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Oncology & Cancer

Make cancer prevention a priority in 2019

(HealthDay)—If one of your resolutions for 2019 is to improve your health, reducing your risk of cancer should be part of that goal, a cancer expert says.

Jan 12, 2019

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Cardiology

Personalised ultrasound scan showing atherosclerosis helps reduce cardiovascular risk

A new randomised trial of over 3000 people in The Lancet finds that sharing pictorial representations of personalised scans showing the extent of atherosclerosis (vascular age and plaque in the arteries) to patients and their ...

Dec 4, 2018

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Health

Web app for empowering men to undergo evidence-based screening

ScreenMen is a mobile web app that educates, motivates and empowers men to undergo evidence-based health screening. It was developed rigorously based on theories, evidence and needs assessment. It is currently undergoing ...

Sep 25, 2018

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Largest oral HPV study in England shows infection rates lower than expected

Infection rates of high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) oral infection in England are lower than expected, compared to previous US studies.

Aug 20, 2018

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Neuroscience

Modifiable midlife risk factors linked to late-onset epilepsy

(HealthDay)—Potentially modifiable risk factors in midlife are associated with the risk of developing late-onset epilepsy, according to a study published online July 23 in JAMA Neurology.

Jul 25, 2018

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Oncology & Cancer

The lifestyle factors that cause cancer – and why many people are still confused by the risks

,About a third of cancers could be prevented with lifestyle changes – that's roughly a million cases of cancer in Europe each year. You might have thought that by now most people would be aware of what the lifestyle risks ...

Apr 26, 2018

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Cardiology

Self-delivered cardiac rehabilitation programmes could benefit harder to reach communities

Self-delivered cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes could benefit some "harder to reach" members of society, new research by the University of York reveals.

Feb 16, 2018

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Immunology

Breastfeeding does not protect children against asthma and allergies: study

The effect of breastfeeding on the risk of developing asthma and allergy has been debated for a long time. In a recent study, Uppsala University researchers show that breastfeeding might in fact increase the risk of developing ...

Nov 13, 2017

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Cardiology

High BMI and blood pressure create a heavy heart

Being overweight or obese creates damaging changes to the structure of the heart, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Oct 4, 2017

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