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Sweet temptations mask harmful substance

December 14, 2014

A new form of addiction is sugar-coated and the sweetness is masking the danger to young people. Drug pushers have come up with a novel way of getting young people hooked on drugs: Sweets laced with cannabis. It is all […]

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New glasses bring color to the colorblind

December 14, 2014

EnChroma this week announced a new line of EnChroma Cx eyewear intended for the colorblind to safely engage in sports and other activities while distinguishing more color. Using the company’s Digital Color Boost technology, the Cx lenses work by removing […]

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Seattle Genetics and Takeda Report Phase 3 AETHERA Clinical Trial Data from ADCETRIS(R) (Brentuximab Vedotin) in Post-Transplant Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients at Risk of Relapse at ASH Annual Meeting

December 12, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO – Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) today reported data demonstrating that Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients at risk of relapse following an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) who received ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) as consolidation therapy […]

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Salons warned against offering ‘miracle’ products

December 11, 2014

Abu Dhabi – Hairdressing salons and beauty parlours in the capital have been cautioned against offering products that claim to offer miraculous weight loss or hair growth due to fears they could be harmful. At a recent lecture organised by […]

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How poor home hygiene spreads cold and flu

December 11, 2014

Dubai – Have you ever noticed how cough, cold and flu are uninvited guests at your home, moving from one family member to another? Well, now we know why. The culprit is poor home hygiene that makes these germs take […]

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East, West medicine join hands to study dry eye

December 11, 2014

In a novel study, researchers will look into how effective traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is in treating dry eye and whether this works well with Western medical treatments. Physicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (Seri) and the Singapore Chung […]

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Choose bed nets over insecticide to tackle malaria

December 11, 2014

Bed nets is the most cost-effective solution to tackling malaria. Spraying insecticides indoors offers children no additional protection from malaria when bed nets are used, a study said on Tuesday, as malaria cases and deaths worldwide continue to fall. A […]

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‘We were slow’: WHO admits mistakes in Ebola response

December 11, 2014

The head of the World Health Organisation conceded on Wednesday that the UN body was slow to respond to the outbreak of Ebola that has now killed more than 6,300 people in west Africa. “It is fair to say the […]

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Sensor measures aging of blood vessels

December 10, 2014

TOKYO — Sharp Corp has developed a sensor that quantifies the accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), which are protein saccharified in blood vessels. The company exhibited a prototype of the sensor, “Blood Vessel Aging Degree Sensor,” at Semicon Japan […]

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Scientists detects laryngeal cancer gene

December 10, 2014

BEIJING – Chinese and international scientists have for the first time identified the three gene loci susceptible to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), according to a statement from the Chinese PLA General Hospital on Wednesday. The scientists used the method […]

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