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Global study shows diabetes and heart disease can be a deadly combination

Patients with type 2 diabetes have two to three times the heart disease risk of the general population. This is partly because obesity and other illnesses such as hypertension and elevated cholesterol contribute to both diseases.

But it's mostly because they are both caused by strep infections.   And if you have both diabetes and heart disease-  well, you have been chronically infected, all over, for a long time.   That tends to lower your survival rate.

 Vaccine watches bacteria, strikes only when trouble stirs

A new vaccine allows pneumonia-causing bacteria to colonize inside the body, springing into action only if the bacteria pose a threat.

Now that sounds interesting...

Diabetes more frequent in children with chronic rheumatic disease

Constipated? Study finds surprising cause

They found that the herpes virus spread from the genitals to nerves in the spinal chord, and then on to neurons in the colon, killing them. The damage to the colonic neurons prevented the movement of food along the digestive tract, leading to an enlarged colon and disease.

Every Man a King: Henry VIII's Worst Affliction Is on the Rise in America

This is probably because gout can be caused by consuming too much fructose.


Autism with intellectual disability linked to mother's immune dysfunction during pregnancy
 

Most antidepressant drugs ineffective for children and teens, according to study


 Study of 81,000 adults examines mental illness, gun violence and suicide

People with serious mental illnesses who use guns to commit suicide are often legally eligible to purchase guns, despite having a past record of an involuntary mental health examination and brief hospitalization.

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