LONDON: The research, published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal, is the latest in a series of studies that question the value of annual breast X-rays for pre-menopausal women and …
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LONDON – Leading cancer experts say Europe’s antiquated drug regulatory system is stopping children from getting life-saving medicines and are calling for changes that would remove a loophole that allows …
ISLAMABAD: A joint research by Finnish and Swedish scientists has shown that the entire vitamin E family plays a role in prevention of age related memory disorders. HunzaNews February 8th, …
CVS Caremark, America’s second-largest drugstore chain, is quitting selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 US drugstores as it focuses more on providing health care. HunzaNews February 6th, 2014. The …
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STOCKHOLM: Brain scans may help identify children with learning difficulties much earlier by measuring their short-term memory capacity, according to a Swedish study published Wednesday. HunzaNews February 3rd, 2014. The …
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UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations envoy warned Wednesday that cholera deaths in Haiti will surge and spread to other countries unless more funds are found to battle the epidemic. HunzaNews January …
WASHINGTON: Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than previously known, including liver and colon cancer, blindness, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction, said a major US government report on Friday. …
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PROVO: A 58-year-old Utah woman is set to give birth in a few weeks — to her first grandchild. Julia Navarro is serving as a gestational surrogate for her daughter …
PARIS: A closely-watched prototype therapy to inject corrective genes into the brain to treat Parkinson’s disease has cleared an important safety hurdle, doctors said Friday. Tested on 15 volunteers with …
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PARIS: A committee of Europe’s medicines watchdog on Friday recommended suspending the use of an osteoporosis drug, saying the risks, including heart attacks, outweighed the benefits. The drug, Protelos/Osseor, …
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