A cocktail of Johnson & Johnson’s HIV compound and an experimental drug from ViiV Healthcare met the main goal of…
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Measles can be a lesser-known risk for travelers
Measles is still a risk for travelers, regardless of destination, and vaccination remains the best way to prevent it, according…
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Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes may breathe fewer toxins
Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes – even if it’s only some of the time – may dramatically reduce their exposure…
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‘Pac-Man’ bacteria eats nicotine before it reaches the brain, study finds
Between 80 and 90 of smokers try smoking cessation aids without success, but now researchers have discovered a promising solution:…
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New drug, study method show breast cancer promise
A novel way to speed the testing of cancer drugs and quickly separate winners from duds has yielded its first…
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Many older people silently harbor a blood “pre-cancer” – a gene mutation acquired during their lifetime that could start them…
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Scientists seeking a cure for AIDS say they have been inspired, not crushed, by a major setback in which two…
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US agency moves to end sex bias in biomedical research
The U.S. National Institutes of Health began putting in place on Tuesday its new policy aimed at ending long-standing sex…
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