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New Urine Test Identifies Key Proteins for Early Cancer Diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have identified key proteins in the urine of patients with advanced cancers.The findings could help the detection of…

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Meningitis A Cases Plummet in West Africa After Vaccine Launch

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger report the lowest number of confirmed meningitis A cases ever recorded during an epidemic season this year following the…

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Universal Flu Vaccine Trials Show Promising Immune Response

A universal influenza vaccine targeting a protein common to all strains of influenza A has safely produced an immune response in humans. If proven effective,…

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Drug shows promise in prostate cancer spread to bone

A new drug to treat prostate cancer shows early promise, particularly against tumors that have spread to the bone, a multi-site study shows.The drug…

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Innovative Ways to Manage Bursitis Pain This Summer

As warm weather arrives and the great outdoors beckons, more and more men and women will be taking to the trails, the beaches, or their yards and gardens,…

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Tai Chi Boosts Cognitive Recovery After Chemotherapy

Previous studies have indicated that a significant number of patients who receive chemotherapy also experience cognitive declines, including decreases in…

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Overweight Poses Greater Liver Risk Than Alcohol in Men

A group of researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy has studied the link between overweight and the risk of developing cirrhosis of the liver in middle-aged men….

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Flaxseed Ineffective for Hot Flashes in Menopause & Cancer

The randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 188 women between October and December 2009 and found no statistically significant difference in mean…

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Indiana University Neuroscientists Identify Pain Relief Target

The peptide, CBD3, has been shown in mice to interfere with signals that navigate calcium channels to produce pain. Unlike other substances that block pain…

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New Asthma Drug May Enhance Metabolism, Research Reveals

The research team comprises members of Professor Ken Ho's lab from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research as well as Professor Ric Day, a clinical…

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Stem cell treatment may offer option for broken bones that don't heal

The UNC study team led by Anna Spagnoli, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and biomedical engineering, demonstrated that stem cells manufactured with the…

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UB’s Role in Study Showing Drug Reduces Breast Cancer Risk

Today's major announcement at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting that the drug exemestane significantly reduces the risk of breast cancer…

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Surgery-Related Weight Loss Boosts Testosterone in Obese Men

“Morbidly obese men have a high prevalence of hypotestosteronenemia, or low testosterone, and of sexual dysfunction,” said study co-author Jean-Paul Thissen,…

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Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Linked to Diabetes Risk

“These patients may benefit from counseling, screening and closer monitoring for the development of these complications,” said the study's lead author, Maria…

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Targeted Lung Cancer Therapy Shows Promise for ALK+ Patients

The patients taking crizotinib have anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the drug targets the gene that…

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Barefoot Running: to Ditch the Shoes Or Not

The reason it could do both, Warden said, has to do with whether you grew up running in standard athletic shoes. The feet of runners land differently,…

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