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Congo Ebola death toll tops 400

January 17, 2019 The death toll from the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed the 400 mark in the east and northeast, health authorities said.

Researchers develop most accurate breast cancer risk-prediction model

January 16, 2019 A simple saliva test could help to gauge, with unprecedented accuracy, a woman\'s risk of developing breast cancer during her lifetime, according to an international study published today involving researchers from Université Laval and the CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center.

Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for first time

January 16, 2019 A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more people at risk for malaria in new regions, according to a study led by a Baylor University researcher.

H1N1 death toll reaches 17 in Georgia

January 15, 2019 Seventeen people have died because of the swine flu (H1N1) in Georgia this winter, according to the Georgian National Disease Control Centre.

25% of Canadians mistakenly drink red wine instead of probiotics

January 14, 2019 Many Canadians are aware that probiotics are an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but a survey by Progressive Nutritional reveals that consumers are confused about where probiotics come from.

New strategy may curtail spread of antibiotic resistance

January 14, 2019 Spotless surfaces in hospitals can hide bacteria that rarely cause problems for healthy people but pose a serious threat to people with weakened immune systems.

First step toward restoring plasticity in aged brains

January 11, 2019 Neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine, in collaboration with colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine, have discovered a new molecular mechanism that is essential for maturation of brain function and may be used to restore plasticity in aged brains.

New York fighting worst measles outbreak in recent history

January 10, 2019 New York is tackling its worst measles outbreak in decades as the highly contagious disease is spreading quickly in the Hudson Valley and New York City.

Obesity surgery leads to emergence of new microbial strains

January 9, 2019 Using a unique bioinformatics technique developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB researchers have detected the emergence of new strains of microbes in the human fecal microbiota after obesity surgery.

'Alarming' number of Australians try having children at older age

January 9, 2019 An \"alarming\" number of Australians are leaving it too late to try having children, experts have warned.

African-Americans may be twice as likely as Caucasian to develop Alzheimer's

January 8, 2019 African-Americans may be twice as likely as Caucasian Americans to develop Alzheimer\'s disease, but nobody knows why because studies investigating the underlying causes of illness have historically drawn from a nearly all-white pool of research participants.

Study links green tea with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

January 7, 2019 A recent international study found that drinking green tea was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese adults.