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Clot-busting stroke drug safe, says expert review
A panel of independent experts has decided that a clot-busting drug often used to treat strokes is “safe and effective”. The UK medicines watchdog wanted the benefits and risks of alteplase to be analysed after concerns were raised about its […]
Family vacation safety tips
1. Research, research, research your destination. This will help you to travel more confidently and more safely. 2. Whip out the sunblock for you and your children. 3. If you’re going for a road trip, prepare these items: Water Warm […]
Health specialists call for US$2 billion global fund for vaccines
Global health experts called on Wednesday for the creation of a US$2 billion vaccine development fund to feed a pipeline of potential new shots against priority killer diseases like Ebola, MERS and the West Nile virus. The fund would help […]
High on the menu: cannabis spaghetti features at Italian foodfest
Any Italian will tell you: pasta is healthy and makes you feel good. But what about spaghetti made from cannabis? Farmers from southern Italy presenting their wares at a London food festival this week say their hemp pasta, oil and […]
Bionic eye implant is world’s first
Surgeons in Manchester have performed the first bionic eye implant in a patient with the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world. Ray Flynn, 80, has dry age-related macular degeneration which has led to the total loss […]
Parkinson’s: Diabetes drug may offer clue to treatment
A type of diabetes drug may offer a glimmer of hope in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, research in the journal Plos Medicine suggests. Scientists found people taking glitazone pills were less likely to develop Parkinson’s than patients on other […]
Early signs that drug ‘may delay Alzheimer’s decline’
The first details of how a drug could slow the pace of brain decline for patients with early stage Alzheimer’s disease have emerged. Data from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly suggests its solanezumab drug can cut the rate of the dementia’s […]
E-cigarettes just as addictive as traditional ones: researchers
Their findings revealed that the nicotine was mainly found in its most addictive form, known as “free-base” — the only one of three kinds that is actually absorbed by the body. While electronic cigarettes are seen by many as a […]
Sudden cardiac arrest more likely in African-Americans
Black Americans are more likely to suffer sudden cardiac arrest than their white counterparts, a new study suggests. Black participants in the new study were also more likely to suffer cardiac arrest at a younger age than whites and to […]
Kids with psychiatric problems may face struggles as adults
Kids with psychiatric problems may be more likely to have health, legal, financial and social difficulties as adults even when their mental health issues don’t persist beyond childhood, a study suggests. Researchers tracked 1,420 kids between ages nine and 16, […]
