The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Ten million people are diagnosed with dementia worldwide each year – that’s more than ever. According to the Alzheimer’s Society approximately one million people in the UK are currently living with the disease. Studies predict this figure will rise to 1.6 million people by 2050.

Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That’s exactly what some scientists are working on. And they are beginning to unravel the mechanisms for doing so, using genetically engineered bacteria to target and destroy cancer cells.

Dr. Josiah Child claims the pianist called his clinic on February 12, a day after authorities say she passed. The post “I Don’t Believe It”: Fans Suspicious After Gene Hackman Mystery Deepens With Doctor’s Statement first appeared on Bored Panda.

Researchers say AI breakthrough is ‘game-changing’ for disease prevention

Incyte's skin disease treatment looks "viable, but not competitive with biologics," an analyst said Monday as Incyte stock fell.

In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That’s been the case each year since 2016, except in 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 deaths outpaced overdose deaths. The vast majority of fatal overdoses in Philly involve the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

UK pharma group acquires Belgium’s EsoBiotec as it announces EU has approved Imfinzi lung cancer drug

Study also unravels drug’s mechanisms of action

Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

It could pave the way for developing drugs that stop or slow the disease’s progression

What if mosquitoes could deliver not just the disease but the protection to an infection that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually?