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hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, well be getting first—hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up — how, in the 19705, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cure for malaria. the german psychiatrist who first identified alzheimers disease. and pakistans angel of mercy, abdul sattar edhi, whose charity provides healthcare to millions. but we start here in south ...

as an excuse to build new coal mines. he was speaking at a un climate change summit where delegates are seeking ways of changing climate change emissions. now on bbc news, it is time for witness history. hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, well be getting first—hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up — how, in the 1970s, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cu...

it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. as well as thejubilee celebrations, it has been a poignant day in london for those remembering the london bridge attack. its five years since eight people were killed and 48 injured. on saturday, people gathered at southwark cathedral as a permanent memorial was dedicated to those lives lost. guy lynn reports. on the evening of the third of june, 2017, eight people lost their lives. june, 201...

hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, well be getting first—hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up — how, in the 1970s, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cure for malaria. the german psychiatrist who first identified alzheimers disease. and pakistans angel of mercy, abdul sattar edhi, whose charity provides healthcare to millions. but we start here in south ...

a fifth of his country, and up to a hundred ukrainian soldiers were dying each day. people from all over the uk and around the world, are in london to celebrate the queens platinum jubilee. the bbc�*s reeta chakrabarti joined the crowds on the mall to watch the first days events. she spoke to some of the spectators. it was ten deep on the mall as people gathered to watch the parade. those at the back couldnt really see much. but that seemed to bother absolutely no one. its incredible...

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Ironically, the first person to be diagnosed with what is now Alzheimer’s disease was missing its major risk factor. When she first began showing symptoms of dementia in 1901, Auguste Deter was not particularly old. Despite Deter’s case, aging is the largest risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s, by a large margin. But “geroscience has not been translated into drugs for Alzheimer’s disease,” Howard Fillit, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation co-founder and chief scientific offic...

In a fraternity where terminologies, nomenclatures, and eponyms shape and reshape their identities like a spy on a run, this newly born medical coinage should not surprise us. Except that it has less to do...

Medical texts from 2,500 years ago rarely mention severe memory loss, suggesting today’s widespread dementia stems from modern environments and lifestyles.

UAB is looking to enroll people into a new Alzheimer's study. It's called the AHEAD study.Recently, the food and drug administration approved a new alzheimer’s