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Doctor group seeks to clear confusion in cancer screening

Thursday, 21 May 2015, 15:21 Last update: about 10 years ago

Screening for cancer has gotten more complicated in recent years with evolving guidelines that sometimes conflict. Now a U.S. doctors' group aims to ease some confusion - and encourage more discussion...

Ebola is found in doctor's eye months after virus left blood

Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 15:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

For the first time, Ebola has been discovered inside the eyes of a patient months after the virus was gone from his blood. Ebola has infected more than 26,000 people since December 2013 in West...

Rihanna in queen's garb shuts down Met Gala carpet

Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 14:55 Last update: about 10 years ago

On a night when big stars were a dime a dozen - try George and Amal Clooney, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Cher - the pop singer still managed to pull the red carpet out from under the rest of them at the...

Bird flu virus raises questions scientists working to answer

Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 15:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

It's been five months since the H5N2 bird flu virus was discovered in the United States, and producers have lost 21 million birds in central states alone. Yet, researchers acknowledge they still know...

It's all eyes on shoulders on red carpet

Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 14:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

It's all eyes on shoulders at the Cannes Film Festival, with red-carpet stars ditching the bust in favor of accentuating the upper torso and shoulders - through embellishments or bare...

The importance of iodine during pregnancy

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:55 Last update: about 10 years ago

Anna Miggiani   Iodine is an essential constituent of thyroid hormones (TH). TH actively take part in critical periods of brain development during embryonic, foetal and postnatal...

Role of calcium in osteoporosis

Monday, 18 May 2015, 14:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

Anna Miggiani    What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is the term which is used to describe porous bone. It is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced...

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