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Science panel urges rewrite of food allergy warning labels

Friday, 9 December 2016, 15:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

"Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to...

'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may ease anxiety, depression

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 15:19 Last update: about 11 years ago

The psychedelic drug in "magic mushrooms" can quickly and effectively help treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients, an effect that may last for months, two small studies show. It worked...

Drug epidemic stalls HIV decline in whites who shoot up

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 15:19 Last update: about 11 years ago

The long decline in HIV infections among white people who inject drugs has stalled, another grim side effect of the nation's drug abuse epidemic. Health officials released the news Tuesday, as...

An Alzheimer's drug fails, but many others still in testing

Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 15:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

Another major Alzheimer's drug study has failed, leaving patients and families wondering if there ever will be a treatment to slow or reverse the most common form of dementia, which afflicts more than...

Weed is winning, but the train could still go off the tracks

Saturday, 3 December 2016, 14:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a...

Death toll from Australia's asthma reaches 8

Thursday, 1 December 2016, 14:31 Last update: about 11 years ago

More than a week after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia's second-largest city the death toll has risen to eight with one other person on life support, officials said on...

Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart disease

Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 14:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries, potentially giving a way to undo some of the damage...

Another failure in search for treatment to slow Alzheimer's

Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 14:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's failed again in a widely anticipated study, disappointing many who had hoped drugmaker Eli Lilly had finally found a way to slow the progression of the...

Taste&Flair 4th December Special Annual Christmas Edition

Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 12:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

It's that time of year. Get ready for our 4th DEC Spectacular Christmas Edition of TASTE&FLAIR - it's a bumper edition and packed with wonderful content - have a look at a selection of...

UK ruling: The case of teen's frozen remains explained

Saturday, 26 November 2016, 16:04 Last update: about 11 years ago

A British High Court judge has ruled in favor of a teenage girl with terminal cancer who wanted to be cryopreserved - frozen- upon her death so that she might be able to continue her life far in the...

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