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Progress made on a 'bionic pancreas' for diabetics

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 16:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Scientists have made big progress on a "bionic pancreas" to free some people with diabetes from the daily ordeal of managing their disease. A wearable, experimental device passed a...

Obesity surgery may 'cure' diabetes for 15 years

Monday, 16 June 2014, 16:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Obesity surgery may keep diabetes in remission even after 15 years in some patients, a Swedish study suggests.   Long-term results were missing for more than half the patients who began the...

Study documents MERS spread from camel to person

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 15:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A new report offers the strongest evidence yet that a mysterious Middle East virus spreads from camels to people.   Researchers studied the illness of a 44-year-old camel owner in Saudi...

Making embryos from 3 people doesn't look unsafe

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 15:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Britain's fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people "do not appear to be unsafe" even though no one has ever received the...

Altadrine Fat & Carb Blocker

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 13:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Altadrine Fat & Carb blocker is an alpha-amylase inhibitory natural extract obtained from Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean, white kidney bean) that blocks the digestion of carbohydrates and...

30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune

Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 15:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.   Researchers found more than 2...

US officials: Measles tally doubled in past month

Saturday, 7 June 2014, 15:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Measles cases are accelerating, and in the last five months have caused more U.S. illnesses than in any entire year since 1996.   Health officials say 307 cases have been reported since New...

Study: King Richard III maligned as hunchback

Friday, 6 June 2014, 15:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

He may have had a twisted spine, but England's King Richard III was no hunchback, according to a new analysis of the medieval king's skeleton.   After the bones of the 15th-century...

Drug helps breast cancer patients keep fertility

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 15:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Doctors may have found a way to help young breast cancer patients avoid infertility caused by chemotherapy. Giving a drug to shut down the ovaries temporarily seems to boost the odds they will work...

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