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Coronavirus disease mimics an old one
Life, Published on 07/07/2020
» NEW YORK: At the beginning of the pandemic, the coronavirus looked to be another respiratory illness. But the virus has turned out to affect not just the lungs, but the kidneys, the heart and the circulatory system -- even, somehow, our senses of smell and taste.
Diabetes and the low-carb debate
Life, Published on 20/09/2016
» A few years ago, Dr Richard Kahn, the now-retired chief scientific and medical officer of the American Diabetes Association, was tasked with organising a committee to prescribe a diet plan for people with diabetes. He began by looking at the evidence for different diets, asking which, if any, best controlled diabetes.
Bold trial targets Alzheimer's risks
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 08/01/2023
» In a bold attempt to stop the progress of some cases of Alzheimer's disease, a group of researchers is trying something new: injecting a protective gene into patients' brains.
Scientists tap 'Russian flu' for Covid answers
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/02/2022
» In May 1889, people living in Bukhara, a city that was then part of the Russian Empire, began sickening and dying. The respiratory virus that killed them became known as the Russian flu. It swept the world, overwhelming hospitals and killing the old with special ferocity.