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Discovery paves way for precision medicine in future

March 20, 2019 discovery, for, Future, in, medicine, paves, precision, Way

University of Otago scientists have discovered a way to view the immune cell ‘landscape’ of bowel cancer tumours, paving the

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Drug used to control cholesterol found effective against cancer-associated cachexia

March 20, 2019 against, cachexia, cancer-associated, Cholesterol, Control, drug, effective, found, to, Used

Brazilian researchers have discovered that a drug regularly prescribed to control cholesterol can also be used to treat cachexia, or

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Sleep, heart disease link leads from brain to bone marrow

March 20, 2019 bone, brain, disease, From, heart, leads, Link, marrow, sleep, to

Researchers have known for some time that poor sleep raises heart disease risk. Now, they’ve found a chemical chain reaction

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Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

March 20, 2019 blocks, disorders, in, inflammation, inhibitor, model, mouse, neurodevelopmental

Work published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that an enzyme inhibitor developed

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What Exactly Is Female Ejaculation—and Can Every Woman Do It?

March 19, 2019 Can, do, Ejaculation—and, every, exactly, female, is, It, What, Woman

Female ejaculation has something of a mythical reputation when it comes to sexual health topics. Everyone has questions: Can women

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New class of drugs could treat ovarian cancer

March 19, 2019 cancer, class, Could, Drugs, New, of, ovarian, treat

A team of researchers across The University of Manchester have shown that a new class of drugs are able to

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Adenocarcinoma, high-grade dysplasia up with barrett esophagus

March 18, 2019 Adenocarcinoma, barrett, dysplasia, esophagus, high-grade, up, with

(HealthDay)—The prevalence of high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has significantly increased since 1995 in patients with Barrett esophagus

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Apixaban plus P2Y12 inhibitor and no aspirin safest for patients with both AFib and ACS

March 18, 2019 ACS:, AFib, and, Apixaban, aspirin, both, for, inhibitor, NO, P2Y12, patients, plus, safest, with

Patients at high risk for heart attacks, strokes and blood clots who were treated with a novel blood thinner (apixaban)

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Catheter ablation reduces dementia risk in A-Fib, heart disease patients more than medications

March 17, 2019 A-Fib, ablation, catheter, Dementia, disease, heart, in, medications, more, patients, reduces, risk, than

Even though most medical practitioners may opt not to perform procedures on higher-risk patients, new research finds that it may

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The effect of climate change on disease

March 15, 2019 Change, Climate, disease, effect, of, on, the

Just as snowbirds flock to warmer climes when winter settles in, wild creatures seek out weather that suits them. But

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