Soda ingredient poses cancer risk
Public health researchers have analyzed soda consumption data in order to characterize people’s exposure to a potentially carcinogenic byproduct of some types of caramel color.
Public health researchers have analyzed soda consumption data in order to characterize people’s exposure to a potentially carcinogenic byproduct of some types of caramel color.
Lack of sleep can elevate levels of free fatty acids in the blood, accompanied by temporary pre-diabetic conditions in healthy young men, according to new research published.
by Bruce Sylvester: Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) therapy appears to have efficacy in reversing diabetes-related vision loss in some populations, researchers reported online on Feb. 19 in the journal Opthalmology.
New research introduces a new approach to stimulate the skin immune response by applying needle-free vaccination.
by Bruce Sylvester – Even just a few years of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) appears to significantly increase the risk of two forms of ovarian cancer, researchers reported… read more.
Smokers who can’t quit cigarettes in one month can succeed gradually by using the nicotine addiction medication varenicline for 24 weeks, researchers reported on February 17, 2015 in JAMA/Journal… read more.
Global progress towards tackling obesity has been “unacceptably slow”, with only one in four countries implementing a policy on healthy eating up to 2010, according to a major… read more.
Researchers have found a possible clue to why older mothers face a higher risk for having babies born with conditions such as Down syndrome that are characterized by abnormal… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Lenvatinib treatment has resulted in significant improvement in progression-free survival among patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer, researchers from a Phase III trial reported in… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Researchers in Canada have found that the chance having a heart attack or stroke increases significantly if a patient has been hospitalised for pneumonia –… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Could years of diabetes research have been in vain? That is the question occupying scientists after the publication of a new study by researchers in… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: One of the commonly circulating forms of the flu virus, which is particularly common among children, could be eliminated, according to researchers at the Duke-NUS… read more.
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