Friday, 1 July 2016

BRCA1 gene mutation increases risk of deadly uterine cancer

The gene mutation was already known to increase risk of cancer of the breast and ovary

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'Screen more women for breast cancer gene'
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Virtual reality lets you stroll around a breast cancer cell

Medical researchers are using virtual reality to create accurate, explorable versions of our insides. Alice Klein goes for a walk via New Scientist - Health Read More Here.. Lake forest health and fitness http://ift.tt/29xvd88

Deaths from alcohol-related diseases rise by 4% in a year

The number of alcohol-related deaths have risen by 13% in a decade, official figures show

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Commission more teen mental health and alcohol services
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NHS must do much more bariatric surgery to beat obesity
GPs slash total antibiotic scrips by over 7% in a year
Superbugs could kill 1 person every 3 seconds
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Database of pharmaceutical industry payments to doctors goes live

70% of health professionals have consented to being named on the database

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Call for GMC to register doctors’ competing interests
Pharmaceutical industry joins disclosure debate
Pharma plans to boost transparency of its financial links to healthcare sector
GPs will have to declare gifts and hospitality
Extend new ‘sunshine rule’ to gifts from patients, doctors advised
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Thursday, 30 June 2016

'Civil war' in immune system can fight disease

The immune system can be trained to attack itself to reverse a devastating autoimmune disease, in animals. via BBC News - Health Read More Here.. Lake forest health and fitness http://ift.tt/29a1mCQ

Gene editing could destroy herpes viruses living inside you

The CRISPR technique is a new weapon against dormant herpes viruses in the body, which cause cold sores and can be implicated in blindness and cancer via New Scientist - Health Read More Here.. Lake forest health and fitness http://ift.tt/296BSpb

Huge newfound deposit of helium will keep MRI scanners running

Helium prospectors have uncovered a massive source of the vanishing gas, vital for MRI scanners, the Large Hadron Collider, NASA rocket fuel… and balloons via New Scientist - Health Read More Here.. Lake forest health and fitness http://ift.tt/29egoJW