A preliminary investigation into viral pneumonia illnesses sickening dozens of people in and around China has identified the possible cause as a new type of coronavirus, state media said Thursday. Chinese health authorities did not immediately confirm the report from state broadcaster CCTV. Coronaviruses are spread through coughing or sneezing or by touching an infected… Read More »
Millions of elderly people have a form of dementia that has been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers. One expert called it the most important dementia finding in years. The condition, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or Late, shares similar symptoms to Alzheimer’s, but it is a distinct disease, the journal Brain reports. It may… Read More »
Print this page THURSDAY, Feb. 28, 2019 — They are among the rarest types of human beings — so-called “semi-identical” twins. Now, doctors in Australia say they’ve identified the world’s second known set of these twins, born from an egg fertilized by two sperm. Semi-identical twins (sesquizygotic) are classed as a third type of twin,… Read More »