Health News Roundup: New Ebola cases confirmed; alternative medicine for psoriasis symptoms


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 07-10-2018 21:48 IST | Created: 07-10-2018 18:27 IST
Health News Roundup: New Ebola cases confirmed; alternative medicine for psoriasis symptoms
Akcea Therapeutics Inc said on Friday its treatment, developed along with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, which targets a rare genetic disease was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Image Credit: Twitter)

Following is a summary of current health news briefs.

Alternative medicine might help ease psoriasis symptoms

Complementary and alternative medicine approaches might help relieve psoriasis symptoms, a research review suggests. Such approaches included acupuncture, meditation, and herbal remedies like indigo naturals or curcumin, according to the authors of the review.

Akcea Therapeutics genetic disease treatment gets FDA approval

Akcea Therapeutics Inc said on Friday its treatment, developed along with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, which targets a rare genetic disease was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Akcea's once-weekly injection, Tegsedi, treats hereditary ATTR amyloidosis patients with polyneuropathy.

Five new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo: health ministry

The Congolese health ministry on Saturday reported a further five confirmed cases of Ebola in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, blaming the higher-than-normal daily increase on community resistance to disease response efforts. The current epidemic in Congo's North Kivu and Ituri provinces has seen 140 confirmed cases since July, 108 of whom have died, according to the ministry's daily bulletin, which has been reporting an average of one to two new confirmed cases per day in recent weeks.

Blood sugar control tied to long-term brain health with type 1 diabetes

People with type 1 diabetes who are able to maintain good blood sugar control may reduce their long-term risk of developing dementia, a U.S. study suggests. Among more than 3,400 type 1 diabetes patients in a large healthcare system, those with average blood glucose readings near the normal range more than half of the time were 45 per cent less likely to develop dementia than those whose readings were routinely higher, the study team reports in Diabetes Care.

JBS sued by Kentucky woman over ground beef in salmonella recall

A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil's JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Arizona state court. The lawsuit comes one day after the U.S. Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that JBS Tolleson Inc was voluntarily pulling 6.5 million pounds of ground beef and other raw beef products that had been shipped to stores across the country. JBS Tolleson is part of JBS USA, the U.S. arm of the world's largest meatpacking company.

Australia launches an inquiry into mental health's impact on productivity

Australia has commissioned an inquiry into the impact mental illness has on economic productivity, the government said on Sunday. The 18-month inquiry by the country's Productivity Commission will provide recommendations on how to improve the social and economic participation of Australians struggling with their mental health.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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