Addiction
A billion smokers, 240 million alcohol abusers worldwide: study
(HealthDay)— Tobacco and alcohol take a big toll on the health of people around the world, a new global survey shows.
May 19, 2015
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Neuroscience
Team makes breakthrough in understanding Canavan disease
UC Davis investigators have settled a long-standing controversy surrounding the molecular basis of an inherited disorder that historically affected Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe but now also arises in other populations ...
Apr 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New pox discovered in Eastern Europe, but not deadly
Health officials have discovered a new germ in Eastern Europe that is related to the dreaded smallpox and monkeypox viruses but so far seems far less threatening.
Mar 25, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Younger immigrants at higher risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease
The younger a person is when they immigrate to Canada, the higher their risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and its major subtypes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to a study by researchers ...
Mar 10, 2015
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Genetics
Industrialisation, WWI helped fuel TB spread, study says
A virulent group of tuberculosis germs spread from East Asia in waves propelled by industrialisation, World War I and Soviet collapse to yield some of the drug-resistant strains plaguing the world today, a study said Monday.
Jan 19, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
HIV infections double in Russia, ex-Soviet states
HIV infections have doubled in ten years in Russia and former Soviet states, due mainly to unprotected sex and injecting drugs, a report said Thursday.
Nov 27, 2014
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Health
Does life satisfaction increase with age? Only in some places, new study finds
Life satisfaction dips around middle age and rises in older age in high-income, English-speaking countries, but that is not a universal pattern, according to a new report published in The Lancet as part of a special series ...
Nov 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The Ilizarov method heals fractures just as well as pins and screws
The Ilizarov method is routinely used in eastern Europe in the treatment of bone fractures. Studies of Swedish patients have shown that the unorthodox steel frame has many advantages over traditional open surgery, opening ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Differences in treatment likely to be behind differing survival rates for blood cancers between regions within Europe
Failure to get the best treatment and variations in the quality of care are the most likely reasons why survival for blood cancer patients still varies widely between regions within Europe, according to the largest population-based ...
Jul 14, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Crimea facing 'human tragedy' on AIDS: UN envoy
The UN AIDS envoy for eastern Europe on Thursday said Crimea faced a "human tragedy" and risks to public health after a programme for intravenous drug users was scrapped following Russia's takeover.
May 8, 2014
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