Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track to eliminate the disease entirely by 2014.
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Water pipe smoking, such as hookah or bong smoking, affects lung function and respiratory symptoms as much as cigarette smoking, new research shows.
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Living a healthy lifestyle into old age can add five years to women’s lives and six years to men’s, finds a new study.
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An entire group of millipedes previously unknown in Australia has been discovered by a specialist – on museum shelves. Hundreds of tiny specimens of the widespread tropical family Pyrgodesmidae have been found among bulk samples in two museums, showi…
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A compound developed to treat neuropathic pain has shown potential as an innovative treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.
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Prostate cancer in African-American men is associated with specific changes in the IL-16 gene, and by establishing the link in men of African as well as European descent, researchers may have found a useful new biomarker for prostate cancer.
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Hospitals can dramatically reduce the number of life-threatening central line infections in pediatric cancer patients by following a set of basic precautions, by encouraging families to speak up when they observe noncompliance with the protocol and by …
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People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia, according to new research,
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Nothing was left to the imagination as students from the Pre-Health Sciences Cohort pathway dissected cats during their Anatomy 25… Read more »
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Eduardo, a leader in Pasadena City College’s Aquaponics Program, powers the aquaponic barrel system by bike. Pedaling the bike Produces… Read more »
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