An artificial intelligence (AI) programme developed in China that combs through test results, health records and even handwritten notes diagnosed…
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Insulin signaling failures in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists continue to find evidence linking Type 2 diabetes with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia and the…
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Expand the role of patients, the true experts, in neuromuscular disease research
The old-fashioned paternalistic relationship between doctors and patients has gradually evolved into a more collaborative one in the era of…
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The vaccine needs to be bought: Flu epidemic, which overwhelmed Germany
Germany has the flu wave. In the third week of January around 2200 cases of illness confirmed to the Robert-Koch-were…
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Men with early prostate cancer live longer than those WITHOUT it
Men with early prostate cancer live longer than those WITHOUT the disease, new data reveals Slow progress in cancer survival…
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How the ‘English disease’ turned out to be not so very English after all
A vitamin D deficiency is often associated with smoggy English industrial cities during the Industrial Revolution, but research carried out…
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Bleeding risks may offset aspirin’s benefit vs heart disease
Should healthy people take aspirin to ward off heart disease? The notion has been controversial, and the medical advice mixed….
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Clinical trial testing fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent diarrheal disease begins
A research consortium recently began enrolling patients in a clinical trial examining whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by enema—putting stool…
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Could this widely used food additive cause celiac disease?
Myths about gluten are hard to bust. Intolerance, allergy, sensitivity, hypersensitivity. What is what? Celiac disease is none of these…
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The role of PCSK9 in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Statin treatment exhibits a beneficial effect in patients of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Statins are…
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