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May 31, 2016
In an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 100 leading scientists had said new findings about Zika made it "unethical" for Rio Olympic Games to go ahead.
May 30, 2016
Just half of prescriptions for antidepressants in North America are actually for patients suffering depression, a new study has warned.
May 30, 2016
If you have struggled to lose weight or keep it off, your hormones may be at play, according to a recent study.
May 28, 2016
Women with a common heart rhythm abnormality may be at an increased risk of developing cancer, particularly of the colon, a new study suggests.
May 28, 2016
Dutch hospitals are in the process of building special rooms with special beds and toilet facilities to cope with obese patients.
May 27, 2016
Researchers have discovered a new way of triggering cell death, in a finding that could lead to drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disease.
May 27, 2016
Chilean engineer Alejandro Tocigl has developed an early cancer detection system based on a simple blood test,local daily La Tercera reported.
May 26, 2016
Parents in Northern India favour boys over girls when it comes to making sure that their children's heart problems are corrected.
May 26, 2016
Researchers at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway have combined a laboratory ultrasound technique called "sonoporation" with the commercially-available chemotherapy compound Gemcitabine.
May 25, 2016
In what may come as a bit of a surprise, a new study found that overweight colon cancer patients tended to have better survival than their normal-weight peers.
May 25, 2016
The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with the Zika virus has just tripled because cases are now being counted in a more comprehensive way, federal health officials said.
May 24, 2016
Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year’s “World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGsâ€.