Research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that empathic, positive messages from doctors may be
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Attention women: Your choice of blood pressure medicine may affect your risk of pancreatic cancer
In findings with potentially broad implications for the public’s health, new research has found that some women who treat their
Continue reading »3-D human ‘mini-brains’ shed new light on genetic underpinnings of major mental illness
Major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, severe depression and bipolar disorder share a common genetic link. Studies of specific families
Continue reading »Young victims of cyberbullying twice as likely to attempt suicide and self-harm
Children and young people under 25 who are victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to self-harm and
Continue reading »Economic evaluations of genomic testing may have misleading conclusions
Research led at the Yale School of Public Health have found that the majority of published papers analyzing the cost-effectiveness
Continue reading »Fire fighters save one of their own after heart attack
Firefighter Tony Spagnoletti was on overnight duty when he woke up with chest pains. He sloughed it off as “gas.”
Continue reading »Males with BRCA mutations have increased risk of certain cancers
(HealthDay)—Males with BRCA mutations have increased incidence of malignant disease, specifically prostate, melanoma, pancreas, and breast cancers, according to a
Continue reading »Potential lines of attack against prostate cancer
Researchers from The University of East Anglia (UEA) have contributed to the world’s largest study into genes that drive prostate
Continue reading »Rethinking the fight as surge of malaria deaths in conflict zones threatens to upend progress
Ten years of progress globally in the fight against malaria have masked the rapid rise of infections and deaths in
Continue reading »Hope for new treatment of severe epilepsy
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering
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