Charismatic #MakeUpArtist Sapphire Shen is passionate about her career. The 31 yr old #HongKong resident describes her work as an art form that can enhance a person’s facial features to accentuate an outfit and look & boost their self-confidence.
For more than a decade, Shen has lived with #lupus, a chronic #autoimmune#disease that mostly affects women & afflicts an estimated 7,000 people in Hong Kong and 5 million worldwide.
LA Public Health: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a report of hepatitis A virus infection in an employee of Whole Foods Market in Beverly Hills...
The tool adds a layer of transparency to Canada's opaque #captive#wildlife problem. Documenting instances of #zoonotic#disease outbreaks, escapes, attacks and more, the tool is the most comprehensive #database to date by any organization or government in Canada.
Biodiversity Loss Increases the Risk of Disease Outbreaks, Analysis Suggests
"Researchers found that human-caused environmental changes are driving the severity and prevalence of disease, putting people, animals and plants at risk"
Chronic asthma could be caused by cell overcrowding in the airways.
Science News reports: "A glitch in the mechanical process that drives normal turnover of epithelial cells lining the lungs could be to blame. ... Better understanding of this physical force underpinning chronic asthma attacks might lead to new ways of combating the disease."
Diseases are used for swearing in Dutch – but how does that work? @sesquiotic analyses the idiom "sjouw me de tering" in a new post on the Strong Language blog:
Scientists have long known a #gene called #APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk for #Alzheimer's, including simply getting older. The vast majority of Alzheimer’s cases occur after age 65. But #research published Monday suggests that for people who carry not one but two copies of the gene, it's more than a risk factor, it's an underlying cause of the mind-robbing #disease.
Scientists have identified a genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease in older people, pinpointing a gene of which some people carry two copies. The gene, called APOE4, is not only a risk factor but an underlying cause for the disease when found twice in a person’s DNA, researchers say. Finding a way to target APOE4 in treatment is crucial because Leqembi, the only drug found to slow the disease, causes dangerous side effects in people with the gene. The Associated Press has more.