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A new report says that a protein found inside sea coral could actually help prevent an HIV infection. The coral was collected not far off the Australian coast. The report comes from Medical News Today, which says that the proteins found in sea coral — called cnidarins — can block HIV from infecting a human […]
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A new report reveals one somewhat unexpected side-effect of a breast cancer diagnosis: unemployment. Although it’s illegal to fire someone because they’re ill, researchers have found that many women diagnosed with breast cancer lost their work and had a hard time finding new employment while undergoing treatment. The report, which comes from the University of […]
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By now we’ve all heard of Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” a week-long series of television programs dedicated to the sometimes deadly fish. But Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates says we should be paying more attention to “Mosquito Week” — after all, Gates says, mosquitoes kill far more people each year than sharks. There’s no […]
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A new U.S. government report finds that roughly 7 per cent of school kids in the United States are currently taking at least one type of medication intended to treat emotional or behavioural problems. The report, which was produced by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, did not show the kinds of medications being […]
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Health experts with the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that more people have come down with measles in the first four months of 2014 than have been infected in the first four months of the past 18 years. The CDC says that there have been 13 outbreaks and 129 cases […]
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