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Parkinson's disease

Two elderly women walking across pedestrian are, back view

Health

Just 500 extra steps a day lowers heart disease risk for older adults

A study of adults aged 70 and older found that every extra 500 steps – just under half a kilometre – walked per day can reduce risk of heart disease and stroke by 14 per cent

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HIIT involves vigorous bursts of exercise interspersed with short rest periods

Health

HIIT could be safe for people with heart problems

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2JK2T3W Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms includefever, muscle pain, rash, diarrhoea and haemorrhage.

Health

Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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South American Sea Lions

Life

Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions

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A person spraying some plants

Health

Massive tick-killing effort fails to reduce Lyme disease cases

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When an event occurs, we have various means of measuring how long it lasted, which may be improved by moving and hearing sounds during the event

Health

Hearing noise and moving our body helps us gauge the passing of time

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A wearable ultrasound sensor that is roughly the size of a postage stamp creates images of the heart while the wearer exercises

Health

Skin patch makes ultrasound images of your heart as you move

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Rheumatoid arthritis of the hands. Coloured bilateral X-ray of the hands and wrists of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. The arthritis is particularly severe in the hand at right, with several joint deformities. Rheumatoid arthritis is a degenerative autoimmune disease that mainly affects the capsule (synovium) around the synovial (flexible) joints, causing chronic inflammation. It can be a debilitating and painful condition and can lead to deformities and loss of functioning and mobility.

Health

A Silent Fire review: What you need to know about inflammation

Culture

Observational studies suggest that puzzles may ward off dementia, but this has not been proven

Health

Lifestyle may affect your dementia risk but the extent is exaggerated

Analysis

MRI scan of a brain

Health

Sneaking drugs into the brain could treat conditions like Alzheimer's

A method of drug delivery that uses one of the body’s own systems to sneak mRNA molecules past the blood-brain barrier could help treat conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer

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Health

Lyme disease may spread further by helping ticks survive cold winters

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Health

Alzheimer’s disease progression slowed using CRISPR technique in mice

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Health

Alzheimer's drug lecanemab slows cognitive decline but concerns linger

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Health

Acid produced by the brain could drive disease-related psychosis

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