Category: Health Newsfeed
October 18, 2018 – Flu Deaths
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Anchor lead: About 80,000 people died last year due to influenza infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports Influenza and its complications killed over 80,000 people last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. Lisa Maragakis, senior director of infection …
October 17, 2018 – CDC Dementia Data
October 16, 2018 – Training and Dementia
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Anchor lead: Can you reduce your risk of dementia with training? Elizabeth Tracey reports Project Talent tested many teenagers in the 1960s and followed them until recently, finding that men with lower mechanical ability and women with lower linguistic ability …
October 15, 2018 – Early Evidence
October 12, 2018 – Genes and TB
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Anchor lead: Taking a look at all the genes in tuberculosis can help design more effective treatments, Elizabeth Tracey reports A look at genes, mutations, and resistance to drugs in tuberculosis bacteria published recently in the New England Journal of …