Even prior to undergoing scans and tests, it was evident to everyone that Catriona’s memory was significantly declining. Despite the fact that David Cameron was serving as Prime Minister at the time, Catriona believed it was still Margaret Thatcher. The official diagnosis eventually came: Alzheimer’s. The doctor prescribed donepezil, a drug that could potentially delay …
lt;700,000 to save a child’s life for many, many years, maybe for a lifetime, is not much,” Crooke said.After a 2016 case that suddenly came to light, in which a teenager ordered very expensive gene therapy that ultimately failed, the head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, told Congress that he …
Veterinary laboratories are alerting pet owners about a contagious respiratory illness that emerged among dogs a few months ago. The American Veterinary Medical Association pointed out in a news release on Friday that the cases have extended to at least five states and that experts are still investigating the cause of the diseases. Here’s an …
‘The most important virus you’ve never heard of’ is spiking this spring Metapneumovirus or HMPV is spiking this spring. Not to be confused with Covid-19 or RSV, this respiratory virus doesn’t have a vaccine to treat it. Buzz60, Buzz60 As a victim of cold sores or oral herpes, you may have experienced the discomforting presence …
Nebraska officials are currently testing over 500 children and staff at an Omaha area YMCA drop-in daycare center for possible exposure to tuberculosis after a confirmed case sparked a public health emergency. The potential exposures at the Westview YMCA, located in the Omaha suburbs, would have occurred between May and late October. According to Health …
Goldman Sachs’ outlook for 2024 is fairly upbeat, with the bank eyeing just a 15% chance of a recession.Lucky-photographer/Shutterstock Goldman Sachs said the economy and investing landscape is returning to a pre-2008 environment. Strategists said the global economy has outperformed expectations in 2023, and disinflation should carry on. Conditions are normalizing as the era of …
There is a new study about vampire bats that, while perfectly timed for Halloween season, is raising alarms for the food supply chain and public health. The study, published Thursday in the journal Ecography, found that climate change is correlated with the range of vampire bat habitats and increase the risk of rabies spillover events. …