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Reclassifying cancers 'will improve treatment'

Cancer

Reclassifying cancers 'will improve treatment'

10 Apr 2018

Cancers should no longer be categorised by where they are first formed in the body, but instead by their genomic and molecular makeup, a new study concludes. In this way the researchers, writing in...

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Is Your Smoking Making Your Psoriasis Worse?

Arthritis

Is Your Smoking Making Your Psoriasis Worse?

9 Apr 2018 • 3 comments

Smoking may have led to you having psoriasis, and continuing to smoke can make the situation worse. Learn about the link between psoriasis and smoking. It's no secret that smoking hurts the heart and...

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How to stay active in the workplace

How to stay active in the workplace

5 Apr 2018 • 1 comment

Millions of us have jobs that require us to sit at desks or around conference tables for several hours per day. Many health risks are associated with sitting down for prolonged periods — but how do...

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Eating out increases exposure to 'hormone disruptors'

Eating out increases exposure to 'hormone disruptors'

5 Apr 2018 • 1 comment

Many of us enjoy the occasional meal in a restaurant. Some of us might even indulge in the occasional fast food meal (I won't tell). However, new research might make you think twice about nipping out...

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Colorectal cancer prevention: the importance of diet

Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer prevention: the importance of diet

5 Apr 2018

Colorectal cancer is a type of cancer that affects a person's rectum, colon, or both. This is also known as the large intestine. This type of cancer is more likely to appear in older individuals, but...

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New colon cancer drugs may arise from protein discovery

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New colon cancer drugs may arise from protein discovery

5 Apr 2018

Better treatments for colon cancer may be in sight, thanks to a new study, which reveals new ways in which a single protein could stop the disease in its tracks. Researchers found that a protein...

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Why does stress lead to weight gain? Study sheds light

Why does stress lead to weight gain? Study sheds light

5 Apr 2018

New research, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, may have found the reason why chronic exposure to stress is so intimately linked with obesity. The answer lies in the relationship between fat...

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MS drug hope for secondary-progressive stage

Multiple sclerosis

MS drug hope for secondary-progressive stage

23 Mar 2018 • 11 comments

A study of a new drug to treat advanced cases of multiple sclerosis suggests it may be possible to delay progression of the disease in the short term, although the effects were small. In a trial of...

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Tai chi recommended to fight fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia

Tai chi recommended to fight fibromyalgia

23 Mar 2018

Tai chi is as good as - or even better than - aerobic exercise for aiding people with the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, a study has suggested. The US trial of 226 adults with the condition...

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Smokeless cigarettes not as harmless as claimed, study says

Smokeless cigarettes not as harmless as claimed, study says

23 Mar 2018 • 2 comments

The new “heat not burn” smokeless cigarette devices are not as harmless as their manufacturer claims, according to a new study. iQOS – which stands for “I quit original smoking” – is made by Philip...

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High consumption of red and processed meat linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance

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High consumption of red and processed meat linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance

23 Mar 2018

World meat consumption has increased during the last decades, and evidence is mounting that high consumption of red and mainly processed meat is unhealthy to humans and is related to chronic diseases...

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Rheumatoid arthritis meets precision medicine

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis meets precision medicine

23 Mar 2018

Scientists are bringing precision medicine to rheumatoid arthritis for the first time by using genetic profiling of joint tissue to see which drugs will work for which patients, reports a new...

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