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A new approach to the treatment of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

A new approach to the treatment of prostate cancer

31 May 2018

By understanding the production of specific human sex hormones, it can help develop new treatments for prostate cancer and polycystic ovary syndrome, a new study suggests. The study, led by...

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Severe eczema linked to cardiovascular problems

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Severe eczema linked to cardiovascular problems

31 May 2018 • 1 comment

Severe eczema in adults is associated with a moderately increased risk of cardiovascular problems. This is the finding from a UK study published by The BMJ. The study, the largest to date to assess...

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Cancer death rate to be cut by 22,000 using artificial intelligence – PM

Cancer

Cancer death rate to be cut by 22,000 using artificial intelligence – PM

22 May 2018 • 6 comments

Artificial intelligence will be used to help stop 22,000 cancer deaths a year by 2033, Theresa May will say in a speech setting out how science can transform health. Medical records, along with...

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Lung cancer destroyed with tea leaf nanoparticles

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Lung cancer destroyed with tea leaf nanoparticles

21 May 2018 • 8 comments

A new study has shown that lung cancer cells can be destroyed using nanoparticles derived from tea leaves. These tiny particles, called "quantum dots," are 400 times thinner than a human hair, and...

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Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself

Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself

21 May 2018

Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first life on Earth – in the form of RNA – could have replicated itself. The scientists from the...

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Fasting diets may raise risk of diabetes, researchers warn

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Fasting diets may raise risk of diabetes, researchers warn

21 May 2018 • 1 comment

Fasting every other day to lose weight could have damaging side effects. That is the conclusion of a group of scientists speaking this weekend at the European Society  of Endocrinology’s annual...

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Cancer: 'If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient'

Cancer

Cancer: 'If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient'

21 May 2018 • 1 comment

Exercise should be prescribed to all cancer patients, and not to do so would be harmful, some of Australia’s leading experts on cancer have warned. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia has...

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Body clock linked to mood disorders

Body clock linked to mood disorders

21 May 2018 • 4 comments

Disruption to the body's internal clock may put people at increased risk of mood disorders, scientists say. A clock ticks in nearly every cell of the body. And they change how the tissues work in a...

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Exercising regularly 'can keep heart and arteries young'

Exercising regularly 'can keep heart and arteries young'

21 May 2018 • 3 comments

Exercising four to five times a week is necessary to stop the main arteries to the heart from stiffening up, research suggests. Two or three exercise sessions a week kept only some arteries healthy,...

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Guernsey to vote on assisted dying

Guernsey to vote on assisted dying

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

Guernsey's parliament is to debate whether to introduce assisted dying. The island's chief minister, Gavin St Pier, is proposing a bill that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives with...

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‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients

‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients

17 May 2018 • 1 comment

An app that allows air ambulance services to view patients before they arrive to treat them has been dubbed “game-changing”. The GoodSAM App’s new feature, called ‘Instant on the Scene’, sends...

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NHS England seeks GP and patient views of online consultations

NHS England seeks GP and patient views of online consultations

17 May 2018 • 3 comments

NHS England is inviting patients and GPs to submit their view on online consultations. Opened on 8 May, the survey asks GPs, practice teams and members of the public to offer their input so NHS...

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