Friday 24 May 2019

To Calm Nervous Families, Pakistan Changes Polio Vaccination Tactics


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2QkOU8y

To Calm Nervous Families, Pakistan Changes Polio Vaccination Tactics


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2W0NxBX

4 Women With Lives Scarred by Genital Cutting: Could a Surgeon Heal Them?


By PAM BELLUCK and MADDIE McGARVEY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2QlxFEj

Thursday 23 May 2019

New Gene Variations for Type 2 Diabetes Found

dna strand

The genes identified in the study and the proteins they encode are potential targets for new diabetes medicines, and may help improve understanding and treatment of the disease, according to the study authors.



from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2QlGmyj

Does Bipolar Disorder Raise Risk of Parkinson's?

Those with bipolar who developed Parkinson's were nine years younger -- average age 64 -- than others who also developed Parkinson's, the study found.



from WebMD Health https://wb.md/2wgtsZe