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Muhammad Ali: Boxer's battle with Parkinson’s

Parkinson's disease

Muhammad Ali: Boxer's battle with Parkinson’s

6 Jun 2016 • 2 comments

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali died at the age of 74, decades after developing the degenerative brain disease Parkinson's. Parkinson's happens when nerve cells are lost in the brain. It attacks a very...

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Pasta Sauce

Pasta Sauce

5 Jun 2016

In the kitchen: read the "Pasta Sauce" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Multiple Sclerosis could be reversed with calorie-restricted diet, study suggests

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis could be reversed with calorie-restricted diet, study suggests

30 May 2016

A calorie-restricted diet which mimics the effects of fasting may reverse the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and help repair the damage caused by the disease.   Scientists are so excited about the...

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Scientists block breast cancer cells from hiding in bones of mice, prompting hope for human trials

Breast cancer

Scientists block breast cancer cells from hiding in bones of mice, prompting hope for human trials

30 May 2016

Scientists have successfully blocked breast cancer cells from entering and hiding in the bones of mice, where they can survive chemotherapy treatment.   Researchers at Duke University have also...

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Specialists Call for Gastric Surgery to Be Standard Diabetes Treatment

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Specialists Call for Gastric Surgery to Be Standard Diabetes Treatment

30 May 2016 • 13 comments

Gastric surgery should be offered as a standard treatment option for people with diabetes and could help them control their condition for years without medication, the world's leading diabetes...

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9 Early Signs of Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer

9 Early Signs of Prostate Cancer

30 May 2016

Signs of prostate cancer may occur when the prostate gland, which helps the male reproductive system, begins to swell or the cancer starts to spread.   The early stage of the disease often occurs...

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Adult Onset Asthma Is Not A Myth; Experts Hard At Work To Find Relief For Older Sufferers

Asthma

Adult Onset Asthma Is Not A Myth; Experts Hard At Work To Find Relief For Older Sufferers

30 May 2016

Like the Loch Ness Monster and leprechauns, adult onset asthma isn’t something people believe in. It’s a long-term disease children develop and deal with into adulthood, but getting a first-ever...

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USF engineer invents air purifier to combat asthma, allergies

Asthma

USF engineer invents air purifier to combat asthma, allergies

30 May 2016

A University of South Florida professor's latest invention promises to help asthma and allergy sufferers breathe easier by ridding their homes of pollutants.   Yogi Goswami, 68, a mechanical engineer...

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A single injection can eliminate type 2 diabetes in mice for months

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

A single injection can eliminate type 2 diabetes in mice for months

30 May 2016 • 2 comments

Scientists have made a discovery that could lead to better treatments for diabetes in the future, with a protein injection administered directly into the brains of rodents with type 2 diabetes...

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Here’s What It Really Feels Like to Have Psoriasis

Arthritis

Here’s What It Really Feels Like to Have Psoriasis

30 May 2016

Actress Ciena Rae Nelson took to Instagram last week to post a powerful message about psoriasis with a pair of side-by-side photos: On the left, her face during a flare-up, the red, scaly patches...

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The effects of laxatives may provide new clues concerning Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

The effects of laxatives may provide new clues concerning Parkinson's disease

26 May 2016 • 2 comments

In a recent retrospective analysis, investigators discovered that the year-on-year increase in rigidity found in Parkinson's disease flattened off with the regular use of laxatives to manage...

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How tainted drugs “froze” young people—but kickstarted Parkinson’s research

Parkinson's disease

How tainted drugs “froze” young people—but kickstarted Parkinson’s research

26 May 2016

In 1982, a tainted drug caused a handful of young Californians to become mysteriously frozen, unable to move. Their doctor’s ensuing investigation helped catalyze the start of modern Parkinson’s...

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