Medical research
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Scientists in the US have linked chemicals used to fracture shale rock with fertility and developmental problems
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There’s no such thing as ‘detoxing’. In medical terms, it’s a nonsense. Diet and exercise is the only way to get healthy. But which of the latest fad regimes can really make a difference? We look at the facts
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Tropical diseases specialists write that simple interventions such as use of rehydration salts could reduce death toll in west Africa
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Blunders led to live anthrax being posted from one lab and holes being found in isolation suits at a facility handling Ebola-infected animals
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Evgen wants to raise up to £20m for clinical studies of experimental Sulforadex tablet to treat brain haemorrhage, prostate and breast cancer
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Seumas Milne: From Ebola to earthquakes, Havana’s doctors have saved millions. Obama must lift this embargo
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Bubonic plague? That's old news
Maria EvrenosFieldpost: Bubonic plague has killed 40 people in Madagascar, but ignorance is the deadliest threat, says Christophe Vogt -
Alice Howarth: A Yes to Life seminar provides a flavour of the treatments that could be offered in the UK without fear of liability if the Medical Innovations (Saatchi) bill is passed
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Common complementary therapies found to have serious drug interactions or reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy or radiation treatment
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World Health Organisation says west African country’s capacity to combat epidemic is ‘strong and getting stronger’
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Research suggests faults in NHS records may impact the identification of disease prevalence in different ethnic groups
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The private sector has long played a role in delivering health care, but how could it collaborate with public bodies? Join us 4th Dec, 1-3pm GMT, to discuss
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Daniel and Jason Freeman: The symptoms of psychosis were once dismissed as the meaningless product of diseased brains. A new report recommends clinicians take them more seriously
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Ara Darzi: The heroic doctors beloved of TV shows like House are a barrier to the unglamorous, systematic work needed to save more lives
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Margaret McCartney: Despite death being our only shared destiny, there is an amazing amount of misinformation about what medicine can achieve at the end of life
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What do the latest studies into sexual orientation reveal? Plus, can we win the fight against Ebola in West Africa, and what threat does the virus really pose to people in Europe and the US?
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David Robert Grimes: Irresponsible media coverage stokes fears out of all proportion to the actual risks, while major health threats are considered insufficiently newsworthy
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Olav Hellebø and his firm Reneuron have developed a procedure to help patients by injecting stem cells into their brains
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In this winning essay for the Wellcome Trust science writing prize, Kate Szell reports on research into prosopagnosia – face blindness
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Studying 20 years’ worth of data is helping scientists to understand the long-term health effects of IVF – and how to improve its safety, reports Helen Massy-Beresford
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Triumph, tragedy, inspiration, innovation and despair all feature in a list of the most momentous events of the past eight decades, chosen by thousands of people around the globe
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Sharmila and James Collins have four daughters – Sohana, the eldest, is 12 and has never known a day without pain. She has EB, a rare, agonising skin condition, and her mother has devoted herself to fundraising to boost research into a cure that will help all children born with it
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Hopes surround the protein that suppresses tumours – but what about Big Pharma, asks Peter Forbes
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Tapeworm normally found in amphibians and crustaceans in China may have scavenged nutrients from patient’s brain
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Researchers have regenerated damaged areas in the brains of mice by converting structural cells into functioning neurons
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World Cancer Research Fund review of global research finds link between obesity and advanced prostate cancer is strong
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Experts say freezing chickens could reduce poisoning risks after FSA report shows high levels of potentially lethal bug present in poultry sold at British supermarkets
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Guardian world networks Sierra Leonean doctors to start clinical trial using blood of Ebola survivors
Convalescent serum therapy trial will test whether antibodies from plasma of 200 survivors can help infected fight disease -
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Identifying the geographic origin of malaria outbreaks could help prevent and speed up the eradication of the disease, write Taane Clark and Cally Roper
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Tom Ireland visits the UK’s only licensed cannabis farm and meets the man responsible for breeding a plant that might be of benefit to millions
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Observer editorial: Stephen Sutton was remarkable in life – and this should be his lasting legacy
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Maurice Saatchi: The 100 doctors who wrote to the Times rubbishing my medical innovation bill are the authentic voice of complacency. Let us help them to move on
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Ranjana Srivastava: It is only in the aftermath of treatment that survivors discern that their adrenalin alone won’t fuel the rest of their recovery. For many, surviving cancer is followed by even more hardship
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- Health
- Cancer (Science)
- Infectious diseases
- Cancer (Society)
- Ebola
- Biology
- Microbiology
- Medicine
- Health & wellbeing
- Africa
- NHS
- Stem cells
- Human biology
- Psychology
- Sierra Leone
- Schizophrenia
- Neuroscience
- Hospitals
- Mental health
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What’s the point of Abbott's medical research future fund if we have no medical researchers?