8.39London

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Warning as ANOTHER artisan type gets pulled over listeria fears

Fresh warning to cheese lovers as ANOTHER artisan type gets pulled over listeria fears ‘Do not eat’ warning issued by watchdogs over a batch of red goats cheese The recall comes after a Brit died from listeria n an outbreak  READ ALSO: Brit dies in listeria outbreak linked to contaminated cheese  Another batch…

Elucidating the function of BRCA2 gene offers insight into cancer development

A new study shows exactly how the gene BRCA2, linked to susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer, functions to repair damaged DNA. By studying BRCA2 at the level of single molecules, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have generated new insights into the mechanisms of DNA repair and the…

Why taking PROBIOTICS could ease your hay fever symptoms

Why taking PROBIOTICS could ease your hay fever symptoms after bacteria in nose is linked to condition For millions of Britons, this time of year heralds the start of the hay fever season, meaning months of misery as their lives are blighted by constant sneezing, runny noses and itchy, watery…

CDC investigating salmonella outbreak linked to flour

U.S. health officials are investigating a Salmonella Infantis outbreak that is likely linked to raw flour. It’s not clear what brand of flour is the culprit. Investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration have identified 12 illnesses and three hospitalizations occurring across…

Lilly Says Experimental Alzheimers Drug Reduces Amyloid in Small Study

(Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co on Friday said early data from the first human study of its next-generation Alzheimer’s treatment showed that it lowered levels of toxic amyloid plaques in the brains of people in the earliest stages of the mind-wasting disease. The higher the dose of the antibody…

Nasal vaccine to prevent COVID-19 passes first tests

Coronaviruses spread primarily through the air. When infected people speak, cough, sneeze or laugh, they expel droplets of saliva containing the virus. Other people then breathe in these airborne pathogens and become infected themselves. A research team in Berlin decided to try to fight the virus that causes COVID-19 where…

Woman diagnosed with bowel cancer in her 30s – symptoms

Bowel cancer: Alan Titchmarsh urges public to do screening test At 35 years old, Candance Henley was diagnosed with bowel cancer, proving it’s not an “old man’s disease”. Appearing on Good Morning America, Candance, now 55, stated that she ignored her symptoms until the pain got so bad that she…