Swiss organisation extends assisted suicide to elderly
A Swiss assisted suicide group has expanded its services to help elderly patients who are sick but not terminally ill end their lives, it said Thursday.
May 22, 2014
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Patients with a certain form of kidney disease may have a reduced risk of cancer
Patients with a certain form of kidney disease may have a reduced risk of cancer compared with patients with other kidney diseases, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society ...
May 22, 2014
Clinical trials designed to block autophagy in multiple cancers show promise
In the largest group of results to date, researchers from Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center and other institutions have shown in clinical trials that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) blocked autophagy in a host ...
May 22, 2014
California counties sue over painkiller marketing
Two California counties have filed a lawsuit accusing five drug companies of waging a campaign of deception to boost the sales of painkillers behind the nation's prescription drug addiction problem.
May 22, 2014
Paraguay warns of dengue risk during World Cup
Authorities in Paraguay raised the alert Thursday against dengue fever while the World Cup is underway next month in neighboring Brazil, where the mosquito-born illness is rampant in some regions.
May 22, 2014
Researchers identify pattern of cognitive risks in some children with cochlear implants
Children with profound deafness who receive a cochlear implant had as much as five times the risk of having delays in areas of working memory, controlled attention, planning and conceptual learning as children with normal ...
May 22, 2014
