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Neuroscientist Predicts 'Much Better Treatment' For Alzheimer's Is 10 Years Away British neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli first set out to study Alzheimer's because of his grandfather, who developed the disease when Jebelli was 12.
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In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicine Spark Therapeutics makes Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl) product vial. On Dec. 19, the Food and Drug Administration approved the therapy which improves the vision of patients with a rare form of inherited blindness, another major advance for the ...
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Drinking Trendy 'Raw Water' Can Give You Hepatitis, Giardia and Other Horrible Diseases Some people are drinking untreated water on purpose, The New York Times reported Friday. One manager at a grocery cooperative in San Francisco that sells the so-called "raw water" described it as having "a vaguely mild sweetness [and] a nice smooth ...
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These subtle cues are what make sick people look sick The next time a friend tells you that you look sick, hear the person out. We are better than chance at detecting illness in others simply by looking at their faces, according to new research led by a Swedish psychologist.
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Triple-Acting Diabetes Drug Reverses Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Models Studies in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have shown how a drug that was originally developed to treat diabetes demonstrates what researchers in the U.K.
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Food safety expert warns latest bizarre Silicon Valley $60 'raw water' trend could quickly turn deadly Silicon Valley is developing an obsession with untreated, unfiltered water, according to the New York Times. However, a food poisoning expert says that the trend is dangerous - and could be deadly.
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Candy Company Enlists Genetic Engineers To Save Chocolate from Extinction If your New Year's Resolution was to give up chocolate, you might find it easier to do it in 2050, when scientists suspect chocolate may go extinct.
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Experts fear chocolate will run out in 30 years because cacao plants are dying in hot climates CHOCOLATE could soon be a thing of the past with experts warning our favourite treat faces a serious threat of running out sooner than you think.
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Climate change might kill off chocolate by 2050, so scientists turn to CRISPR gene-editing technology Evidence that the not-too-distant future will be a hellscape reached the tipping point back in 2016. That was when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concluded that, "under a 'business as usual' scenario," climate change by 2050 will ...
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Researchers, Candy Company Team Up to Save Chocolate Business Insider reports that cacao plants could disappear by as early as 2050 as a result of warmer temperatures and weather conditions, prompting scientists at the University of California–Berkeley to team with Mars, Inc. - a food and candy company ...
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Bride battling breast cancer dies 18 hours after wedding A Connecticut bride lost her battle with breast cancer just 18 hours after exchanging wedding vows with her husband. The former Heather Lindsay and David Mosher said, "I do" Dec. 22 in the chapel of St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford ...
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Woman with breast cancer dies 18 hours after hospital wedding HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut woman with advanced breast cancer married the love of her life at a Connecticut hospital right before Christmas, then passed away 18 hours later.
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Scientists Say Chocolate May Be Extinct By 2050 CBS Local - Chocolate lovers may want to sit down before reading this because scientists are forecasting that climate change may force the plants that produce chocolate into extinction by 2050.
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Flu cases rising across Oregon, Washington, Idaho; some deaths reported More than 120 Oregonians were hospitalized for flu-related ailments the week ending Dec. 23. That's up from 85 cases the week prior.
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Woman with stomach pain told it is sauce sachet - after six years thinking she had Crohn's Doctors make an unlikely discovery after a woman suffering from symptoms of Crohn's disease underwent keyhole surgery. 07:09, UK, Wednesday 03 January 2018.
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Turmeric stopped my blood cancer, says myeloma patient Dieneke Ferguson A woman's deadly blood cancer was stopped in its tracks when she began taking a daily dose of a compound found in turmeric, prompting experts to call for further research.
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Flu spreading faster than usual in Central Texas AUSTIN (KXAN) - If you're coughing or sniffling, you're not alone. Texas is seeing more flu activity than any other state, according to The Walgreen's Flu Index.
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Risk-based CT screening may reduce deaths from lung cancer Compared to National Lung Screening Trial criteria, targeting screening those at highest risk from lung cancer mortality using a risk prediction tool may improve efficiency in terms of greater reduction in mortality from lung cancer in the short term ...
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Dry January: Why I'm giving up alcohol for a month Dry January, giving up alcohol for the entire month of January, has become a common New Year's resolution and Dr. Jennifer Ashton of ABC News' "Good Morning America" is taking on the alcohol-free challenge this month.
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Limit children's snacks to 100 calories, health body says Half of the sugar young children in England consume comes from unhealthy snacks and sweet drinks, figures show. On average, primary school children have at least three sugary snacks a day, Public Health England found.
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E. coli – Tainted Romaine Lettuce Likely Source of 57 sick and 1 dead in Canada and US Illnesses range from November through December, but authorities have yet to publicly identify where grown and by whom, or where lettuce was purchased.
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Two health screening examinations that can save lives On average, over 430 people die, every day, in the United States from lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States.
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White Children Are Still Diagnosed More Often With Autism Spectrum Disorders More than one in 50 American children have been diagnosed with a disorder on the autism spectrum, according to a new paper published in JAMA on Tuesday, in a finding that suggests diagnoses of the condition have leveled off.
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Scientists may have discovered a cure for hair loss We may be getting one step closer to finding a cure for baldness. (Picture: Getty Images). We may be getting one step closer to finding a cure for baldness.
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Lung cancer screening works better when individual risk factors are taken into account, study says New research estimates that in a single year, some 5,000 lung cancer deaths might be averted if some former smokers who don't currently qualify for lung-cancer screening were to get a computed tomography scan capable of detecting malignancy.
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Gaming Addiction Formally Recognised As A 'Disorder' By WHO How addicted are you to your gaming? In this context, the word 'addicted' might, for many, be an elaborate stretch. Then again, at what point does a hobby become an addiction?
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Teens who start vaping are more likely to end up smoking, UCSF study finds Youths who vape are more likely to light up. That's the conclusion reached by UCSF researchers, who found that using any form of tobacco - including electronic cigarettes, chewing tobacco, water pipes and snuff - makes a teenager more likely to get ...
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Oklahoma ranks high on anti-smoking efforts — but that may say more about other states Oklahoma is spending more to combat tobacco use than most states - but it still isn't close to what experts think is needed. Oklahoma ranks seventh on spending to curb tobacco use, with $19 million going to anti-smoking programs in the current fiscal ...
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Autism spectrum disorders appear to have stabilized among US kids and teens Researchers have a new reason to believe that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in the U.S. has reached a plateau. The evidence comes from the National Health Interview Survey, which polls American households about a variety of conditions ...
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Drone-powered 'Uber for blood' is delivering life-saving medical supplies in Africa Drones might be causing privacy concerns in the United States and Europe, but in the East African country of Rwanda, they are a welcome sight in the skies.
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Can eating mostly fat help you lose weight? Every January, fat's in the crosshairs of health columnists, fitness magazines, and desperate Americans. This year, PopSci looks at the macronutrient beyond its most negative associations.
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5 myths about bone marrow donations Treatments for blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma have made such tremendous advances that the 5-year survival rate for children with acute lymphocytic leukemia is now over 85 percent.
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Bridging the Gap in Genetic Cancer Research Data on Minority Populations Cancer survivors continue to increase in number, with the latest count at almost 15.5 million; of whom, almost 3.6 million (23%) have survived breast cancer.
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