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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 14th, 2013
Football-Shaped Particles Impersonate Immune Cells, Help Shrink Tumors

Football-Shaped Particles Impersonate Immune Cells, Help Shrink Tumors

Experiments on mice show these artificial particles can help destroy cancer cells

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 14th, 2013
People Should Keep Eating Chocolate, Other Treats While Dieting

People Should Keep Eating Chocolate, Other Treats While Dieting

Specialists say that diets centered around food elimination are very likely to fail

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 13th, 2013
Compound in Red Wine, Grapes Could Help Treat Melanoma

Compound in Red Wine, Grapes Could Help Treat Melanoma

Resveratrol appears to make some tumor cells more susceptible to radiation treatment

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 13th, 2013
People Could One Day Get the Benefits of Exercising from a Protein Jab

People Could One Day Get the Benefits of Exercising from a Protein Jab

Protein produced while exercising promotes brain health, could be turned into a drug

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • October 12th, 2013
Hi-Tech Brain Implant Can Stop Parkinson's Disease

Hi-Tech Brain Implant Can Stop Parkinson's Disease

Not cure it, sadly, but at least it can prevent it from getting worse

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  • By Raluca Anghel
  • October 11th, 2013
Erin Brockovich to Get Essure Birth Control Method Banned over Adverse Reactions

Erin Brockovich to Get Essure Birth Control Method Banned over Adverse Reactions

The FDA has registered 800 complaints about Essure

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 10th, 2013
Peanut Butter Could Be Used to Diagnose Alzheimer's, Other Forms of Dementia

Peanut Butter Could Be Used to Diagnose Alzheimer's, Other Forms of Dementia

Odd test for Alzheimer's boils down to asking people to smell peanut butter

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 10th, 2013
Frozen Fruits and Veggies Are Sometimes Healthier than Fresh Ones

Frozen Fruits and Veggies Are Sometimes Healthier than Fresh Ones

Because they are chilled shortly after harvest, frozen foods retain their nutrients

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 9th, 2013
Blood Vessel Cells Injections Could Help Damaged Organs Regenerate

Blood Vessel Cells Injections Could Help Damaged Organs Regenerate

Such injections might one day eliminate the need for transplants, researchers argue

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2013
Poop Pill Could Soon Be Used to Treat Recurrent Gut Infection

Poop Pill Could Soon Be Used to Treat Recurrent Gut Infection

The pill has already been used to treat 31 patients, cured all but one

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2013
Salmonella Outbreak in the US Linked to Chicken Products Made at California Plants

Salmonella Outbreak in the US Linked to Chicken Products Made at California Plants

Hundreds of people in 18 states have thus far been infected

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 8th, 2013
FDA-Approved Bionic Eye Will Soon Be Commercially Available in the US

FDA-Approved Bionic Eye Will Soon Be Commercially Available in the US

The device promises to help retinitis pigmentosa patients enjoy a better quality of life

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 7th, 2013
Scientists Turn Stem Cells Into Drug Delivery Vehicles

Scientists Turn Stem Cells Into Drug Delivery Vehicles

The engineered human stem cells helped reduce swelling in lab mice

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 5th, 2013
Two Cases of Potentially Deadly Canine Circovirus Reported in Michigan

Two Cases of Potentially Deadly Canine Circovirus Reported in Michigan

The virus previously struck pets in California and Ohio

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 5th, 2013
Researchers Study Chicken Nuggets, Find They Are “Mostly Fat”

Researchers Study Chicken Nuggets, Find They Are “Mostly Fat”

Traces of bones, nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissue were also pinned down

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 4th, 2013
Too Much Sleep Makes People Sick, Study Finds

Too Much Sleep Makes People Sick, Study Finds

People who sleep too much are also vulnerable to heart disease, diabetes and obesity

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 4th, 2013
Instagram Can Help People Lose Weight, Researchers Say

Instagram Can Help People Lose Weight, Researchers Say

Constantly taking and looking at picture of food curbs appetite, evidence suggests

 
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