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Tamoxifen gel as effective as pill for breast cancer
A gel containing the drug tamoxifen and applied to the skin was as effective in reducing the growth of breast cancer cells in women...
Vitamin D could boost survival in bowel cancer patients
Bowel cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are more likely to survive the disease. Reuters reports that scientists who...
Potential for cannabis to shrink cancer tumours
Cannabis can help shrink human cancer tumours in mice. The Daily Mirror reports that new research reveals the drug’s main psychoactive ingredient – tetrahydrocannabino...
Cooling therapy helps oxygen-deprived babies
Research suggests that cooling babies deprived of oxygen at birth improves their chances of growing up without disabilities such as cerebral palsy, reports BBC...
Pornography a ‘drug’ – a ‘masterclass’ in researching controversy
Pornography triggers brain activity in sex addicts similar to the effect drugs have on the brains of drug addicts, researchers say, but that doesn’t...
Sleep disturbance linked with risk of Alzheimer’s
Sleep disturbances such as apnoea may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, while moderate exercise in middle age and mentally stimulating games, such as...
Interrupted sleep as detrimental as no sleep
In the first study of its kind, Professor Avi Sadeh and a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University’s School of Psychological Sciences have...
MP: 'Legalise dagga — and mistletoe’
Parliament has had its first debate on the legalisation of dagga for medicinal purposes and the impact of cancer on society, with calls to...
Case of female-to-female HIV infection reported
US health officials have published details of a rare case of suspected female-to-female HIV infection. BBC News reports that a 46-year-old woman ‘likely acquired’...
London is ‘TB capital of Western Europe’
Nearly half a million cases of MDR-TB now occur each year, and have been detected in every country in the world, including the UK,...