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Melanoma doubles risk of new cancer: study
Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 (EST)
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 People who have been treated for a melanoma have more than twice the risk of developing another form of cancer, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Nicotine gum helps gradual as well abrupt quitting of smoking
Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 (EST)
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 Nicotine replacement therapy is effective for gradual as well as abrupt quitting of smoking. Using nicotine gum while smoking carries little to no incremental risk. Nicotine gum helps smokers reduce smoking, achieve initial abstinence and maintain abstinence.
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Physicists squeeze light to quantum limit
Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 (EST)
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 A team of physicists have found a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision measurement, next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our most fundamental understanding of the universe.
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Gastrointestinal drug slows aging: Report
Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 (EST)
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 Clioquinol, an 80-year old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders, inhibits action of the CLK1 aging gene, may reverse Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
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Study reviving hope in Leptin for obesity treatment
Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 (EST)
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 Researchers for the first time have been able to re-sensitized the brain to leptin, using FDA-approved drugs. In mice, this led to significant weight loss when combined with leptin treatment.
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Measles is reviving in Europe, doctors warn
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 (EST)
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 Cases of measles have risen sharply in parts of Europe, reflecting the mobility of people carrying the disease and the failure to complete vaccination strategies among key communities, The Lancet reported on Wednesday.
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Obama picks CNN's TV doctor as surgeon general: reports
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 (EST)
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 President-elect Barack Obama wants CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta to be his surgeon general and serve as chief overseer of Americans' health, the network said Tuesday.
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Two drugs can help in fight against fat: study
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 (EST)
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 The hormone leptin, combined with one of two US-approved drugs, may suppress appetite in overweight people, making it a potentially powerful weapon in the fight against obesity, according to a study published Tuesday.
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Cholera deaths in Malawi double from December: official
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 (EST)
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 The death toll in Malawi's cholera outbreak has hit 13, more than doubling from last month, while 370 cases have been recorded, health officials said Tuesday.
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Bird flu re-emerges in China and Vietnam, one dead
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 (EST)
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 Bird flu re-emerged as a threat in Asia on Tuesday when China reported the disease killed a woman in Beijing and neighbouring Vietnam said a girl had contracted the virus.
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