Health & Medicine
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Phage display revolutionizes drug discovery in labs
NEW YORK, July 1 — There is a quiet revolution happening in a corner of biotechnology that most people have never heard…
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UnitedHealth Expands Coverage for Non-Invasive Colorectal Cancer Blood Test
NEW YORK, July 1 — UnitedHealth Group has added Guardant Health’s Shield blood test to its coverage list for colorectal cancer screening,…
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Caitlin Leggett’s leukaemia diagnosis reveals she and twin are identical
CARDIFF, July 1 — A 24-year-old woman has died of leukaemia just weeks after she began fundraising for life-saving treatment abroad, her…
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Study: Quitting Smoking for Vaping Raises Lung Cancer Risk 56%
SEOUL — A sweeping new study out of South Korea is casting serious doubt on the idea that switching to e-cigarettes is…
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Dr. Maya Rosman: This is the healthiest way to eat watermelon
MANILA, July 1 — Summer is here, and for families across the region, that means one thing: the craving for a cold,…
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Large Study Finds Switching to Vaping Does Not Lower Lung Cancer Risk
SEOUL — The largest study yet on what happens to lungs after smokers switch to vaping has delivered a blunt verdict: quitting…
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Study: Ex-Smokers Who Vape Daily Face 56% Higher Lung Cancer Risk
SEOUL — The numbers are brutal. A 56% higher lung cancer risk for former smokers who swap cigarettes for daily vaping. Not…
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Former Smokers Who Switch to Daily Vaping Face Double Lung Cancer Death Risk
SEOUL — A South Korean study tracking more than 4.5 million adults has produced stark numbers on vaping after quitting cigarettes. The…
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Dr. Maya Rosman’s Memo Challenges Suspicion About Watermelon’s Nutritional Value
Forget the seed-spitting contests. The real summer debate in Manila this week is about sugar content, and watermelon has unexpectedly become a…
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Nutritional advisor reveals watermelon’s overlooked health benefits beyond water content
MANILA — The sweet, pink flesh of a watermelon has been a fixture on Asian tables for generations. But for decades, many…
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NIH launches world’s largest integrated health database
NEW YORK, July 1 — 747,000 participants. That is the headline number for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research…
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NIH expands genetic diversity with new All of Us research data
The UK Biobank had a problem. It was big — roughly 500,000 participants with genomes and health records. But it was also…
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Mount Sinai feeds patient data into NIH’s 535,000-genome health database
New York’s Mount Sinai Health System has already started plugging patient data into what is now the world’s largest integrated health database.…
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NIH database of 535,000 genomes surpasses UK Biobank size
747,000 people. That is the bodies-in-the-room number for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research programme. But the number researchers…
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Glasgow Ebola Test Negative as Congo Outbreak Rages On
GLASGOW, July 1 — A patient admitted to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital has tested negative for Ebola, ending a brief lockdown.…
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New Analyses Shed Light on Rare Lymphoma Survival Rates
PRINCETON, N.J., June 30 — New analyses are helping doctors better understand the long-term survival picture for patients with two rare forms…
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Doctors’ self-prescriptions reveal surprising health priorities
NEW DELHI, June 30 — On the eve of National Doctors’ Day, four physicians have offered a rare glimpse into how they…
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New Study Finds Candela’s Nordlys Laser Reverses Skin Aging
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 30 — A peer-reviewed study published today in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal, provides the first in vivo…
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Niacinamide Studies Reveal New Clues Linking Cancer to Metabolism
CHICAGO, June 30 — For families facing a glioblastoma diagnosis, the timeline is brutally short. Median survival runs just 12 to 15…
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Cancer Policies Now Cover Lost Wages, Not Just Treatment Costs
MUMBAI, June 30 — Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched two new cancer-specific insurance plans that include an income replacement feature, a…
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Rounding Up Sales Pushes Pediatric Cancer Fight Past $3M
ORLANDO, June 30 — A summer campaign that began last weekend is asking shoppers to help push a 15-year fundraising effort past…
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The Malaga doctor leading pioneering cancer treatment for children
MALAGA, June 30 — The shift in childhood cancer treatment is happening inside a Madrid lab, led by a researcher from the…
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Spanish researcher leads efforts to improve 20% survival rate for childhood tumours
MADRID — The survival rate is 20 percent. That is the number that defines rhabdoid tumours in children. Five years out from…
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Malaga researcher targets 20% survival rate in rare childhood cancer
MADRID — The survival numbers are brutal. Twenty percent. That is the share of children with rhabdoid tumours who live past five…
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