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Combatting Vitamin D Deficiency: Key Prevention Strategies

Humans attain vitamin D from exposure to sunlight, diet and supplements. Vitamin D deficiency is common in children and adults. In utero and childhood, vitamin…

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Comparing Implanon, Norplant, and Jadelle: Side Effects Explored

The most common side effect with all the implants was changes in bleeding pattern. Rates of amenorrhoea after two years use were significantly higher in women…

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Losing weight after pregnancy – diet + exercise better than diet alone

Women naturally gain weight during pregnancy and many gradually lose it afterwards, but some women find it difficult to lose this additional weight. This…

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Saline Nasal Rinses: A Simple Relief for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Between 5% and 15% of people experience persistent infection of the nasal passages (chronic rhinosinusitis). Many homoeopathic and yogic forms of healthcare…

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Metabolic syndrome — don't blame the belly fat

But with the help of powerful new imaging technologies, a team of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers at Yale University School of Medicine has…

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New Study: Veggie Intake Guidelines for Breast Cancer Survivors

The study is published in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.The results are from the multi-center Women’s Healthy Eating and…

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Vitamin C’s Limited Role in Cold Prevention: New Study Insights

Conducted over several decades and including more than 11,000 people who took daily doses of at least 200 milligrams, the review also shows that vitamin C…

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CRESIB Leads Global Consortium to Combat P. Vivax Malaria

The aim of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of malaria by P. vivax and to support and accelerate the development of new control tools,…

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Malaria — Effective insecticide-repellent synergy against mosquito vectors

The protection recommended by the World Health Organization for people at risk from this devastating disease is the use of mosquito nets impregnated with…

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Flavonoids in Orange Juice: A Healthy Choice Despite Sugar

The study appeared in the June 2007 issue of Diabetes Care.Flavonoids suppress destructive oxygen free radicals — also known as reactive oxygen species, or…

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New Research on Protecting HIV Patients from Hepatitis B

As it is not quite clear how patients that don’t respond to the HBV vaccine should be managed, new research from the University of Alberta has evaluated the…

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New Wearable Tech: Heart Monitoring on Your Sleeve

Cardiovascular disease is kills almost 20 million people each year, with around 22 million people at risk of sudden heart failure at any one time around the…

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Effective Insecticide-Repellent Synergy Against Malaria Mosquitoes

The protection recommended by the World Health Organization for people at risk from this devastating disease is the use of mosquito nets impregnated with…

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Tumor Paint Enhances Surgeons’ Ability to Target Cancer

A tumor paint developed by researchers at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will help surgeons see…

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New Combination Therapy Boosts Cancer Cell Death in Research

To test the ability of the combined therapy in treating cancerous tumors, senior author Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, and colleagues administered TRAIL, a tumor…

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Nodal Status: Key Predictor in Oesophageal Cancer Outcomes

Multimodal neoadjuvant therapy—where suitable patients are given several cycles of drugs and radiation therapy before undergoing surgical procedures to…

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