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A Man With Breast Cancer, Dr Bogler, Entered 'World of Pink'

Breast cancer

A Man With Breast Cancer, Dr Bogler, Entered 'World of Pink'

16 Feb 2016

Almost immediately after being diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2012, Oliver Bogler, PhD, who works at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, began writing the...

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Promising results for a targeted drug in advanced prostate cancer

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Promising results for a targeted drug in advanced prostate cancer

16 Feb 2016 • 2 comments

It’s well known that defective BRCA genes can increase a woman’s chances of developing breast, ovarian, and other cancers. But these same gene changes can also increase a man’s risk of dying from...

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Future technology could make psoriasis pills, injections obsolete

Arthritis

Future technology could make psoriasis pills, injections obsolete

16 Feb 2016 • 3 comments

Researchers have developed a novel cell-based strategy for the treatment of psoriasis. Their synthetic biology–based gene circuits “can autonomously couple the detection of disease biomarkers with...

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A Revolution in Psoriaris Care

Psoriasis

A Revolution in Psoriaris Care

1 Feb 2016

Newer medications have revolutionized psoriasis care in patients with moderate-to-severe cases, says a leading dermatologist, and more drugs in the pipeline promise to offer even more choices.  ...

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Cheap epilepsy drug could prevent nerve damage in Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis

Cheap epilepsy drug could prevent nerve damage in Multiple Sclerosis

1 Feb 2016

A cheap epilepsy drug which is already prescribed on the NHS could prevent nerve damage in people with Multiple Sclerosis, a new study suggests. Researchers, led by Dr Raj Kapoor from the UCL...

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New diagnostic method shows COPD risk higher for women

Brittle asthma
COPD

New diagnostic method shows COPD risk higher for women

28 Jan 2016 • 5 comments

Researchers from Lund University Sweden have through a new diagnostic method been able to show that the risk of developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease could be twice as high for women as it...

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Sleeping in on weekends may help reduce diabetes risk

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus

Sleeping in on weekends may help reduce diabetes risk

28 Jan 2016 • 1 comment

Getting too little sleep during the week can increase some risk factors for diabetes, but sleeping late on weekends might help improve the picture, a small U.S. study suggests.   Researchers...

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NHS comes 14th in Europe-wide survey on health systems

NHS comes 14th in Europe-wide survey on health systems

26 Jan 2016 • 1 comment

The NHS is only the 14th best health system in Europe and is delivering mediocre results in too many areas of care, including patient survival, a new continent-wide survey has claimed.   The findings...

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Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Women's health

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

26 Jan 2016 • 1 comment

This year the Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (CCPW) is held from 24 to 30 January. This week's main goal is to create awareness about cervical cancer, including information about symptoms and causes...

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Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment 'helps patients walk again'

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment 'helps patients walk again'

18 Jan 2016 • 2 comments

A new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) has enabled some patients to walk again by “rebooting” their immune systems.  As part of a clinical trial at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital...

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Some prostate cancer treatments increase heart attack risk

Adamantinoma
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Bladder cancer
Brain tumour
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer of the pleura
Cancer of the vulva
Cervical cancer
Cutaneous lymphoma
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Endocrine cancer
Endocrine tumour
Endometrial cancer
Enteropancreatic endocrine tumour
Esophageal cancer
Ewing sarcoma
Follicular lymphoma
Gallbladder cancer
Gastric cancer
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour
Glial tumour
Hodgkin lymphoma
Kaposi sarcoma
Larynx cancer
Leiomyosarcoma
Leukemia
Liver cancer
Malignant tumour of the fallopian tube
Mantle cell lymphoma
Merkel tumour
Mesothelioma
Multiple endocrine neoplasia
Nephroblastoma
Neuroblastoma
Neuroendocrine liver cancer
Neuroendocrine tumour
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Ollier disease
Osteosarcoma
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Phyllodes tumour
Primary peritoneal tumour
Prostate cancer
Pseudomyxoma peritonei
Rare bone tumour
Renal cancer
Rhabdoid tumour
Sézary syndrome
Small cell lung cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck
Systemic mastocytosis
Testicular cancer
Thymus cancer
Thyroid cancer
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
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Some prostate cancer treatments increase heart attack risk

18 Jan 2016

If you have suffered a heart attack and plan to undergo prostate cancer treatment, you may want to weigh the risks and benefits of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). ADT decreases the amount of...

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Suffer with psoriasis? They may be about to completely change how it’s treated

Psoriasis

Suffer with psoriasis? They may be about to completely change how it’s treated

18 Jan 2016 • 1 comment

SKIN DISEASE PSORIASIS is caused by a protein that’s there to protect the body being overactive. Now, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have developed a way of controlling this protein and it’s...

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