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A wave of new breakthrough tech could detect the disease years – even decades – before major symptoms strike October 05, 2025 Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological condition in the US, with 90,000 people now diagnosed every year alone – a 50 per cent jump since the mid-1980s. The picture is similar worldwide: a staggering 25 million people are expected to be diagnosed by 2050, more than double today’s figures. In short, it’s a big problem.  Armed with cutting-edge new...

The FDA just approved the SetPoint System, which electrically stimulates the vagus nerve to control inflammation from the chronic disease. For years, rheumatoid arthritis (RA)—an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation—has often been resistant to treatment. About 1.5 million Americans have the chronic condition, which commonly leads to joint stiffness and pain. So far, to treat the disease, patients have been forced to rely on expensive immunosuppressant drugs that leave them at a higher risk for infections. In late July, the United States Food and...

You know how valuable land near a golf course can be.  Well, turns out there is also a downside. Living near a golf course might improve your access to greenery, but all that grass has a dark side.  To ask about the health benefits of moving nearer a golf course has the whiff of someone desperately trying to use scientific research to convince their partner that living next to a golf course is a good idea. Think about all of this...