Health

Cancer is the second-most common cause of death in developed countries. The statistics suggest that, in the next 20 years, the number of global cancer…
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He’s a chip off the old block — but does this also apply for creativity? Scientists have investigated whether and what role inheritance plays in…
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Escherichia coli is a component of the normal bacterial flora of the human digestive tract, but, on the other hand, it is an important opportunistic…
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In oncology, the development of new efficient treatments is still a challenge, even today. Indeed, besides the complexity to discover good anticancer candidates, the process…
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Due to the biological importance of the dense microbial communities that reside in the digestive tract of humans and animals (the gut microbiota), there is…
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Studies show time and again that people who sleep poorly are more often overweight. A Spanish study has now examined what is behind it in…
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Medicine has gone through enormous innovations over the past centuries which have been driven by excellent clinical research, comparing different treatments to decide which one…
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Detection and estimation of trends in cancer diseases’ rates are important tasks for health authorities engaged in planning forthcoming needs. For that purpose, the annual…
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Testing a drug against a placebo in a randomized double-blinded trial is the gold standard in the development of new treatment options in medicine. If…
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Cancer is a frightening and thorny adversary. Therapies to battle human cancer are frequently harsh with debilitating side effects. But often, these initial therapies are…
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Why is it that some people are spared from a hangover after an evening of alcohol, but others suffer? A group of US and Australian…
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