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Gap in research means millions living with long-term consequences of cancer

November 6, 2018 cancer, consequences, Gap, in, Living, long-term, Means, millions, of, research, with

Millions of people are living with the long-term consequences of cancer and its treatment, but currently there is very little

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Proton therapy for pediatric brain tumors has favorable cognitive outcomes

November 5, 2018 brain, cognitive, favorable, for, has, outcomes, pediatric, Proton, therapy, tumors

Proton therapy treatment for pediatric brain tumor patients is associated with better neurocognitive outcomes compared to X-ray radiation therapy according

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Children’s vaccinations and development checks prevent hospital admissions in childhood

November 5, 2018 admissions, and, checks, Childhood, childrens, development, hospital, in, prevent, vaccinations

Children who receive nursery vaccinations and development checks are less likely to be admitted to hospital during childhood years. This

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Cardiac arrest survival higher in states with required high school CPR training

November 5, 2018 arrest, cardiac, CPR, high, higher, in, required, school, States, survival, Training, with

Required CPR education in high school may lead to higher bystander CPR and cardiac arrest survival rates, according to preliminary

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Big, high-calorie meals after 6 pm may increase heart disease risk for Hispanics

November 5, 2018 6, after, Big, disease, for, heart, high-calorie, Hispanics, Increase, may, meals, pm, risk

A big evening dinner shouldn’t be on the menu. Eating the majority of a person’s daily calories in the evening

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How Often Should You Pee a Day? A Doctor Weighs In

November 3, 2018 A, Day, doctor, How, in, often, Pee, Should, Weighs, you.

Q: I feel like I have to pee all the time. How often is actually normal? The average person pees

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Researchers discover potential antidote to botulism

November 2, 2018 antidote, botulism, discover, potential, Researchers, to

Researchers have identified a compound that strongly inhibits botulinum neurotoxin, the most toxic compound known. That inhibiting compound, nitrophenyl psoralen

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A prognostic model may predict survival in African-American women with breast cancer

November 2, 2018 A, African-American, breast, cancer, in, may, model, Predict, prognostic, survival, with, women

A prognostic model developed using a machine learning approach could identify African-American breast cancer patients with increased risk of death,

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Study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative HPV DNA test

November 2, 2018 55, A, aged, be, benefit, DNA, finds, hpv, in, little, may, negative, screening, study, test, there, with, women

A single negative human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test—a newly introduced test which can detect cases of 14 high risk HPV

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Fishing for new leads in a rare melanoma

November 2, 2018 A, Fishing, for, in, leads, melanoma, New, Rare

Zebrafish are an emerging power tool in cancer research. They can be engineered to light up when certain genes turn

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