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Multiple sclerosis

Brain inflammation linked to depression in multiple sclerosis

11 Jul 2016 • 2 comments

Patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population, including people with other life-long disabling diseases. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis arise from an...

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Prostate cancer

A New Genetic Test Can Spot Aggressive Prostate Cancer

11 Jul 2016

Some forms of prostate cancer spread quickly, but many don't require treatment. Doctors now have a genetic test that can tell them apart For decades, doctors have been able to easily identify...

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Flourless Honey-Almond Cake

7 Jul 2016

In the kitchen: read the "Flourless Honey-Almond Cake" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Should You Be Worried About Bruising Easily?

5 Jul 2016 • 4 comments

It's happened to the best of us: You wake up with a small bruise on your leg or arm, and no matter how hard you try to remember what caused it, the source remains a mystery. For some people, it's...

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Asthma

How to Travel With Asthma and Allergies

5 Jul 2016 • 1 comment

Dreaming of your summer vacation? Wondering how to keep asthma and allergies under control? Put some planning behind the dream. Here's a timetable to follow: Two Months Out Schedule a...

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Breast cancer

Can Good Bacteria Protect Against Breast Cancer?

5 Jul 2016

It seems like every day another story comes out about how certain types of bacteria are good for you. But while most of the recent research has focused on the kinds of bacteria found in your gut and...

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Breast cancer

Obese fathers may increase daughters' breast cancer risk

5 Jul 2016

Lead investigator Sonia de Assis, Ph.D., of the Department of Oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., and colleagues present their findings in the journal...

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COPD

COPD exacerbations linked to quality of life, history of pneumonia

4 Jul 2016

In patients with mild-to-moderate COPD, exacerbation is associated with the patient's quality of life, previous exacerbation history, and history of pneumonia, according to research published in the...

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COPD

Simple list of seven predictors helps screen patients at risk of COPD

4 Jul 2016

inical trial that tested a simple seven-item list of predictive factors finds it is an effective screening tool for helping doctors identify patients at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

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Ankylosing spondylitis

Axial spondyloarthritis: Patients see sustained benefit with certolizumab pegol

4 Jul 2016

Dr. Desiree van der Heijde, with Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and colleagues elsewhere examined outcomes at week 204 in patients who were randomized to certolizumab pegol or...

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Parkinson's disease

THIS is how a video game could help boost brain function of Parkinson’s sufferers

28 Jun 2016

Around 127,000 people in the UK have Parkinson’s, an incurable neurological condition that affects the brain and other parts of the nervous system. While the main symptoms of the disease relate...

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Leukemia

9 Risk Factors for Leukemia Cancer

28 Jun 2016

Leukemia is a cancer that affects the body's blood cells. White blood cells play a part in the immune system by fighting viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other foreign substances. The cells are produced...

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