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Scotland's papers: Sperm count 'collapse' Britain and rest of the Western world is heading for a "male fertility crisis" after sperm counts dived by more than half in the past four decades, according to the i newspaper, which quotes from the latest study published in the medical journal Human ...
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Sperm count drop 'could make humans extinct' Humans could become extinct if sperm counts in men continue to fall at current rates, a doctor has warned. Researchers assessing the results of nearly 200 studies say sperm counts among men from North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, seem ...
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Scientists genetically modify a human embryo for the first time For the first time ever, American scientists have successfully edited the DNA of a human embryo - in the attempt to correct genes that cause inherited diseases, a report says.
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First human embryos edited in United States through "CRISPR" technology CRISPR works as a type of molecular scissors that can selectively trim away unwanted parts of the genome, and replace it with new stretches of DNA.
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First Human Embryos Edited in US A video shows the injection of gene-editing chemicals into a human egg near the moment of fertilization. The technique is designed to correct a genetic disorder from the father.
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Charlie Gard to die in hospice care rather than home after parents give up fight Charlie Gard, the sick British boy whose parents' legal battle against doctors has divided opinions across the globe, will die in hospice care.
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First editing of human embryos carried out in United States (Reuters) - Technology that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in the United States, according to Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, which carried out the research.
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A Team Of Portland Researchers is First in US to Successfully Edit Human Embryos The study could pave the way for the eradication of inherited diseases—if Congress allows genetically modified embryos to be developed to term.
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Should you finish a course of antibiotics? It is time to reconsider the widespread advice that people should always complete an entire course of antibiotics, experts in the BMJ say.
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Charlie Gard's parents urged to make end-of-life plan with hospital Last Updated Jul 26, 2017 2:32 PM EDT. LONDON -- Critically ill baby Charlie Gard will be transferred to a hospice to die Thursday unless his parents and a hospital agree on an end-of-life plan that could potentially keep the child alive for a bit ...
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British Judge Sets Deadline for Parents to Agree on Baby Charlie Gard's Fate LONDON - A British judge gave the parents of Charlie Gard until noon on Thursday to agree on arrangements for his death with the hospital caring for him, failing which he would be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube would be removed.
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Charlie Gard could soon be allowed to die after judge sets end-of-life timetable Terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard could soon be moved to a hospice and allowed to die. A High Court judge set a timetable for the final stage of 11-month-old Charlie's life after what could have been the final hearing in the case on Wednesday.
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Yemen cholera epidemic slowing after infecting 400000 GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemen's cholera outbreak is set to hit 400,000 cases on Tuesday but there are signs the three-month-old epidemic is slowing, according to World Health Organization data analyzed by Reuters.
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US physician denies financial incentive to treat 11-month-old Charlie Gard The U.S. physician who sought to provide an experimental treatment to 11-month-old Charlie Gard denied having any financial interest in the therapy Wednesday, according to The Telegraph.
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250M-Plus Americans Drink Water With Cancer-Linked Pollutants, Including In Austin Area Dangerous chemicals tied to cancer, pregnancy issues, child development found in drinking water across the country, including Austin area.
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Advocates say Charlotte's water could make you sick. It's safe and reliable, city says. A report Wednesday on the health of the nation's drinking water says Charlotte's water contains chemicals that could make consumers sick.
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Malnutrition and cholera 'a vicious combination' in war-torn Yemen – UN agency chiefs A child receiving treatment for suspected cholera at the centre at Alsabeen Hospital, Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: UNICEF/Moohialdin Fuad Alzekri.
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Yemen cholera outbreak tops 400000, draws high-level UN visit From left, David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program; Anthony Lake, executive director, UNICEF; and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD (wearing cap), director-general, WHO, discuss the situation with local physicians.
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Alzheimer's breakthrough: Simple test could detect disease 'with 85 per cent accuracy' Italian scientists think a technique which creates electrical currents that stimulate nerve cells could lead to swift and pain-free diagnosis.
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Scientists Build DNA From Scratch Using Yeast Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in DNA, but some researchers are now pursuing the more radical route of building an organism's DNA from scratch, a stepping stone to tackling human DNA.
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E-cigarettes linked to helping people quit smoking Electronic cigarettes help people trying to quit smoking, according to a new study that helps to settle a long-running debate over the risks and benefits of e-cigs.
