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UK Government is set to issue new travel advice as pressure mounts on ministers to BAN all travellers from China after third case of the killer coronavirus in Brighton At least 16 nations around the world have already banned travellers from China Saudi Arabia has today followed the likes of US and Australia in imposing a ban But the Government […]
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Throat cancer is relatively uncommon in comparison to other cancers, however numbers of those being diagnosed with the deadly condition are rising. The throat is a muscular tube that begins behind the nose and ends in the neck. Throat cancer most often begins in the flat cells that line the inside of the throat. Throat cancer can affect the piece […]
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New research found that 2.3% of reported marijuana users also have some form of cardiovascular disease. The study appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The paper also looked at the possible interactions marijuana may have with drugs typically prescribed for cardiovascular issues, and the way marijuana chemicals may affect the heart at a molecular level. According […]
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It may seem like a rather odd way to start such a spiritual practice, but not at Naked in Motion, where we’re all stark bollocks-and-breasts-hanging-out naked. Believe me – I’m no extrovert, dying to be the centre of attention. But I am hungry for trying new things; whether that’s jumping out of a plane, moving to a new country on a whim, or […]
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Killer coronavirus may live on doorknobs, bus handrails and protective gear for up to NINE DAYS – four times longer than flu, study finds Virus can survive on inanimate objects and infect anyone who touches them Lurk for between two hours and nine days on paper, metal, wood and rubber But if temperatures are just right – 4C – they […]
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Western societies currently face the challenge of maintaining the high standard of health care (both affordable and available), with a growing shortage of care professionals. A well-designed hospital environment can positively contribute to the performance of care professionals. Healthy and engaged nurses are key in maintaining good health care. Mariëlle Aarts found that optimizing the lighting is a simple, non-invasive […]
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Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology a promising novel approach for a combined treatment of the most common type of lung cancer and associated secondary cancers in the central nervous system. The approach lies in combining two cancer drugs, with one compensating for a resistance side effect of the other. In 20 to 40% of […]
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A Thai taxi driver has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, health officials said Friday, in the kingdom’s first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly sickness which has sparked a global health alert. The finding makes Thailand only the sixth country alongside China, Germany, Japan, France and the US with confirmed domestic infections. It also comes as the Chinese death […]
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(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing living kidney transplants, persistent mixed chimerism can be achieved to allow complete or partial withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs, according to a study published in the Jan. 29 issue of Science Translational Medicine. Stephan Busque, M.D., from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues infused allograft recipients with donor T cells and hematopoietic progenitors after […]
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A new study estimates that improving the rates of handwashing by travelers passing through just 10 of the world’s leading airports could significantly reduce the spread of many infectious diseases. And the greater the improvement in people’s handwashing habits at airports, the more dramatic the effect on slowing the disease, the researchers found. The findings, which deal with infectious diseases […]
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