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December 15, 2017
At least half the world's population is unable to access essential health services and many others are forced into extreme poverty by having to pay for healthcare they cannot afford, the World Health Organization said.
December 14, 2017
People with early stage Parkinson's may be able to delay a worsening of the disease through a regimen of intense exercise, new research found.
December 13, 2017
A consultation started on a proposal to change human organ transplant rules in England.
December 13, 2017
Millions of Indonesian children are being vaccinated this week as the country responds to a widespread diphtheria outbreak that has killed dozens, officials said.
December 12, 2017
A schizophrenia patient's own perceptions of their experiences and confidence in their judgments may be factors that can help them overcome challenges to get the life they wish, suggests a new paper published in Clinical Psychological Science from researchers at Penn Medicine's Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center.
December 11, 2017
A simple blood test that detects tumor cells circulating in the blood shows promise as a new way to predict high or low risk of a breast cancer relapse.
December 11, 2017
India has been declared free from trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection of the eye common among children.
December 9, 2017
Adding Roche’s immunotherapy Tecentriq to older drugs doubled the percentage of lung cancer patients who survived a year without their disease advancing.
December 8, 2017
U.S. adults who receive their healthcare coverage through Medicaid are in worse health than those with other forms of health insurance.
December 8, 2017
For children with epilepsy who don't find relief from their seizures with medication, a tightly controlled nutrition plan might help, a pair of new studies suggests.
December 8, 2017
Newer versions of the birth control pill carry a similar increased risk of breast cancer as earlier ones that were abandoned in the 1990s, a new study reveals.
December 7, 2017
An international team of scientists led by Professor Ingrid Fleming of Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, and including Professor Bruce Hammock of the University of California, Davis, provides new insight into the mechanism by which diabetes leads to retinopathy and often to blindness.