Health

Gene therapy has transformed the lives of people with a genetic disorder that causes painful and unpredictable swelling attacks. Angiodema, thought to affect 50,000 people worldwide, can be seriously debilitating, affect airways, and occasionally prove fatal. Patients treated with a single dose of gene therapy Crispr-Cas9 showed little sign of further symptoms. The therapy also has big potential as a ...

Rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic condition, triggers inflammation within the body as the immune system attacks various tissues, resulting in intense pain and joint stiffness. Primarily affecting the legs, feet, and hands, awareness of early signs and prompt treatment can help prevent its progression. As we observe February 2 as Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day, here are key indicators to be mindful ...

Forty-nine more COVID-19 cases were reported across the country during the last 24 hours as of Thursday morning. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 607 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 8.07 percent. The country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,482 as no death was reported during the period. ...

People with seven common ailments such as sore throat and earache can go into a chemist to be assessed, rather than making an appointment with their GP. Under the Pharmacy First scheme, pharmacists in England can carry out consultations and issue antibiotics when appropriate. The aim is to make it easier for people to get the help they need and free up ...

Twenty dengue patients were hospitalized in the country in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Of the new patients, nine admitted to the hospitals in Dhaka, and 11 were outside it. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) the death toll stands at 14 as zero death was reported during the period. It said currently, 113 patients ...

An uncommon medical treatment withdrawn in the mid-1980s may have caused some very rare cases of Alzheimer’s, scientists believe. The team at University College London has been studying five cases linked to injections of human growth hormone that came from deceased donors. The findings do not mean Alzheimer’s is infectious – you cannot catch it from contact with people who have ...

COVID-19 claimed one more life during the last 24 hours as of Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities to 29,482 across the country. The deceased from the viral disease was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital who aged between 71 to 80. In addition, the number of infected people from the disease is also increasing day by ...

Early-onset dementia symptoms in five adults may be connected to a now-discontinued human growth hormone medical treatment that they received decades ago as children, a new study suggests. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, provides the first reported evidence of medically acquired Alzheimer’s disease in living people. In these cases, the patients’ early-onset dementia symptoms may be ...

The huge gap between how women and men’s health are treated costs $1 trillion a year worldwide, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday. Women spend a quarter more of their lives suffering from poor health than men, a disparity that includes an unequal focus on men across medical research, diagnosis and treatment, the report said. Closing this gap would ...

Michael Gove has rejected suggestions the UK government was “playing politics” during the pandemic. He also denied attempting to promote the union in the course of his evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry. It came as the levelling up secretary and former Cabinet Office minister accused Nicola Sturgeon of seeking to diverge from the UK government to advance her “political ...