Long Covid And Its Unequal Burden
All countries have health disparities, or unfair and avoidable differences in health status between groups. As defined by WHO, these differences come “from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age,” factors which extend beyond an individual’s …
Research On Flies Provides Hope For Brain Repair
This story on neuro-regeneration is part of an extended series on Regenerative Medicine. For other stories on this topic see williamhaseltine.com and search for Regenerative Medicine. My definition of Regenerative Medicine is any medical modality that returns us to normal health when we are damaged by …
Key Player In Acute And Chronic Disease: The Inflammasome
Inflammation plays a critical role in both acute and long term SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as many of the most serious chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis. inflammation is closely associated with many of the illnesses associated with …
There May Be A New Polio Epidemic On Its Way- If So, What We Can Do: Part III
Infant Receiving Oral Polio Vaccine GETTY IMAGES This is Part III in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Hopefully we can use what we have learned from both the success and challenges …
Study Uncovers A New Way To Think About Alzheimer’s Disease
Cells throughout the body naturally accumulate DNA mutations as we age. With Alzheimer’s disease, mutations occur in brain cells at a much faster rate than normal. Thanks to a recent study from researchers at Brigham Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital we …
There May Be A New Polio Epidemic On Its Way- If So, What We Can Do: Part II
This is Part II in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. The US still has no vaccine against the primary causative agent while China has three, with more in Asia on the …
There May Be A New Polio Epidemic On Its Way- If So, What We Can Do
This is Part I in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Reports of this life-threatening condition have increased within the US and elsewhere, and viruses from the same family as the poliovirus …
Unraveling hope for Prion Disease and Other Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases
Prion diseases are rare but deadly neurodegenerative brain diseases that result from misfolding protein. Impacting both animals and humans, such rapidly progressive diseases result in abnormal physical and impaired mental functioning within months of diagnosis until death. Examples include mad cow disease, …
Rabbitpox: the Story of a Specialized Killer
With poxviruses now back on the radar, we must consider the outstanding threat of possible human pathogens in much greater detail. It is critically important to understand not only how poxviruses jump from one species to another but also how they evolve …
Tick-Borne Disease Part II: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
This story is Part II of a series on tick-borne disease. Here we discuss the severity and spread of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, the only hemorrhagic fever transmitted by ticks. At present there is a serious outbreak in Iraq of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, …
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