Archive: 14/02/2016

Hypertensive women with physically demanding jobs at three times risk of heart disease

Hypertensive women with highly active jobs have a nearly three times higher risk of ischaemic heart disease than women with normal blood pressure and moderately active jobs, according to research published today in the European ...

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Will you be turning left or right for that Valentine's Day kiss—It'll depend on who you're kissing

As Valentine's Day approaches, love is in the air. One sure-fire way to express love towards someone, be it a partner or even a child, is with a kiss. A recent study in Laterality demonstrates how the direction turned during ...

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Loss for words can be a rare brain disorder, not Alzheimer's

A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer's disease although it isn't robbing patients of their memories but of the words to talk about them.

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Speech disorder called apraxia can progress to neurodegenerative disease

It may start with a simple word you can't pronounce. Your tongue and lips stumble, and gibberish comes out.

Feb 14, 2016

Brazil's Zika-related abortion debate sparks backlash

Before her son was born, Danielle Alves didn't know Luiz Gustavo would have microcephaly, a condition that has left the 3-year-old so disabled he can't walk, talk or eat without help.

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Stan Riddell, Fred Hutch cancer immunotherapy innovator, to present at AAAS Annual Meeting

Dr. Stanley Riddell, an immunotherapy researcher and oncologist at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, on Feb. 14 will present an update on new adoptive T-cell strategies for cancer at the annual meeting of ...

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Progress in fighting cancer and infections with T cell therapy

The quest to bring immunotherapy into widespread clinical use against cancer and infectious diseases has made great strides in recent years. For example, clinical trials of adoptive T cell therapy are yielding highly promising ...

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