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A group of leading scientists back calls for a three-fold increase in funding for research into dementia in the UK.
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A new way of making cancer cells die has been discovered by UK scientists, raising hopes of potent new treatments.
An immune system therapy given to cancer patients could have the added benefit of reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
New York Times Potent cancer drug hopes raised
Broadmoor high-security hospital is criticised by a health watchdog over its high suicide rate and failure to protect patients.
Scientists ask ministers to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu cases.
Laser Microsurgery For Tongue Cancer Is As Effective As Invasive ...
Prostate Cancer and Health Care Reform New York Times
The first batch of British school pupils quarantined in China after members of the group contracted swine flu has been released.
Stressed parents may increase the risk that a child will develop asthma, research findings suggest.
Expensive tests of HIV/Aids drugs do little to extend survival rates and patients should be treated in their villages, scientists say.
A teenage girl who's heart was pushed to the wrong side of her body by a rare spine problem is cured by surgery.
Physical activity - even at a moderate level of intensity - can greatly improve quality and life and longevity for adults over age 65, according to an updated Position Stand from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The evidence in the manuscript is consistent with the first-ever federal physical activity guidelines, released in October 2008.
Statement of Charles D. Connor, American Lung Association President and CEO: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control and its Office of Public and Indian Housing issued new recommendations for non-smoking policies for public housing. These recommendations strongly encourage Public Housing Authorities to enact non-smoking policies in some or all of their public housing units.
Drugs can wipe out the debilitating disease river blindness, which affects 37m people, a study suggests.
Although several studies have shown that circumcision, removal of the foreskin which contains cells that are particularly susceptible to HIV, appears to reduce a man's risk of contracting HIV from his female sex partner, it does not reduce the female sex partners' risk of contracting the virus, according to a study in the Lancet,
Cancer treatment has come a long way, leading to a multitude of therapy options and improved survival rates. These successes, however, have created a challenge for young cancer patients since chemotherapy and radiation treatments that often save lives threaten fertility. Techniques available to safeguard fertility, such as freezing eggs for later embryo development, have poor odds of success, leaving patients with very limited options for the future.