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Parkinson's disease

A male Lyme disease tick

Definition

Lyme disease

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the world – that is, one transmitted by bloodsucking insects – with around 300,000 reported cases a year in the US alone.
Dog walking may put some people at risk of catching Lyme disease

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Lyme disease in England and Wales is most common in older, white women

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John Snow

Computer illustration of human nerve cells in the brain of a patient with Parkinson's disease

Definition

Parkinson's disease

High blood pressure

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High blood pressure

Flu

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Flu

Cancer

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Cancer

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What is CRISPR?

Gene therapy

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Gene therapy

Alzheimer's disease

Definition

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, in which people become forgetful and confused, usually starting in older age. People with the disease have a build-up of two kinds of protein clumps in the brain: amyloid and tau.

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A bad sense of smell predicts early death but we don’t know why

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

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Parkinson’s drug pumped directly into brain fails to pass key tests

Analysis

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