Medical Research
Menopause: what are the symptoms and why does it happen?
The menopause is a natural part of aging and it affects half the world's population. It's when a woman stops having periods...
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Heart scan ‘could pick up signs of sudden death risk’
Scientists say a new scan technique could identify people at risk of collapsing and dying suddenly from a hidden heart...
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Cancer: Breakthrough treatments to target drug resistance
The world's first drugs designed to stop cancer cells becoming resistant to treatment could be available within the next decade,...
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Glucosamine supplements ‘may cut heart risk’
Glucosamine supplements, better known as a remedy for joint pain, may lower a person's risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), research...
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HIV treatment eliminates risk of passing on virus, landmark study says
(CNN) -The risk of passing on the HIV virus is completely eliminated by effective drugs treatment, a landmark study has...
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A study of more than 100,000 people has found that one food group is closely linked with cancer
If scientists told you there was a single lifestyle factor that may best predict whether you get cancer, you'd want...
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Gay HIV transmission with treatment is ‘zero risk’, study confirms
Further evidence that taking anti-HIV drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners has been called a...
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New type of dementia identified
Millions of elderly people have a form of dementia that has been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers. One...
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HIV used to cure ‘bubble boy’ disease
US scientists say they used HIV to make a gene therapy that cured eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency, or...
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First malaria vaccine to be tested
A large-scale pilot of what has been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has...
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