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Kidney Stone Risks: Urgent Guidelines Needed for Travel Workers

Urologists have called for UK transport companies to put stringent staff guidelines in place to tackle the condition, which can cause sudden, severe and…

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Mercury Contamination in Fish: Global Warning Issued

Developed at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant last August in Madison, Wis., the declaration is a synopsis of the latest…

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New Food Supplement May Prevent Diabetes and Atherosclerosis

Nutritional research is focusing on the effects of incorporating these healthier fatty acids, such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), into animal and human…

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NDDO, ESMO, and NCI Launch Conference on Targeted Cancer Therapies

The announcement comes after the appointment of Professor Giuseppe Giaccone, President of the TAT series’ Organizing Committee, as the new Chief of the Medical…

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IFST Updates on Avian Influenza and Food Safety Measures

The highly pathogenic H5NI strains of avian flu which are transmitted from wild birds to domestic poultry are currently transmissible to humans only with great…

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Even 'high normal' glucose levels may increase the risk of hospitalization for heart failure

Drawing on data from 31,546 high-risk patients participating in two international trials, researchers found that even small increases in fasting glucose raised…

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Biomarkers Detect Impending Injury From Repetitive Motion

Their findings could someday lead to early detection and prevention of debilitating conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis.The new study from…

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New Path Discovered to Combat Autoimmune Diseases

In humans, one cause of this malfunction is when a mutation in a gene called FOXP3 disables the immune cells’ ability to function. In a new study published…

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Light-Activated Compound May Help Silence Nerves in Epileptics

The unexpected result, reported online in Nature Neuroscience, turned several lights on in researchers' heads. “This is daydreaming at this point, but we might…

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Pregnant women ‘should supplement vitamin D’

Speaking at the British Endocrine Societies meeting in Birmingham, Dr Chantal Mathieu (University of Leuven, Belgium) said that research had shown that low…

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Too much weight spells double trouble for couples trying to conceive

Researchers in Denmark studied 47,835 Danish couples between 1996 and 2002 and found that if both partners were obese the chances of the couple having to wait…

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New centre could ‘lead the world’ in neuromuscular research

The centre is a result of a partnership between a group of academic and medical institutions committed to translating research into patient care. These are…

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Sunny days pose risk of 'flicker illness' for a few airlifted patients

The report, published in the January/March volume, cites several studies, case reports and historical examples related to photosensitive epilepsy, suggesting…

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The Truth About Sweetness: How Diet Affects Mood and Cravings

As many people struggle with food cravings and weight gain, they could be forgiven for thinking that sweet and fat-rich foods, such as chocolate, might be…

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Exploring Health Benefits of Beauty Treatments in Research

Dr Douglas Tincello, Senior Lecturer at the University’s Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine and Consultant Gynaecologist at the Leicester…

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New Tests Detect Depleted Uranium Levels in Army Personnel

Randall Parrish, Professor of Isotope Geology, developed the test with Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Axel Gerdes, who now works at the University of Frankfurt,…

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