Medicine News
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New studies show that cholesterol management drug niacin produces more side effects than previously known. On that basis, some doctors now caution against taking it.
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Developers from Egypt have devised a smartphone app that is able to distinguish between genuine drug treatment and counterfeits.
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U.S. FDA is alerting consumers not to use drugs marketed as sterile produced by Downing Labs LLC, also known as NuVision Pharmacy, in Dallas. This is because products may be contaminated.
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Cafe au lait, port wine and anchovy sauce are among a strange mix of foods that help doctors diagnose disease. Descriptions of different foods run through any medical textbooks, helping trainee doctors to spot medical signs and symptoms.
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Humans face the very real risk of a future without antibiotics. The implications of this are that life expectancy could fall due to people dying from diseases that are readily treatable today. This is the warning issued in a new paper by Tim Sandle.
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New York -
New York could legalize medical marijuana as soon as this week after a proposal to that effect passed the state legislature on Friday.
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Once doomed to a life of darkness, dozens of people stricken by retinal diseases are rediscovering a world of light as scientists push ahead on cures for blindness.
In the Media
by Olivier Thibault (AFP) - 1 comment
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Dr. Oz has for some time been making claims about how miraculous his products are. Now senators are calling him in for a review of how much his products do and how much is just marketing.
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Three years have passed since the medical research organization Geron closed its stem cell program. Now news is in that the group BioTime have received funding to relaunch a Phase 1 trial for spinal cord injury.
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Scientists have found how cancer cells spread through extremely narrow three-dimensional spaces in the body. They have identifying a propulsion system based on water and charged particles.
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In a new study, researchers have detailed a way to use sunlight and two catalysts to create molecules that are difficult to make with conventional techniques. The finding may have implications for drug making.
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"I have a secret," Jillian Michaels, a well-respected health and fitness expert of "The Biggest Loser" fame, said last week during a stop on her nationwide tour at Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, Illinois.
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According to The Daily Beast, nine out of 10 doctors discourage others from joining the profession, and 300 physicians commit suicide every year. A few years ago, physicians were named as having the second-most suicidal occupation.
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Only a few nanotherapeutics are currently on the market. However, dozens more are making their way through preclinical studies and clinical trials. What is special about this medical development?
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As some cancer cells are destroyed they can sometimes survive and piece themselves back together. The results offer insight on how cancer cells might be able to withstand chemotherapy.
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A simple new method could revolutionize battlefield medicine: a syringe filled with injectable sponges, shot directly into a wound to stop massive bleeding -- a major cause of combat fatalities.
In the Media
by Mathieu Rabechault (AFP) - 2 comments
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Bucharest -
Bee venom to combat multiple sclerosis, pollen for indigestion, honey to heal wounds -- the humble bee has been a key source of alternative medicines since ancient times, and Romania is working to keep the tradition of "apitherapy" alive.
In the Media
by Isabelle Wesselingh (AFP)
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Renowned as the "Ronaldo of knees", pioneering Portuguese surgeon Jose Carlos Noronha is saving the careers of top world football players who feel the dreaded, career-threatening crack of a torn ligament.
In the Media
by Levi Fernandes (AFP)
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A new substance that could simplify the manufacture of cell therapy in relation to regenerative medicine has been developed.
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A report has recommended that social media be harnessed in order to track patterns of flu. The reasons are for speed of information flow, although there could be questions about reliability.
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The emergence of community-acquired infections, such as urinary tract infections, due to strains resistant to common antibiotics are on the rise, according to a new study.
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Medicine has come a very long way, especially in the last century, in finding remedies for the afflictions of mankind. It was thought that the days of using home-remedies were long gone, a thing of the past, to be read about in history books.
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Havana -
Cuba's doctors got a big pay raise Friday -- to 64 dollars a month, the official Communist Party newspaper Granma said.The hike in pay from $25 a month was to reward health professionals for being the country's top source of hard currency export earni...
In the Media
by AFP
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The U.S. FDA has published an updated list of changes made to various medicines available in the market. Some of the warnings relate to previously unknown complications that can be caused by the drugs.
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IBM said Wednesday it was joining a "genomic medicine" initiative, using its Watson supercomputer to deliver customized treatment options for cancer patients.The US computing group said it was teaming with the New York Genome Center in a program to hel...
In the Media
by AFP
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According to a new study, assessing the route to cancer on a case-by-case basis is better than basing a patient's cancer treatment on commonly disrupted genes and pathways. In other words, "personalized meds" work better.
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Archaeologists have found the 3,200-year-old skeleton of a man with a spreading form of cancer, the oldest example so far of a disease often associated with modern lifestyles, scientists said Monday.The remains of a man believed to be aged between 25 a...
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by AFP
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A British man who suffered horrific facial injuries in a motorbike accident has had pioneering surgery to rebuild his face using 3D printed parts.Stephen Power from Cardiff in Wales is thought to be one of the first trauma patients in the world to have...
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by Guy Jackson (AFP)
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Four Swedish women with transplanted uteruses have received test-tube embryos in a cutting-edge bid to fall pregnant, Swedish researchers said Monday."I cannot verify if any of them are pregnant or not," Mats Braennstroem, head of the research team at ...
In the Media
by AFP
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It's just in fiction for now, but the "avatar doctor," a virtual physician which consults and diagnoses through a smartphone app, is coming, says the author of a new medical thriller.Robin Cook, a physician and best-selling author known for his books "...
In the Media
by Rob Lever (AFP)
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CohIT: The healthcare IT industry in Berlin
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Homeopathy watching horrors of Allopathy
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CohIT: the healthcare IT industry in Berlin
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Antibiotics like these may soon become lose their potency as pathogens adapt.
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Donovan Govan.
This is one full head of garlic beside another with removed cloves (one clove of garlic has been peeled)
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Various vitamins in a bowl
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Smallpox was once a world-wracking disease that destroyed lives. Dengue Fever is one right now but could some go the same way as its cousin due to a new vaccine study.
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A sphygmomanometer, a device used for measuring arterial pressure.
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