British scientist Stephen Hawking backs assisted suicide
Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist who suffers from motor neurone disease, has publicly backed the notion of assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses.
Sep 18, 2013
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New research finds that enzyme is absent in Crohn's disease sufferers
Royal Veterinary College researcher Dr David Bishop-Bailey, alongside collaborators from University College London, Queen Mary University London, the University of Umeå and the National Institute of Environmental Health ...
Sep 18, 2013
Plastics from renewable raw materials: Body automatically breaks down implants
Researchers from Graz University of Technology, together with colleagues from the Medical University of Graz, Vienna University of Technology and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, have managed ...
Sep 18, 2013
Continued advances made against cancer, sustained research funding needed
Significant progress has been made against cancer due to the dedicated work of researchers throughout the biomedical research enterprise, according to the American Association for Cancer Research's (AACR) Cancer Progress ...
Sep 18, 2013
'Guns do not make a nation safer,' say doctors
A new study reports that countries with lower gun ownership are safer than those with higher gun ownership, debunking the widely quoted hypothesis that guns make a nation safer. Researchers evaluated the possible associations ...
Sep 18, 2013
Services lacking for young gay black men
Physical, sexual and emotional abuse among young gay black men is a pervasive problem, yet there remains a lack of social services and resources available to help them, a Michigan State University scholar argues in a new ...
Sep 18, 2013
Different hormone therapy formulations may pose different risks for heart attack and stroke
Post-menopausal women whose doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy for severe hot flashes and other menopause symptoms may want to consider taking low doses of Food and Drug Administration-approved bioidentical forms ...
Sep 18, 2013
Research team uncovers root cause of multiple myeloma relapse
Researchers have discovered why multiple myeloma, a difficult to cure cancer of the bone marrow, frequently recurs after an initially effective treatment that can keep the disease at bay for up to several years.
Sep 18, 2013