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Study links rising US e-cigarette use to rise in smokers quitting LONDON (Reuters) - A rise in the use of electronic cigarettes among American adults is linked to a significant increase in the numbers of people quitting smoking, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Surgery might do more harm than good for intersex babies Noi Liang, an intersex woman who works part-time as a patient advocate at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora. AP. More On: medicine · Killer flesh-eating infection 'welds' boy's eye shut · 9-year-old's HIV in remission for years without drugs · I ...
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Choose to avoid mosquitoes and mosquito bites Health officials remind residents to take simple precautions to avoid mosquito bites. Doing so is the key to reducing the personal risk for infections.
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'Unprecedented' outbreak of dengue fever plagues Sri Lanka (CNN) - Sri Lanka is facing an "unprecedented" outbreak of deadly dengue fever, with 296 deaths recorded and over 100,000 cases reported in 2017 alone, according to the Red Cross.
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Mosquitoes In Stratford Test Positive For West Nile Virus STRATFORD, CT - The Stratford Health Department announced this week that the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station reported Culex pipiens mosquitoes trapped at Beacon Point on July 19 have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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Toxic algae can harm dogs, officials warn State parks and New York Sea Grant are getting the word out about algae that can make dogs sick. The problem is harmful algal blooms, which poison water with toxins from blue-green algae.
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Case of Zika Virus, Likely Spread by Mosquito, Is Reported in Texas An Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can carry the Zika virus, seen through a microscope. Officials in Texas reported what they believe is a case of mosquito transmission of the virus within the state's border, the first within the continental United ...
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West Nile Virus found in Mesa County mosquitoes MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KJCT) -- Puddles of water forming over your lawn furniture or in your kids' toys in the backyard? Well, those are some of a mosquitoes favorite spots to call home.
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More mosquitos test positive for West Nile Virus in Washoe County RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) - Washoe County health officials say seven mosquitos have tested positive for West Nile Virus, bringing the total of positive collections to eight from the Spanish Springs area to Washoe Lake.
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Glioblastoma, a formidable foe, faces a 'reservoir of resilience' in McCain (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Duane Mitchell, University of Florida.
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Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life's blueprint NEW YORK (AP) - At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA.
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Vaping and e-cigarettes in Hong Kong: a dangerous gateway or a safe tool for quitting smoking? RTHK Radio 3 DJ Peter King puffs thoughtfully away as he recalls the exact date he kicked his half-century tobacco habit. "It was the 3rd of March, 2014.
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Blowing smoke? E-cigarettes might help smokers quit People who used e-cigarettes were more likely to kick the habit than those who didn't, a new study found. Nicotine patches, gums and medications are known to aid smoking cessation, but there's no consensus on whether vaping devices can help ...
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Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life's blueprint NEW YORK -- At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA.
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Protect your liver, bid goodbye to Hepatitis World Health Organisation (WHO) observes World Hepatitis Day on July 28, every year. Its current global campaign aims to eliminate the infectious disease by 2030.
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Importer finally recalls papayas linked to deadly outbreak A week after Maryland officials issued a public warning linking Caribeña brand maradol papayas to a Salmonella outbreak, produce distributor Grande Produce LLC finally went public with a recall of the implicated fruit.
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Could a vaccine someday prevent Alzheimer's? Increasingly, some researchers say it's possible In this July 29, 2013 photo, a researcher holds a human brain in a laboratory at Northwestern University's cognitive neurology and Alzheimer's disease centre in Chicago.
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Study finds drinking alcohol can help improve memory Researchers at the University of Exeter split 88 people, 31 men and 57 women, into two groups. One group drank alcohol, while the other did not.
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SA child living with HIV maintains remission without ARVs since 2008 Dr Avy Violari, head of pediatric research at the Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU) in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, reported the case on 25 July 2017 at the 9th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV ...
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Cleveland Police Find Potent Sedative Disguised as OxyContin Officials in northeast Ohio are issuing a warning after detecting a large animal sedative in pills disguised as the pain medication OxyContin.
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Myanmar reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm: OIE PARIS (Reuters) - Myanmar has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the southern Tanintharyi Region, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday, citing a report from Myanmar's livestock ...
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Truvada, vaginal ring safe for HIV prevention in adolescents Two National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trials are the first of their kind to assess the efficacy and safety of oral Truvada and the vaginal ring for HIV prevention in young girls.
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New robotic lab keeping an eye on Lake Erie's toxic algae New technology is now working to monitor Lake Erie's toxic microcystin level. The remote lab will provide toxic algae measurements more often and more easily than the previous monitoring method.
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