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Myasthenia Gravis: A Patient Guide
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic condition characterised by muscle fatigue and weakness that is worse on exercise and towards then end of the day.
Sep 1
Welcome, sulphur dioxide. Hello, carbon monoxide.
HEALTH MATTERS - September 2026
Sep 1
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August 2026
The Man With A Pole Through His Head.
The story of Phineas Gage
Aug 12
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Hot Town, Summer in the City.
Back of my neck gettin' dirty and gritty.
Aug 8
Cyclosporiasis in 2026: A Comprehensive Review of the United States Outbreak
How a single-host, no-animal-reservoir parasite turned a lettuce supply chain into the largest cyclosporiasis season the United States has recorded.
Aug 7
July 2026
Kuru: The Laughing Death
In the first half of the twentieth century, a strange and always-fatal illness spread among the Fore people of the Papua New Guinea highlands, and it…
Jul 29
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HEALTH MATTERS
A digest of medical and scientific news - July 2026
Jul 21
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No More Last Resort?
Antibiotic Resistance, Carbapenem Failure, and the Sewage Crisis in Our Rivers
Jul 18
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The Sweat That Emptied a Town
Few diseases have arrived so abruptly, killed so quickly, and then vanished so absolutely as the English sweating sickness.
Jul 9
The Dancing Plague of 1518
In July 1518, a woman remembered only as Frau Troffea stepped into a lane in Strasbourg and began to dance.
Jul 9
Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Tops 1,150 Cases as Disease Crosses Into Europe
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda continues to escalate.
Jul 7
UK–US Pharmaceutical Deal Projected to Cost NHS £45bn and 229,000 Excess Deaths by 2036, BMJ Analysis Finds
The UK/US trade deal could cost more lives than COVID, but will boost US Pharma profits.
Jul 3
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