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Trial flu, Ebola drug shows promise against norovirus
Date: Oct-23-2014An experimental drug currently undergoing trials as a treatment for influenza and Ebola virus disease causes norovirus to mutate itself to death in infected mice, a study shows.
Frying with olive oil better than seed oil for health
Date: Oct-23-2014Cooking oil can degrade and produce toxic compounds at high temperature. Food frying study finds, compared to sunflower, corn and soybean oils, olive oil remains the most stable.
'US trans fat intake has decreased, but not enough'
Date: Oct-23-2014New research suggests that although intake of trans fats has decreased over the past 30 years, Americans still have unhealthy levels of it in their diets.
Bariatric surgery may be risk factor for severe headache
Date: Oct-23-2014Spontaneous intracranial hypotension - a leaking of spinal fluid - causes severe headaches. Weight-loss surgery patients may be particularly at risk for this condition.
Genomic sequencing: could it aid breast cancer prevention?
Date: Oct-23-2014A new study by researchers from the Stanford Cancer Institute finds genomic sequencing may be more helpful in identifying a woman's risk for breast cancer than previously estimated
Bed-sharing with baby: the risks and benefits
Date: Oct-22-2014Whether parents should bed-share with their infants is a controversial subject in the US. In this spotlight, we look at the risks and benefits associated with the practice.
WHO report: TB is more widespread than previously estimated
Date: Oct-22-2014Due to improvements in information gathering, a higher incidence of tuberculosis has been exposed in a new World Health Organization report.
Potential lung cancer blood biomarker found
Date: Oct-22-2014Scientists have discovered the blood of people diagnosed with stage I to stage III non-small cell lung cancer has different metabolites to people with the same risk but no disease.
How Nigeria prevented an Ebola epidemic
Date: Oct-22-2014WHO have declared Nigeria free of Ebola virus transmission and describe the country's successful prevention of an unimaginable epidemic as a spectacular story worth telling.
Recalled dietary supplements found to still contain banned substances
Date: Oct-22-2014A study of dietary supplements recalled by the FDA has found that many of these products continue to contain banned drugs that could be harmful to consumers.
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