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Researchers noted that two out of three Americans suffer from tension headaches.

Hope for millions of headache sufferers as scientists discover new cause of mystery ailment

By Merry
Patients with sickle cell anemia, of which there are about 100,000 in the United States, do not adequately produce hemoglobin, a substance in red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body. As a result, your red blood cells become rigid and shaped like a crescent (pictured) instead of a disk, which can cause them to die and become trapped in your blood vessels.

First gene-editing therapy could win FDA approval to treat sickle cell disease – crippling condition that leaves sufferers in life-altering pain

By Merry
Sickle cell patients, of whom there are around 15,000 in the UK, do not properly produce haemoglobin, a substance in red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body. As a result, your red blood cells become rigid and shaped like a crescent instead of a disk (pictured), which can cause them to die and become trapped in your blood vessels.

Hope for thousands battling two deadly blood disorders as UK approves world-first ‘cure’: £1million-drug allows sufferers to feel ‘born again’

By Merry
Health officials have set the goal of diagnosing two-thirds of people over 65 years of age with dementia in the next 12 months.

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are diagnosed every month after NHS sends specialist teams into care homes

By Merry
An artificial pancreas to manage type 1 diabetes could soon be offered to NHS patients after major trial yields initial results

Get an ‘artificial pancreas’ on the NHS: 150,000 type 1 diabetes sufferers are set to get gadget hailed as the ‘biggest breakthrough since discovery of insulin’

By Merry
Victorians suffering from hay fever are being warned to stay indoors until Thursday. Photo: provided

Thousands of hay fever sufferers are warned to stay indoors for a WEEK as ‘extreme’ pollen levels surge

By Jacky
Long Covid is estimated to affect between nine and 20 million Americans. It is difficult to diagnose since most clinical diagnostic tests, such as urinalysis and x-rays, are normal. But the latest findings suggest that blood tests could be useful in identifying possible treatments for symptoms.

Could a blood test diagnose long-Covid? Study finds sufferers have distinctive differences in their cells

By Merry
Sydney Swans co-captain Callum Mills (pictured with Tiffany Browne) has undergone shoulder surgery after injuring himself during a post-season drink and could be in doubt for the start of the next AFL season.

Callum Mills: AFL Mad Monday celebrations go horribly wrong for Sydney Swans’ co-captain as he sufferers a devastating injury requiring surgery

By Jacky
Celebrities such as Lady Gaga, pictured, and Morgan Freeman suffer from fibromyalgia, a chronic disease that causes pain.

Patients with fibromyalgia left in agony due to ‘cruel’ ban on drugs by NHS chiefs to treat the chronic pain condition whose sufferers include Lady Gaga

By Merry
Up to 15 percent of women experience postpartum depression, with symptoms including a persistent feeling of sadness and low mood, lack of enjoyment and interest in the world at large, and withdrawal from contact with other people. Pictured: citalopram, a type of SSRI

Postnatal depression sufferers who take medication have boosted mental health, relationships and better behaved children, study shows

By Merry
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