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Rapid Flu Tests Could Combat Antibiotic Resistance Risks

The research was done by infection control experts at Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., who are on the faculty at the University of Rochester…

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Acupressure Therapy Reduces Agitation in Dementia Patients

Researchers at the National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan found that providing 15-minute treatment sessions twice a day for five days a week yielded…

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Microwave Ovens: A New Way to Sterilize Sponges Safely

Microwave ovens may be good for more than just zapping the leftovers; they may also help protect your family.University of Florida engineering researchers have…

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Diuretic Pills Show No Benefit in Preventing Pre-Eclampsia

Women who took diuretics — commonly known as “water pills” — during pregnancy were not any less likely to develop preeclampsia, to deliver prematurely or to…

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Men told to watch their step — consequences of the failure to treat osteoporosis

“Anyone, a man or a woman, over 50 years of age, with a fracture of any kind resulting from minimal injury, such as a slip on the pavement, needs to be…

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Bird Flu Insights: Urgent Call for Antiviral Drug Sharing

‘Bird flu’(avian H5N1 influenza) has not triggered a worldwide human epidemic yet because it rarely passes between people. If it does acquire this ability, it…

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Drug Resistance in Influenza: New Insights from Harvard Research

However, it is known that influenza viruses can develop resistance to these drugs. New research by Marc Lipsitch and colleagues (Harvard University) suggests…

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Experts Support Patient Detention to Combat TB Strain in South Africa

In a policy paper in the international health journal PLoS Medicine, Dr Jerome Singh of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in Durban, South Africa…

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Bridging the Health Gap: Tackling Inequalities Through Evidence

Developing the Evidence for Tackling Health Inequalities and Differential Effects, which accompanied a seminar organised jointly with the Department of Health,…

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Orthodontic Treatment’s Impact on Psychological Health Explored

The multidisciplinary team studied the long-term effects of both orthodontic treatment and lack of treatment when a need had been identified in childhood, in a…

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New Screening Process Enhances Oral Cancer Diagnosis

“By combining conventional techniques with more modern techniques, we were able to better diagnose and determine the best options for patients with oral…

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Blood Pressure Meds Linked to New Diabetes Risk: Study Insights

Patients with high blood pressure are more likely to develop new-onset diabetes than those who don’t have hypertension, but this tendency is often attributed…

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Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Cardiovascular Disease: New Insights

For years cardiologists and other specialists have disagreed over the condition known as metabolic syndrome, a complex confluence of factors such as abdominal…

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Acupressure Treatment Eases Agitation in Dementia Patients

Researchers at the National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan found that providing 15-minute treatment sessions twice a day for five days a week yielded…

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Innovative Bacteria Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Professor Simon Carding of Leeds’ Faculty of Biological Sciences has adapted a bacteria in our own bodies to make it produce a treatment for Inflammatory Bowel…

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Hope for Spinal Cord Trauma: Breakthroughs from Russian Scientists

These are results of clinical experiments carried out by the specialists of Russian State Medical University and the Clinic of Rehabilitation Intervention…

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