New research suggests another serious neurological condition can be added to the list of those connected to Zika virus infection. According to a small study, the mosquito-borne illness could cause an autoimmune condition known as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), which shares some traits with multiple…
Category: Diseases
‘Anti-Vax’ Mother’s Regret Over Whooping Cough ‘Nightmare’
An Australian mother has said she regrets refusing the whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy after she passed the potentially fatal infection to her newborn baby. Cormit Avital said she had turned down the vaccination because she was a “healthy, fit, organic woman”. She caught the…
Glaxo’s Potential Cure For ‘Bubble-Boy Disease’ A Step Closer
A potential cure for children born with a form of an extremely rare immune-system condition often referred to as “bubble-boy disease” has moved a step closer to approval after receiving the support of a European Union regulatory panel. The treatment, which involves inserting a new…
Hundreds in Guinea Get Ebola Vaccine in Fight Against Flare-Up
Hundreds of possible contacts of eight people infected with Ebola in Guinea have been vaccinated with an experimental Merck vaccine to try and halt a flare-up of the deadly disease, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The United Nations health agency’s office in Guinea…
Gum Disease Link To Alzheimer’s, Research Suggests
Gum disease has been linked to a greater rate of cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease, early stage research has suggested. The small study, published in PLOS ONE, looked at 59 people who were all deemed to have mild to moderate dementia. It is…
The Top Health Risks For Men And How To Prevent Them
Men are not the greatest when it comes to looking after their bodies. Indeed, some men take better care of their cars than they do their health. Just like women, men are susceptible to gender-related diseases that can do serious damage to their health. And,…
A Cane For The Blind That Senses Tall Obstacles
As an undergraduate studying computer science and engineering in New Delhi, Rohan Paul, the son of two doctors, took on a class project working with the blind. He learned that the white cane, which many visually impaired people depend on for mobility, has a major…
Zika And Ebola: A Taste Of Things To Come?
Ebola. Zika. Both diseases that were unknown to many until recently. But there have been huge outbreaks of both – and each time scientists and global health experts were caught off guard. In this week’s Scrubbing Up, Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of the Gavi, the…