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Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis promising for some patients

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 14:57 Last update: about 10 years ago

Doctors who gave children with cystic fibrosis a replacement copy of a defective gene say it appeared to slow the expected decline of some patients' lungs, but called the results "modest" and say...

EU drug regulator starts safety review of HPV vaccines

Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 14:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

The European Medicines Agency says it has started a review of cervical cancer vaccines to see if they are linked to two rare conditions, but emphasized it hasn't changed its recommendations...

FIRST: The guardians of liquid gold

Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 12:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

Albert Delia The importance of bees for the well-being and survival of ecosystems has recently been gathering the recognition it rightly deserves. Both the United States of America as well as the...

Green to the core: Go green, clean and organic this summer

Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 11:21 Last update: about 10 years ago

What is Core Green's mission?  Core Green is a micro green company based on green principles offering organic, fair-trade and natural products with the aim of making a healthier lifestyle...

Study sees benefit from more extensive breast cancer surgery

Saturday, 4 July 2015, 15:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Having a little extra tissue taken off during breast cancer surgery greatly lowers the risk that some cancer will be left behind and require a second operation, according to a new study that could...

A&H Summer sun and fun

Saturday, 4 July 2015, 14:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Marika Azzopardi

Sunny side up Stay out in the sun only if it's earlier than10.00am and later than 3.30p.m. At any other time whether the sun is shining or the sky is overcast, you should aim for shade, skin...

New questions about why more women than men have Alzheimer's

Friday, 3 July 2015, 15:45 Last update: about 10 years ago

Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women, and now some scientists are questioning the long-held assumption that it's just because they tend to live longer than men. What...

A&H: The heat is on

Friday, 3 July 2015, 13:35 Last update: about 10 years ago

Back in January many of us made a resolution to exercise regularly. If you kept that promise to yourself, you must now be looking forward to showing off the results on the beach. Keep up the good...

Malaria killed more people than usual in Ebola outbreak

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 15:44 Last update: about 10 years ago

Malaria likely killed many more people than usual in the West African nation of Guinea during last year's Ebola outbreak, a new study suggests, as tens of thousands with potential signs of the...

Lasers, magnetism allow glimpses of the human brain at work

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 15:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

To the untrained eye, the graph looked like a very volatile day on Wall Street - jagged peaks and valleys in red, blue and green, displayed on a wall. But the story it told was not about...

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