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Tennis icon Monica Seles reveals diagnosis with rare disease

The 51-year-old, who won nine grand Slam titles throughout her career on the court, said that she had been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease three years ago.

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4 d. ago Influencer Emilie Kiser wins battle to keep gory details of her three

Emilie Kiser fought to get two pages of a police report detailing how her son Trigg, three, drowned in her family's pool redacted - and a judge agreed with her on Friday.

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4 d. ago The cancer patient who inspired French movement to block reintroduction of pesticide

Fleur Breteau tells of how case was merely a symptom of a wider problem contaminating food and water systemsOn the day French MPs gave themselves a round of applause for approving legislation to reintroduce a banned pesticide last month, a figure rose from the public gallery to shout: “You are supporters of cancer and we will make it known.”Fleur Breteau made it known. Her outburst and appearance – she lost her hair during chemotherapy for breast cancer – boosted a petition against the “Duplomb law” to well over 2m signatures. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The most contagious infectious disease on the planet revealed

The threat posed by any infectious disease depends not only on how it affects the body, but also on how easily it spreads

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9 d. ago 'I gave myself cancer': Wellness influencer battling the disease reveals the three factors she thinks triggered it

Stephanie Weeks, from Mississippi in the US, was diagnosed with stage three triple negative breast cancer in February 2021 at the age of just 42.

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9 d. ago Revealed: The most and least infectious diseases on the planet

The threat posed by any infectious disease depends not only on how it affects the body, but also on how easily it spreads

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4 w. ago Blood tests could reveal early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests

Researchers say the findings provide new insights into possible early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease

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