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 Low-dose HRT patches better than pills for stroke risk

By Emma Wilkinson - Health reporter, BBC News
5/6/2010 15:44:26
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be safer when given as low-dose patches than as pills, research suggests.
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 WHO swine flu experts 'linked' with drug companies
5/6/2010 15:35:41
Key scientists behind World Health Organization advice on stockpiling of pandemic flu drugs had financial ties with companies which stood to profit, an investigation has found.
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 Can 3-D movies, television make you sick?

By Elizabeth Landau, CNN
22/5/2010 16:11:34
(CNN) -- Take your thumb and hold it out directly in front of you, away from your face. Now close the left eye. Open it and close the right eye.
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 Study: Screening for ovarian cancer may be closer

By Miriam Falco - CNN Medical Managing Editor
22/5/2010 12:11:35
(CNN) Researchers may have found an effective way to screen for ovarian cancer by using an existing blood test in a new way, according to a study released Thursday by the American Society of Clinical Oncology).
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 Weight lifting benefits breast cancer survivors
15/8/2009 16:11:34
Occupational therapist Cathy Kleinman-Barnett works with breast cancer patients, but she has never encouraged women with lymphedema, a breast cancer-related swelling of the arm, to lift weights.
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 How human genes become patented
14/5/2009 10:12:41
Here's a little-known fact: Under current law, it's possible to hold a patent on a piece of human DNA, otherwise known as a gene.
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 Blood Test To Detect Breast Cancer
27/2/2009 22:19:34
A new blood test for breast cancer has been launched in Britain.Scientists say it can detect tumours two years before they become big enough to feel by hand.
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 Zimbabwe declares cholera national emergency
4/12/2008 15:01:43
The Zimbabwean government has declared a national emergency in the face of a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 560 people, the state-owned newspaper The Herald said Thursday.
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 Cholera: 10 killer facts
4/12/2008 14:54:52
Cholera is caused by becoming infected with a bacterium called vibrio cholera. It's a disease that affects the bowels and in its most severe form is characterized by acute watery diarrhoea that can lead to immediate death through severe dehydration and kidney failure.
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 Texts used to tackle South Africa HIV crisis
2/12/2008 14:48:31
One million free text messages will be sent every day for 12 months from Monday in South Africa in a bid to raise HIV awareness and encourage testing for the disease.
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