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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, believe they have identified the first steps in the development of pancreatic cancer. The findings may help health researchers create strategies for preventing the onset or spread of the disease. According to the Mayo Clinic researchers, who recently published their findings in an online issue of Cancer […]
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Our parents used to tell us that watching too much television would ‘rot’ our brains. Now, a new report suggests that shift work can have the same effect. Researchers at the University of Swansea and the University of Toulouse recently examined how shift work affects the brain, with a specific focus on the organ’s development. […]
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A new study finds that people living in the West tend to feel less happy once they hit middle age. That sets Westerners apart from people in Eastern Europe and Latin America, where happiness declines gradually over time. The study, which is based on survey data from more than 160 countries (covering approximately 98 per […]
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New research shows that colon cancer rates are falling among older Americans. Unfortunately, the number of cases involving Americans aged 20 to 49 is rising. The research is based on an analysis of data collected between 1975 and 2010 by the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The first finding was that the United States’ overall colon […]
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (or FDA) has now approved a new vaccine for the deadly meningococcal disease, better known as meningitis. The vaccine is called Trumenba and it will be used to protect people aged 10 to 25. Trenumba is made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc, which carried out several studies of the […]
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