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New Harvard study fights fat with salty, icy injections
Posted in Medicine on 16th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Injecting an icy saline slurry into fat deposits could be a new fat-reduction
Cancer Death Rate in U.S. Sees Sharpest One-Year Drop
Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Breakthrough treatments for lung cancer and melanoma have driven down cancer mortality overall, and from 2016 to 2017 spurred the largest-ever decline.
Algorithm Identifies New Treatment for Neuroblastoma
Posted in Medicine, Science on 12th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University have identified a promising new treatment for neuroblastoma. This form of cancer in children, which occurs in specialised nerve cells in the sympathetic nervous system, may be life-threatening.
US cancer death rates report reveals sharpest ever single-year decline
Posted in Medicine on 9th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
The steady decline is attributed to a range of factors, with the period examined including the sharpest one-year decline ever recorded.
Brain imaging breakthrough predicts Alzheimer's decline in early stages
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Utilizing a recently developed brain imaging technique new research suggests that measuring accumulated levels of a protein called tau may predict future neurodegeneration associated with Alzihemer’s disease.