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 | Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a well-known medical condition, yet its cause is still poorly understood. Read more >>
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Periodontal disease can put an unborn baby at risk and pregnant moms must guard against this with increased dental hygiene. Read more >> | Children conceived using In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and similar techniques have no increased overall risk of cancer in childhood, according to a Cancer Research UK study. Read more >> | Psoriasis is a chronic ailment and requires lifelong management but it can be managed if treated properly. Read more >> | Humans' instinctive appetite for protein is so powerful that we are driven to continue eating until we get the right amount of protein, even if it means consuming far more energy than we need, according to new research from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre. Read more >> | Helen Dodson A Yale study has uncovered a key genetic mechanism that may determine a person's susceptibility to the ravages of West Nile virus. The study appears in the Advance Online Publication of Nature Immunology. Read more >> | Helen Dodson Yale researchers have found a way to disrupt the biological underpinnings of disorders that predispose a person to type 2 diabetes (T2D), raising the possibility of developing therapies to reverse these conditions. The study appears in the journal Cell Metabolism. Read more >> |
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 | The newly launched Lions Health festival, to be held in Cannes, just before Cannes Lions 2014, is calling for nominations of South African jurors for the Pharma and Wellness & Health juries. Read more >>
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The Hospital Association of South Africa elected its board comprising representatives from across the private hospital sector, at its Annual General Meeting in Cape Town on Wednesday, 6 November 2013. Read more >>
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 | Cape Town wants to get its integrated rapid transport system up and running as quickly as possible but it has hit another speed bump. Some of the drivers expected to operate the vehicles have drug or drinking problems. Read more >>
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A team led by researchers at Yale and Texas Biomedical Research Institute has shown that genetic factors play an important role in cognitive decline and reductions in cerebral white-matter integrity with normal aging. Read more >>
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 | Melissa Osgood NEW YORK, USA: When diners belly-up to a buffet, food order matters. When healthy foods are first, eaters are less likely to desire the higher calorie dishes later in the line, says a new Cornell University behavioral study in PLOS ONE. Read more >>
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 | Immune cells, known as Natural Killer T cells, could be redirected to help fight the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool (Tuesday). Read more >>
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The so-called cellphone 'allergy' that produces itchy red bumps and blisters along users' jaws, cheeks and ears, is driven by the nickel components of cellphones and speaking endlessly on one's cellphone exacerbates it. Read more >>
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 | In two years, 3-D screening has picked up more early cancers than mammography while cutting down on the number of callbacks. One radiologist calls it "a game changer." Read more >>
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|  | LISBON, PORTUGAL: Lions Festivals has announced the appointment of Louise Benson as Festival Director of the newly launched Lions Health festival, celebrating creative communications in healthcare and wellness. Read more >>
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