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Blood test could identify millions of people unknowingly spreading tuberculosis | UK News

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A blood test that could identify millions of people who spread tuberculosis unknowingly is close to being developed, scientists have said. By comparing proteins found in the blood of people with active TB to those in healthy people and patients with lung infections, researchers from the University of Southampton discovered a group of six biological markers that are found in high levels among infectious patients. And if successful, a blood test that detects these proteins in the bloodstream could help identify the estimated three million cases of the disease which were missed last year, mostly in developing countries, according to…Continue Reading

NB news: Dr. Eilish Cleary passes away

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A former chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick died on Friday in Fredericton. According to an obituary posted on McAdam’s Funeral Home, Dr. Eilish Cleary died of ovarian cancer at age 60. Cleary, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, served as the chief medical officer in New Brunswick for eight years. Cleary’s obituary states she became the youngest doctor in Ireland at the age of 22 and moved to Canada in 1998. She worked in Manitoba before moving to New Brunswick. Cleary was dismissed from her position as chief medical officer in 2015, which shocked and angered many…Continue Reading

Breakfast cereals for weight loss and health, doctor shares the best and worst

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NOT SO HEALTHY: There is also one type of ‘healthy’ cereal you may want to avoid (Image: Getty) Breakfast is often said to be the most important meal of the day, but not all breakfasts are the same. A doctor explained that some cereals are much better for you than others. Talking to Express.co.uk, Doctor Deborah Lee – from the Doctor Fox Online Pharmacy – talks about which cereals are good and bad for your health. She said: “You simply can’t beat a bowl of porridge oats. “Oats are a type of whole grain – this means the grains are…Continue Reading

US health care isn’t ready for a surge of seniors with disabilities

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The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s and 90s. But the health-care system isn’t ready to address their needs. That became painfully obvious during the coronavirus pandemic, when older adults with disabilities had trouble getting treatments and hundreds of thousands died. Now, the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health are targeting failures that led to those problems. One initiative strengthens access…Continue Reading