Disease

Coverage of infectious and chronic diseases — their causes, mechanisms, epidemiology, prevention strategies, and the latest science on how the body fights back.

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 86 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:
When I first wrote Antibiotics – The Perfect Storm (2009-10), I described the various factors that went contributed to the conundrum that still confronts us today.
Why is it that the results of well-controlled studies often, if not always, find them difficult to replicate in the real world? That loss of efficacy is termed the voltage effect, as described by John List.
We began with President Biden, whose COVID infection, while mild, is concerning because of his vulnerability to serious complications because of his age and frailty, including possible dementia or a variant of Parkinson's disease.
As the nation celebrated its bicentennial, news organizations flocked to Philadelphia after a mysterious outbreak occurred in a Philadelphia hotel where members of the Pennsylvania State American Legion were staying.
There is little doubt at this point that the COVID vaccines were oversold. While they reduce the severity of the illness, they do not prevent infections nearly as effectively.
As I find myself halfway through the initial three-month treatment course with Ozempic, I am experiencing a significant change.
One of the significant hurdles in the new FDA therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is identifying those patients in the early stages of the disease when alterations in the brain have begun, but early dementia may be problematic to diagnose
For more than a century swimming in the Paris's Seine River has been a big no-no because it's essentially a 500-mile running toilet.