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Groundbreaking study reveals extent of global child poverty

Poverty is currently the world’s biggest killer of children.  Every day, many millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and severe deprivation of their most basic needs, for shelter, food, ...

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More children now living with 'life-limiting' conditions

The number of children with conditions such as muscular dystrophy, neurodegenerative disorders or severe cerebral palsy who are surviving into adulthood has been underestimated, a new study shows.

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A lifetime of research may be leading to a life-saving treatment for shock

A 200-patient Phase 2 clinical pilot study will be initiated this month to test the efficacy and safety of a new use, and method of administering, an enzyme inhibitor for critically ill patients developed by University of ...

Medical research created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Circumcision may help protect against prostate cancer

A new analysis led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that circumcision before a male's first sexual intercourse may help protect against prostate cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer ...

Cancer created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast