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June 28, 2017
A simple gut operation that sees a plastic film inserted into the stomach could cure or control diabetes, British doctors have found.
June 28, 2017
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) released the results of their annual Global Aesthetic Survey for procedures completed in 2016.
June 27, 2017
While more than 13,000 cases of Chikungunya viral disease were reported in Brazil in 2015, scientists had never before detected the virus in a captured mosquito.
June 27, 2017
In the last decade, mounting evidence has linked seizure-like activity in the brain to some of the cognitive decline seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
June 26, 2017
Research from the Stowers Institute provides evidence suggesting that cancer cells might streamline their genomes in order to proliferate more easily.
June 26, 2017
Research results reported in the journal Science overturn long-held views on a basic messaging system within living cells.
June 25, 2017
The World Health Organization has announced the cholera outbreak in Yemen has now killed more than 1,300 people.
June 24, 2017
A trial involving more than 11,000 patients has revealed sitting up or lying flat after a stroke makes no difference to their recovery.
June 24, 2017
The medical world has found no causal relationship between hepatitis B vaccines and nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
June 23, 2017
The flu vaccine did a poor job protecting older Americans against the illness last winter, even though the vaccine was well-matched to the flu bugs going around.
June 23, 2017
Gene mutations may cause up to 17 percent of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in patients with no family history of the disease, a new study finds.
June 22, 2017
San Francisco city supervisors unanimously approved a measure that bans the sale of flavored nicotine-laced liquid used in electronic cigarettes and flavored tobacco products.