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Increased Health Risks Caused by Exposure to Traffic Pollution

EPIGENETIC changes linked to diseases caused by long-term exposure to air pollutants take place during even short periods of exposure to exhaust fumes…

Progress in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

At the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Jeremy S. Abramson, MD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center…

New trials for cancer patients at Sarah Cannon Research Institute

At the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Hendrik-Tobias Arkenau, MD, PhD, of Sarah Cannon Research Institute, UK…

Specialist Scan Can Improve Diagnosis Accuracy for Pancreatic Cancer

IMPROVED diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and better determination of the stage of the condition can be achieved through the use of a PET-CT scan…

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Assessing Vitality in Neonates Can Predict Risk of Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy

THE RISK of being diagnosed with cerebral palsy or epilepsy can be predicted by the score a neonate receives on the Apgar scale, according to research…

Missing Protein Could Explain Cases of Unexplained Infertility

INFERTILITY may occur when a specific protein is not present in eggs, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, California…

Exercise Can Boost Fat Metabolism and the Body’s Immune System

EXERCISE can improve fat metabolism and strengthen the immune system through the same mechanism previously shown to give beneficial effects to the brain…

Researchers Discover How a Form of Skin Cancer Evades Drug Treatment

NEW targets in the drug development for basal cell carcinoma have been discovered by researchers from Stanford University, California, USA. This…

New Technology Shown to Successfully Accelerate Wound Healing

AN INNOVATIVE method of accelerating wound healing has been developed by researchers from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and SLU, Missouri, USA…

Blood Vessel Scans Far Quicker Using New Method

MAGNETIC resonance angiography (MRA) scans can be completed in around 5 minutes using a new method developed by a team from UCLA, California…