83 m. ago Scientists redesign common deworming drug to kill cancer cells... and the pill could even prevent the deadly disease

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have developed an oral treatment that could soon be used to destroy cancer cells and even prevent the disease from forming in the human body.

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23 h. ago Cancer symptoms linked to almost all forms of disease which shouldn’t be ignored

GP waits deterring people from getting red flag cancer symptoms checked as Cancer Research UK lists the key signs of disease which half of population will get

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6 d. ago NHS drug already given to thousands that ends the agony of gout may also prevent deadly heart attacks and strokes, study reveals

Gout, a form of arthritis, is heavily linked to heart disease - a major cause of heart attacks - and the pair often come hand-in-hand.

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1 week ago More than a dozen species of gut microbe linked to most common form of heart disease

Increasing number of links established between gut health and other parts of the body

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3 w. ago New hope for breast cancer patients with new breakthrough treatment

The new antibody may be able to treat some of the most aggressive forms of the deadly disease, say scientists

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last month Colon cancer is the ONLY cancer rising dramatically in young people, major study suggests

A major new global analysis involving 42 countries, has found colon cancer is the only form of the disease to have solely surged in the under 50s.

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last month Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say

Unrelated cases mark first time clade I of disease formerly known as monkeypox has spread within US, officials sayThree California residents have been infected with clade I mpox, a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkeypox – marking the first time this type of mpox has spread within the US, health officials said on Friday.The unrelated cases, identified in Long Beach and Los Angeles county, involve patients who had not recently traveled abroad. All three were hospitalized and are now recovering, according to the California department of public health. Continue reading...

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