A medical device coated with new bacteria resistant materials, discovered by a team at the University of Nottingham, has been
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Hepatitis E virus infections can be life threatening and transmitted through blood products
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is once again in the spotlight, with two studies presented today at The International Liver
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Black-white disparities in heart disease mortality have increased from 1968-2015 according to MMWR Surveillance Summary
Researchers at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published
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Better quality of life and cancer patients’ satisfaction with a coordinating nurse
Investing in the continuity of care for lung cancer patients can bring tremendous benefits in terms of patient satisfaction and
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Alectinib provides longer symptom improvement than crizotinib in ALK-positive lung cancer
Alectinib provides longer symptom improvement than crizotinib in ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results from the ALEX trial
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New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97% cure rate
An affordable hepatitis C combination treatment including the new drug candidate ravidasvir has been shown to be safe and effective,
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Digital addiction increases loneliness, anxiety and depression: study
Smartphones are an integral part of most people’s lives, allowing us to stay connected and in-the-know at all times. The
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Novel mosquito net provides children with greater protection against malaria
In a two-year community randomised trial involving more than 15,000 children in Tanzania, a long lasting insecticidal net treated with
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How do children develop immunity to malaria as they become older?
Across the world, over 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90
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Specific bacteria in the small intestine are crucial for fat absorption
Although the vast majority of research on the gut microbiome has focused on bacteria in the large intestine, a new
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