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by Joshua MELVIN Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A decade after a bike crash that left an American man paralyzed from the shoulders down, he can again feed himself, researchers hailing a medical first reported Wednesday. The remarkable advance hinges on a prosthesis which circumvents rather than repairs his spinal injury, using wires, electrodes as well as computer software to reconnect the severed link between his brain and muscles. “To our knowledge, this […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan deployed hundreds of soldiers to help cull more than 280,000 chickens on Friday, officials said as they try to contain further outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu. The latest slaughter means more than 1.67 million birds will have been killed in a dozen mass culls at several farms across the country since November when the virus was detected in the northern Aomori prefecture. Troops have been sent […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — New drugs for hard-to-treat tuberculosis strains may be fast rendered ineffective themselves if incorrectly used, a report warned Thursday, on the eve of World TB Day. Antibiotics such as bedaquiline, delamanid and linezolid have recently been added to the tuberculosis drug arsenal, which is dwindling as TB bacteria develop resistance to an ever-broader array of treatments. Much better control must be exercised over how these new drugs are prescribed and used, […]
by Andrew Beatty and Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s bid to repeal his predecessor’s signature health care law suffered a bitter blow Thursday, as opposition from within his Republican Party forced the delay of a crucial vote in Congress. “No vote tonight,” a House leadership source told AFP, signaling a stunning political setback for Trump — who prides himself on his dealmaking skills — to win […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Approximately one in four children worldwide will live in regions with extremely scarce water resources by 2040, UNICEF said in a report Wednesday. In research released on World Water Day, the United Nations children’s agency warned that in just over two decades nearly 600 million children will be living in areas with severely limited safe water sources, as population growth and surging demand for water clash with the effects […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A protein in the venom of potentially deadly funnel web spiders could minimize the effects of brain damage after a stroke, researchers in Australia said on Tuesday. Strokes claim six million lives worldwide each year, and five million survivors are left with a permanent disability. Scientists from the University of Queensland and Monash University said spider venom was always a good place to look for proteins to help in medical treatments […]
(Eagle News) — Bumaba ang bilang ng mga Filipinong naninigarilyo batay sa isang pag-aaral na inilabas ng Department of Health. Ayon sa DOH, naka-apekto ng malaki sa pagbaba ng bilang ng mga smoker ang mataas na presyo ng mga sigarilyo makaraang ipatupad ang sin tax law. https://youtu.be/DT1Afm0r6DI
By Cess Alvarez Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Department of Health (DOH) sa publiko laban sa anim na tinatawag na common summer diseases. Ito ay kinabibilangan ng sore eyes, sunburn, sipon at ubo, suka at tae, sakit sa balat at sakmal ng aso. Sinabi ng DOH na ang “sore eyes o conjunctivitis” kapag mali ang paggamot ay maaaring magresulta sa pagkabulag. Maari ring makahawa ang bacteria o virus. Maiiwasan naman ang sunburn […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of deadly air pollution peaks in northern China, scientists said Monday. Toxic particles in the air cause nearly a million premature deaths in the country every year, according to earlier research. “Climate change increases occurrences of weather conditions conducive to Beijing winter severe haze,” a team reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. In Beijing and other […]
They may not be the most advanced pieces of equipment in Thailand’s military arsenal, but parents and officers say “buffalo soldiers” are making strides helping autistic children come out of their shells. (AFP) https://youtu.be/IwhuUrimres
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A common gene variant has been discovered in about one-third of the population that may explain why some people’s brains age faster than others, United States researchers said Wednesday. The gene, known as TMEM106B, accelerates normal brain aging in older people by up to 12 years, said the report in the journal Cell Systems. The gene generally starts to affect people around 65, particularly in the frontal cortex, which is responsible for higher […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — An unproven stem cell therapy that involves extracting a patient’s fat tissue and injecting it into the eyes has caused three United States women to go blind, a report said Wednesday. The women, aged between 72 and 88, were treated in Florida in 2015 for a progressive eye disease called macular degeneration, said the report in the New England Journal of Medicine. They thought they […]
